Model comparison
Falcon-180B vs MiniMax-M2.1
MiniMax-M2.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.9 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 6 shared benchmarks.
Technology Innovation Institute
MiniMaxSummary
- They share 6 benchmarks with published results for both. Falcon-180B scores higher in 1 category and MiniMax-M2.1 in 3 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where MiniMax-M2.1 leads 58.3 to 29.1.
Side by side
| Falcon-180B | MiniMax-M2.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Technology Innovation Institute | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 32.2 | 38.9 |
| Released | 2023-09-06 | 2025-12-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 205K |
| Max output | — | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 16 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, MiniMax-M2.1: 40.4 (#143)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1384 |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1421 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 623.83 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, MiniMax-M2.1: 27.9 (#98)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 36.6% |
Reasoning Falcon-180B leads
Falcon-180B: 19.1 (#269), MiniMax-M2.1: 16.6 (#302)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1007 | 1411 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 11.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 112.13 | — |
| HellaSwag | 89% | — |
| LAMBADA | 79.8% | — |
| PIQA | 84.9% | — |
| WinoGrande | 87.1% | — |
Math Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, MiniMax-M2.1: 38.3 (#138)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1397 |
| GSM8K | 54.4% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, MiniMax-M2.1: 38.3 (#147)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 11.8% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1431 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 67.8% | — |
| BoolQ | 89% | — |
| MMLU | 70.6% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 64.2% | — |
Multilingual MiniMax-M2.1 leads
Falcon-180B: 25.2 (#286), MiniMax-M2.1: 50.0 (#128)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1000 | 1378 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1430 |
| LMArena French | — | 1404 |
| LMArena German | — | 1381 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1287 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1298 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1387 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1397 |
Instruction Following MiniMax-M2.1 leads
Falcon-180B: 53.4 (#286), MiniMax-M2.1: 73.8 (#112)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1047 | 1400 |
Long Context Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, MiniMax-M2.1: 43.2 (#101)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1416 |
Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2.1 leads
Falcon-180B: 29.1 (#295), MiniMax-M2.1: 58.3 (#120)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1054 | 1392 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1089 | 1361 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1013 | 1396 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Falcon-180B better than MiniMax-M2.1?
MiniMax-M2.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.9 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Falcon-180B and MiniMax-M2.1 share?
6 benchmarks have published results for both models. Falcon-180B has 16 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.1 has 22.