Noometry

Model comparison

Grok 4.1 Fast vs MiniMax M1

Grok 4.1 Fast is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.9 to 39.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.1 Fast xAI

40.9

Rank #131 Confirmed

MiniMax M1 MiniMax

39.7

Rank #146 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.1 Fast scores higher in 5 categories and MiniMax M1 in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.1 Fast leads 42.3 to 25.8.
  • Grok 4.1 Fast is cheaper at $0.20 / $0.50 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $2.20 for MiniMax M1.
  • MiniMax M1 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 128K.
  • MiniMax M1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 4.1 FastMiniMax M1
ProviderxAIMiniMax
Noometry Index40.939.7
Released2025-06-272025-06-13
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window128K1M
Max output30K40K
Input $ / M tokens$0.20$0.40
Output $ / M tokens$0.50$2.20
Results tracked3218

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Category by category

Coding MiniMax M1 leads

Grok 4.1 Fast: 33.8 (#236), MiniMax M1: 39.2 (#149)

BenchmarkGrok 4.1 FastMiniMax M1
LMArena Coding14111359
LMArena WebDev1241—
ALE-Bench394.93—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 4.1 Fast: 36.1 (#35), MiniMax M1: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.1 FastMiniMax M1
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard69.6%—
τ²-bench Banking13.1%—
LMArena Search1171—
Vending-Bench 21,107—

Reasoning Grok 4.1 Fast leads

Grok 4.1 Fast: 42.3 (#45), MiniMax M1: 25.8 (#125)

BenchmarkGrok 4.1 FastMiniMax M1
LMArena Hard Prompts14071340
SimpleBench56%—
NYT Connections (extended)87.4%—
DTBench87.7%—
ForecastBench61—

Math MiniMax M1 leads

Grok 4.1 Fast: 30.9 (#201), MiniMax M1: 34.8 (#152)

BenchmarkGrok 4.1 FastMiniMax M1
LMArena Math14081360
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions60.9%—
ProofBench4%—

Knowledge MiniMax M1 leads

Grok 4.1 Fast: 32.6 (#203), MiniMax M1: 35.7 (#168)

BenchmarkGrok 4.1 FastMiniMax M1
LMArena Expert13981316
Vectara Hallucination Rate17.8%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.1 Fast: 36.3 (#71), MiniMax M1: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.1 FastMiniMax M1
LMArena Vision1201—

Multilingual Grok 4.1 Fast leads

Grok 4.1 Fast: 51.1 (#110), MiniMax M1: 46.0 (#157)

BenchmarkGrok 4.1 FastMiniMax M1
LMArena Non-English13911320
LMArena Chinese14411361
LMArena French14161369
LMArena German14041350
LMArena Japanese13471220
LMArena Korean13611263
LMArena Russian13871330
LMArena Spanish14111354

Instruction Following Grok 4.1 Fast leads

Grok 4.1 Fast: 72.8 (#127), MiniMax M1: 69.5 (#169)

BenchmarkGrok 4.1 FastMiniMax M1
LMArena Instruction Following13761312

Long Context Grok 4.1 Fast leads

Grok 4.1 Fast: 42.4 (#121), MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#136)

BenchmarkGrok 4.1 FastMiniMax M1
LMArena Longer Query13901326
Fiction.LiveBench—69.4%

Writing & Preference Grok 4.1 Fast leads

Grok 4.1 Fast: 57.4 (#126), MiniMax M1: 53.3 (#155)

BenchmarkGrok 4.1 FastMiniMax M1
LMArena Text14081343
LMArena Creative Writing13941298
LMArena Multi-Turn13891335
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1327—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.1 Fast better than MiniMax M1?

Grok 4.1 Fast is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.9 to 39.7 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Grok 4.1 Fast or MiniMax M1?

Grok 4.1 Fast is cheaper. It lists at $0.20 per million input tokens and $0.50 per million output tokens; MiniMax M1 lists at $0.40 and $2.20.

Is Grok 4.1 Fast or MiniMax M1 better for coding?

MiniMax M1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.2 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

MiniMax M1 does, with 1M tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.1 Fast and MiniMax M1 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.1 Fast has 32 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax M1 has 18.

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