Model comparison
Granite 4.0 H Small vs MiniMax-M2
Granite 4.0 H Small and MiniMax-M2 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (35.9 vs 36.9), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
MiniMaxSummary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.0 H Small scores higher in 1 category and MiniMax-M2 in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where MiniMax-M2 leads 53.3 to 44.0.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 H Small | MiniMax-M2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 35.9 | 36.9 |
| Released | — | 2025-10-27 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 205K |
| Max output | — | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax-M2 leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 35.8 (#207), MiniMax-M2: 39.1 (#151)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1247 | 1370 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 61% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1297 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: —, MiniMax-M2: 24.9 (#102)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 30% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 160.6 |
Reasoning Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 23.4 (#164), MiniMax-M2: 18.6 (#256)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1240 | 1357 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 57.8% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 14.8% |
Math MiniMax-M2 leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 29.3 (#219), MiniMax-M2: 34.6 (#158)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1251 | 1350 |
| Omni-MATH | 29.6% | — |
Knowledge MiniMax-M2 leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.5 (#210), MiniMax-M2: 36.3 (#160)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1244 | 1336 |
| MMLU-Pro | 56.9% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.2% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
Multilingual MiniMax-M2 leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.7 (#223), MiniMax-M2: 45.6 (#165)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1314 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1250 | 1367 |
| LMArena Russian | 1198 | 1332 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1258 | 1326 |
| LMArena French | — | 1336 |
| LMArena German | — | 1366 |
Instruction Following MiniMax-M2 leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.9 (#178), MiniMax-M2: 70.4 (#160)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1221 | 1329 |
| IFEval | 89% | — |
Long Context MiniMax-M2 leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.6 (#209), MiniMax-M2: 40.5 (#148)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1240 | 1332 |
Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2 leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 44.0 (#222), MiniMax-M2: 53.3 (#157)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1241 | 1340 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1210 | 1288 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1243 | 1362 |
| WildBench | 73.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 H Small better than MiniMax-M2?
Granite 4.0 H Small and MiniMax-M2 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (35.9 vs 36.9), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Granite 4.0 H Small or MiniMax-M2 better for coding?
MiniMax-M2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.1 versus 35.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 H Small and MiniMax-M2 share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 H Small has 19 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2 has 21.