Model comparison
Granite 4.0 Micro vs MiniMax-M2
MiniMax-M2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.4 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 13× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiniMax-M2's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
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MiniMaxSummary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where MiniMax-M2 leads 37.0 to 9.9.
- Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper at $0.017 / $0.11 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $1.20 for MiniMax-M2.
- MiniMax-M2 accepts more context: 205K tokens versus 131K.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 Micro | MiniMax-M2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 37.4 |
| Released | 2025-10-02 | 2025-10-27 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | 205K |
| Max output | 118K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.017 | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.11 | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 8 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, MiniMax-M2: 39.3 (#159)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 61% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1297 |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1370 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, MiniMax-M2: 25.1 (#109)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 30% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 160.6 |
Reasoning Too close to call
Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265), MiniMax-M2: 19.4 (#258)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 57.8% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 14.8% |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1357 |
Math MiniMax-M2 leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307), MiniMax-M2: 37.3 (#160)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.8% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 20.9% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1352 |
Knowledge MiniMax-M2 leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304), MiniMax-M2: 37.0 (#163)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 28.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 39.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1337 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, MiniMax-M2: 45.3 (#171)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1313 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1366 |
| LMArena French | — | 1335 |
| LMArena German | — | 1355 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1331 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1326 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169), MiniMax-M2: 70.2 (#166)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 84.9% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1328 |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, MiniMax-M2: 40.5 (#153)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1331 |
Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2 leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216), MiniMax-M2: 53.0 (#162)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1340 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1286 |
| WildBench | 67% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1361 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 Micro better than MiniMax-M2?
MiniMax-M2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.4 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 13× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiniMax-M2's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Granite 4.0 Micro or MiniMax-M2?
Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.017 per million input tokens and $0.11 per million output tokens; MiniMax-M2 lists at $0.30 and $1.20.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiniMax-M2 does, with 205K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 Micro and MiniMax-M2 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 Micro has 8 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2 has 21.