Model comparison
Granite 4.0 Micro vs MiniMax M1
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 21× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiniMax M1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
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MiniMaxSummary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where MiniMax M1 leads 35.7 to 9.9.
- Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper at $0.017 / $0.11 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $2.20 for MiniMax M1.
- MiniMax M1 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 131K.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 Micro | MiniMax M1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 28.8 | 39.7 |
| Released | 2025-10-02 | 2025-06-13 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | 1M |
| Max output | 118K | 40K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.017 | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.11 | $2.20 |
| Results tracked | 8 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, MiniMax M1: 39.2 (#149)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | — | 1359 |
Reasoning MiniMax M1 leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 18.5 (#261), MiniMax M1: 25.8 (#125)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1340 |
Math MiniMax M1 leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 11.2 (#301), MiniMax M1: 34.8 (#152)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.8% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 20.9% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1360 |
Knowledge MiniMax M1 leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#299), MiniMax M1: 35.7 (#168)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 28.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 39.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1316 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, MiniMax M1: 46.0 (#157)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1320 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1361 |
| LMArena French | — | 1369 |
| LMArena German | — | 1350 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1220 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1263 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1330 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1354 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Granite 4.0 Micro: 70.0 (#164), MiniMax M1: 69.5 (#169)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 84.9% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1312 |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#136)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 69.4% |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1326 |
Writing & Preference MiniMax M1 leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#212), MiniMax M1: 53.3 (#155)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1343 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1298 |
| WildBench | 67% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1335 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 Micro better than MiniMax M1?
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 21× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiniMax M1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Granite 4.0 Micro or MiniMax M1?
Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.017 per million input tokens and $0.11 per million output tokens; MiniMax M1 lists at $0.40 and $2.20.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiniMax M1 does, with 1M tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 Micro and MiniMax M1 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 Micro has 8 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax M1 has 18.