Model comparison
Llama 2-13B vs MiniMax-M2.1
MiniMax-M2.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.4 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Meta
MiniMaxSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 2-13B scores higher in 0 categories and MiniMax-M2.1 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where MiniMax-M2.1 leads 58.5 to 30.0.
Side by side
| Llama 2-13B | MiniMax-M2.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 29.1 | 38.4 |
| Released | 2023-07-18 | 2025-12-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 205K |
| Max output | — | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 32 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax-M2.1 leads
Llama 2-13B: 30.4 (#287), MiniMax-M2.1: 40.1 (#132)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1062 | 1421 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1384 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 623.83 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Llama 2-13B: —, MiniMax-M2.1: 27.7 (#91)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 36.6% |
Reasoning MiniMax-M2.1 leads
Llama 2-13B: 12.3 (#333), MiniMax-M2.1: 15.8 (#301)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1051 | 1410 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 11.2% |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| DTBench | 42.2% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 58.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 105.8 | — |
| HellaSwag | 80.7% | — |
| LAMBADA | 76.5% | — |
| PIQA | 80.8% | — |
| WinoGrande | 72.8% | — |
Math MiniMax-M2.1 leads
Llama 2-13B: 28.7 (#226), MiniMax-M2.1: 35.6 (#142)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1065 | 1396 |
| GSM8K | 36.9% | — |
Knowledge MiniMax-M2.1 leads
Llama 2-13B: 27.5 (#244), MiniMax-M2.1: 37.7 (#143)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1030 | 1432 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 11.8% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 60.3% | — |
| BoolQ | 82.4% | — |
| MMLU | 55.6% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 57% | — |
| TriviaQA | 79.6% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Llama 2-13B: —, MiniMax-M2.1: —
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| ScienceQA | 55.8% | — |
Multilingual MiniMax-M2.1 leads
Llama 2-13B: 26.7 (#274), MiniMax-M2.1: 50.2 (#123)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1024 | 1378 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1001 | 1430 |
| LMArena French | 1043 | 1405 |
| LMArena German | 1009 | 1380 |
| LMArena Japanese | 894 | 1287 |
| LMArena Korean | 953 | 1297 |
| LMArena Russian | 1055 | 1386 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1086 | 1396 |
Instruction Following MiniMax-M2.1 leads
Llama 2-13B: 53.5 (#282), MiniMax-M2.1: 74.0 (#108)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1046 | 1399 |
Long Context MiniMax-M2.1 leads
Llama 2-13B: 32.3 (#264), MiniMax-M2.1: 43.2 (#98)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1064 | 1416 |
Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2.1 leads
Llama 2-13B: 30.0 (#284), MiniMax-M2.1: 58.5 (#114)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1085 | 1392 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1047 | 1362 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1050 | 1396 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 2-13B better than MiniMax-M2.1?
MiniMax-M2.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.4 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Llama 2-13B or MiniMax-M2.1 better for coding?
MiniMax-M2.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.1 versus 30.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 2-13B and MiniMax-M2.1 share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 2-13B has 32 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.1 has 22.