Model comparison
Llama 13b vs MiniMax-M2.1
MiniMax-M2.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.9 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 8 shared benchmarks.
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MiniMaxSummary
- They share 8 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 13b scores higher in 0 categories and MiniMax-M2.1 in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where MiniMax-M2.1 leads 58.3 to 13.8.
Side by side
| Llama 13b | MiniMax-M2.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 24.4 | 38.9 |
| Released | 2023-02-24 | 2025-12-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 205K |
| Max output | — | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax-M2.1 leads
Llama 13b: 21.4 (#337), MiniMax-M2.1: 40.4 (#143)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 683 | 1421 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1384 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 623.83 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Llama 13b: —, MiniMax-M2.1: 27.9 (#98)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 36.6% |
Reasoning MiniMax-M2.1 leads
Llama 13b: 14.0 (#329), MiniMax-M2.1: 16.6 (#302)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 728 | 1411 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 11.2% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 37.9% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 100.58 | — |
| HellaSwag | 79.2% | — |
| LAMBADA | 75.2% | — |
| PIQA | 80.1% | — |
| WinoGrande | 73% | — |
Math MiniMax-M2.1 leads
Llama 13b: 26.7 (#256), MiniMax-M2.1: 38.3 (#138)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 838 | 1397 |
| GSM8K | 20.6% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Llama 13b: —, MiniMax-M2.1: 38.3 (#147)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 11.8% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1431 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 52.7% | — |
| BoolQ | 78.7% | — |
| MMLU | 47.7% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 56.4% | — |
| TriviaQA | 77.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Llama 13b: —, MiniMax-M2.1: —
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| ScienceQA | 43.3% | — |
Multilingual MiniMax-M2.1 leads
Llama 13b: 16.6 (#297), MiniMax-M2.1: 50.0 (#128)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 819 | 1378 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1430 |
| LMArena French | — | 1404 |
| LMArena German | — | 1381 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1287 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1298 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1387 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1397 |
Instruction Following MiniMax-M2.1 leads
Llama 13b: 36.7 (#305), MiniMax-M2.1: 73.8 (#112)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 781 | 1400 |
Long Context Not comparable
Llama 13b: —, MiniMax-M2.1: 43.2 (#101)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1416 |
Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2.1 leads
Llama 13b: 13.8 (#312), MiniMax-M2.1: 58.3 (#120)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 834 | 1392 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 794 | 1361 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 753 | 1396 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 13b better than MiniMax-M2.1?
MiniMax-M2.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.9 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Llama 13b or MiniMax-M2.1 better for coding?
MiniMax-M2.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 21.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 13b and MiniMax-M2.1 share?
8 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 13b has 21 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.1 has 22.