Noometry

Model comparison

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) vs MiniMax-M2.1

MiniMax-M2.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.9 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) xAI

33.7

Rank #239 Confirmed

MiniMax-M2.1 MiniMax

38.9

Rank #178 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) scores higher in 1 category and MiniMax-M2.1 in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where MiniMax-M2.1 leads 38.3 to 20.8.
  • MiniMax-M2.1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok-2 (Dec 2024)MiniMax-M2.1
ProviderxAIMiniMax
Noometry Index33.738.9
Released2024-08-132025-12-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—205K
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.30
Output $ / M tokens—$1.20
Results tracked3422

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Category by category

Coding MiniMax-M2.1 leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 33.3 (#258), MiniMax-M2.1: 40.4 (#143)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)MiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Coding12871421
LMArena WebDev—1384
WeirdML22.2%—
LiveBench Coding46.4%—
ALE-Bench—623.83

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): —, MiniMax-M2.1: 27.9 (#98)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)MiniMax-M2.1
Terminal-Bench—36.6%

Reasoning Too close to call

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.9 (#299), MiniMax-M2.1: 16.6 (#302)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)MiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Hard Prompts12721411
SimpleBench22.7%—
NYT Connections (extended)—11.2%
LiveBench Reasoning54.8%—
DTBench65.2%—
LiveBench Data Analysis54.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index130.48—
LiveBench54.3%—

Math MiniMax-M2.1 leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 20.8 (#284), MiniMax-M2.1: 38.3 (#138)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)MiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Math12831397
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202511.5%—
LiveBench Math54.9%—
MATH Level 563.5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)0.7%—

Knowledge MiniMax-M2.1 leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#233), MiniMax-M2.1: 38.3 (#147)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)MiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Expert12541431
GPQA Diamond53.8%—
Confabulations20.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—11.8%

Multilingual MiniMax-M2.1 leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.1 (#188), MiniMax-M2.1: 50.0 (#128)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)MiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Non-English12821378
LMArena Chinese12891430
LMArena French13181404
LMArena German12871381
LMArena Japanese12441287
LMArena Korean12371298
LMArena Russian12861387
LMArena Spanish12811397

Instruction Following MiniMax-M2.1 leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 66.9 (#202), MiniMax-M2.1: 73.8 (#112)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)MiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Instruction Following12701400
LiveBench Instruction Following69.6%—

Long Context MiniMax-M2.1 leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.8 (#190), MiniMax-M2.1: 43.2 (#101)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)MiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Longer Query12761416

Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2.1 leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.6 (#198), MiniMax-M2.1: 58.3 (#120)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)MiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Text13051392
LMArena Creative Writing12841361
LMArena Multi-Turn12901396
Short-Story Creative Writing63.6%—
LiveBench Language45.6%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better than MiniMax-M2.1?

MiniMax-M2.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.9 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) or MiniMax-M2.1 better for coding?

MiniMax-M2.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 33.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and MiniMax-M2.1 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.1 has 22.

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