Model comparison
Grok Build 0.1 vs MiniMax-M2
Grok Build 0.1 and MiniMax-M2 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (36.4 vs 37.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
MiniMaxSummary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok Build 0.1 leads 32.2 to 19.4.
- MiniMax-M2 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $1 / $2 for Grok Build 0.1.
- Grok Build 0.1 accepts more context: 256K tokens versus 205K.
- MiniMax-M2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok Build 0.1 | MiniMax-M2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 36.4 | 37.4 |
| Released | 2026-04-16 | 2025-10-27 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 256K | 205K |
| Max output | 256K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1 | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2 | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 3 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok Build 0.1 leads
Grok Build 0.1: 43.1 (#91), MiniMax-M2: 39.3 (#159)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 61% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1297 |
| SciCode | 50.2% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1370 |
Agentic & Tool Use MiniMax-M2 leads
Grok Build 0.1: 22.7 (#129), MiniMax-M2: 25.1 (#109)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 30% |
| GBAEval | 2.4% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 160.6 |
Reasoning Grok Build 0.1 leads
Grok Build 0.1: 32.2 (#77), MiniMax-M2: 19.4 (#258)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 57.8% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 14.8% |
| CritPt | 9.1% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1357 |
Math Not comparable
Grok Build 0.1: —, MiniMax-M2: 37.3 (#160)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1352 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Grok Build 0.1: —, MiniMax-M2: 37.0 (#163)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1337 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Grok Build 0.1: —, MiniMax-M2: 45.3 (#171)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1313 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1366 |
| LMArena French | — | 1335 |
| LMArena German | — | 1355 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1331 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1326 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Grok Build 0.1: —, MiniMax-M2: 70.2 (#166)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1328 |
Long Context Not comparable
Grok Build 0.1: —, MiniMax-M2: 40.5 (#153)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1331 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Grok Build 0.1: —, MiniMax-M2: 53.0 (#162)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1340 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1286 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1361 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok Build 0.1 better than MiniMax-M2?
Grok Build 0.1 and MiniMax-M2 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (36.4 vs 37.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, Grok Build 0.1 or MiniMax-M2?
MiniMax-M2 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Grok Build 0.1 lists at $1 and $2.
Is Grok Build 0.1 or MiniMax-M2 better for coding?
Grok Build 0.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.1 versus 39.3 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Grok Build 0.1 does, with 256K tokens against 205K.
How many benchmarks do Grok Build 0.1 and MiniMax-M2 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok Build 0.1 has 3 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2 has 21.