Model comparison
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 vs MiniMax-M2.5
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and MiniMax-M2.5 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.7 vs 38.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
MiniMaxSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 scores higher in 3 categories and MiniMax-M2.5 in 5 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where MiniMax-M2.5 leads 48.1 to 37.0.
- MiniMax-M2.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | MiniMax-M2.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 37.7 | 38.3 |
| Released | 2024-08-13 | 2026-02-12 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 205K |
| Max output | — | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 33 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax-M2.5 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 37.0 (#199), MiniMax-M2.5: 48.1 (#58)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1269 | 1381 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 75.8% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1387 |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | — | 68.3% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 618.17 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —, MiniMax-M2.5: 30.4 (#77)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 42.7% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | -23.16 |
Reasoning Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 24.8 (#159), MiniMax-M2.5: 17.5 (#292)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1255 | 1372 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 4.9% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 55.2% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 16.8% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 63.7% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 146.68 |
Math Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 35.4 (#185), MiniMax-M2.5: 26.9 (#253)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1265 | 1378 |
| ProofBench | — | 4% |
Knowledge MiniMax-M2.5 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.9 (#200), MiniMax-M2.5: 39.2 (#135)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1238 | 1379 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 9.1% |
Multilingual MiniMax-M2.5 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.4 (#208), MiniMax-M2.5: 47.1 (#152)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1257 | 1338 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1262 | 1393 |
| LMArena French | 1286 | 1362 |
| LMArena German | 1273 | 1362 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1213 | 1171 |
| LMArena Korean | 1195 | 1232 |
| LMArena Russian | 1261 | 1358 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1279 | 1354 |
Instruction Following MiniMax-M2.5 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.5 (#220), MiniMax-M2.5: 71.5 (#148)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1245 | 1353 |
Long Context Too close to call
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#196), MiniMax-M2.5: 37.5 (#216)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1266 | 1366 |
| CL-bench | — | 11.4% |
| CL-bench Life | — | 6.3% |
Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2.5 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.3 (#211), MiniMax-M2.5: 53.9 (#153)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1281 | 1359 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1242 | 1331 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1265 | 1364 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1361 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 better than MiniMax-M2.5?
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and MiniMax-M2.5 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.7 vs 38.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 or MiniMax-M2.5 better for coding?
MiniMax-M2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.1 versus 37.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and MiniMax-M2.5 share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.5 has 33.