Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-4.5 vs MiniMax M1

MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 37.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.5 OpenAI

37.2

Rank #208 Confirmed

MiniMax M1 MiniMax

40.3

Rank #150 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.5 scores higher in 4 categories and MiniMax M1 in 4 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where MiniMax M1 leads 26.9 to 13.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Fiction.LiveBench: 63.9% for GPT-4.5 and 69.4% for MiniMax M1.
  • MiniMax M1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-4.5MiniMax M1
ProviderOpenAIMiniMax
Noometry Index37.240.3
Released2025-02-272025-06-13
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—1M
Max output—40K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.55
Output $ / M tokens—$2.20
Results tracked4218

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Category by category

Coding GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 42.2 (#109), MiniMax M1: 39.9 (#153)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5MiniMax M1
LMArena Coding13961359
Aider Polyglot44.9%—
WeirdML39.4%—
LiveBench Coding75.2%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 27.9 (#97), MiniMax M1: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.5MiniMax M1
Cybench17.5%—

Reasoning MiniMax M1 leads

GPT-4.5: 13.9 (#330), MiniMax M1: 26.9 (#126)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5MiniMax M1
LMArena Hard Prompts14031339
ARC-AGI-20.8%—
SimpleBench34.5%—
ARC-AGI-110.3%—
EnigmaEval3.2%—
LiveBench Reasoning71.1%—
LiveBench Data Analysis64.3%—
Epoch Capabilities Index136.74—
ForecastBench61.7—
LiveBench69%—

Math MiniMax M1 leads

GPT-4.5: 32.6 (#211), MiniMax M1: 37.5 (#151)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5MiniMax M1
LMArena Math14121361
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202537.8%—
LiveBench Math69.3%—
MATH Level 578.6%—

Knowledge MiniMax M1 leads

GPT-4.5: 32.5 (#211), MiniMax M1: 36.4 (#170)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5MiniMax M1
LMArena Expert13941317
GPQA Diamond68.7%—
Humanity's Last Exam5.4%—
Confabulations13.6%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 37.6 (#71), MiniMax M1: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.5MiniMax M1
LMArena Vision1195—
VPCT45%—

Multilingual GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 52.5 (#83), MiniMax M1: 45.8 (#163)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5MiniMax M1
LMArena Non-English14131319
LMArena Chinese14211360
LMArena French14181370
LMArena German14571350
LMArena Japanese14161217
LMArena Korean13921266
LMArena Russian14191329
LMArena Spanish—1353

Instruction Following GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 72.6 (#134), MiniMax M1: 69.3 (#174)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5MiniMax M1
LMArena Instruction Following14041312
LiveBench Instruction Following72.3%—

Long Context Too close to call

GPT-4.5: 40.4 (#155), MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#141)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5MiniMax M1
Fiction.LiveBench63.9%69.4%
LMArena Longer Query14061326

Writing & Preference GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 56.9 (#134), MiniMax M1: 53.1 (#161)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5MiniMax M1
LMArena Text14171343
LMArena Creative Writing13941298
LMArena Multi-Turn14441335
Short-Story Creative Writing75.6%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1258—
LiveBench Language61.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4.5 better than MiniMax M1?

MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 37.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-4.5 or MiniMax M1 better for coding?

GPT-4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.2 versus 39.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4.5 and MiniMax M1 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.5 has 42 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax M1 has 18.

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