Noometry

Model comparison

Inkling-Small vs MiniMax-M2

Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 37.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Inkling-Small Thinking Machines Lab

46.5

Rank #63 Confirmed

MiniMax-M2 MiniMax

37.4

Rank #204 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Inkling-Small scores higher in 8 categories and MiniMax-M2 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Inkling-Small leads 38.6 to 19.4.
  • MiniMax-M2 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.45 / $1.20 for Inkling-Small.
  • Inkling-Small accepts more context: 524K tokens versus 205K.

Side by side

Inkling-SmallMiniMax-M2
ProviderThinking Machines LabMiniMax
Noometry Index46.537.4
Released2026-07-152025-10-27
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window524K205K
Max output1.05M131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.45$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$1.20$1.20
Results tracked3321

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Category by category

Coding Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 43.6 (#85), MiniMax-M2: 39.3 (#159)

BenchmarkInkling-SmallMiniMax-M2
LMArena WebDev14091297
LMArena Coding14511370
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—61%
SciCode48.7%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Inkling-Small: —, MiniMax-M2: 25.1 (#109)

BenchmarkInkling-SmallMiniMax-M2
Terminal-Bench—30%
Vending-Bench 2—160.6

Reasoning Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 38.6 (#63), MiniMax-M2: 19.4 (#258)

BenchmarkInkling-SmallMiniMax-M2
LMArena Hard Prompts14231357
ARC-AGI-240.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—57.8%
NYT Connections (extended)—14.8%
ARC-AGI-184%—
CritPt8.3%—
Chess Puzzles18%—
Mystery Game Puzzles6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index150.15—

Math Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 45.1 (#77), MiniMax-M2: 37.3 (#160)

BenchmarkInkling-SmallMiniMax-M2
LMArena Math14591352
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)46.3%—
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202590%—
ProofBench6%—

Knowledge Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 48.2 (#77), MiniMax-M2: 37.0 (#163)

BenchmarkInkling-SmallMiniMax-M2
LMArena Expert14421337
GPQA Diamond88.5%—
SimpleQA Verified19.1%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Inkling-Small: 39.1 (#62), MiniMax-M2: —

BenchmarkInkling-SmallMiniMax-M2
LMArena Vision1235—

Multilingual Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 51.7 (#104), MiniMax-M2: 45.3 (#171)

BenchmarkInkling-SmallMiniMax-M2
LMArena Non-English14021313
LMArena Chinese14651366
LMArena French14361335
LMArena German14051355
LMArena Russian13911331
LMArena Spanish14281326
LMArena Japanese1405—
LMArena Korean1363—

Instruction Following Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 73.8 (#114), MiniMax-M2: 70.2 (#166)

BenchmarkInkling-SmallMiniMax-M2
LMArena Instruction Following13991328

Long Context Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 42.7 (#118), MiniMax-M2: 40.5 (#153)

BenchmarkInkling-SmallMiniMax-M2
LMArena Longer Query14011331

Writing & Preference Inkling-Small leads

Inkling-Small: 59.6 (#107), MiniMax-M2: 53.0 (#162)

BenchmarkInkling-SmallMiniMax-M2
LMArena Text14141340
LMArena Creative Writing13311286
LMArena Multi-Turn14181361
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1491—

Frequently asked questions

Is Inkling-Small better than MiniMax-M2?

Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 37.4 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Inkling-Small or MiniMax-M2?

MiniMax-M2 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Inkling-Small lists at $0.45 and $1.20.

Is Inkling-Small or MiniMax-M2 better for coding?

Inkling-Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.6 versus 39.3 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Inkling-Small does, with 524K tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks do Inkling-Small and MiniMax-M2 share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Inkling-Small has 33 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2 has 21.

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