Model comparison
Llama 2-7B vs MiniMax-M2.5
MiniMax-M2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.3 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
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MiniMaxSummary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 2-7B scores higher in 1 category and MiniMax-M2.5 in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where MiniMax-M2.5 leads 53.9 to 28.0.
Side by side
| Llama 2-7B | MiniMax-M2.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 29.1 | 38.3 |
| Released | 2023-07-18 | 2026-02-12 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 205K |
| Max output | — | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 29 | 33 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax-M2.5 leads
Llama 2-7B: 29.2 (#307), MiniMax-M2.5: 48.1 (#58)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1002 | 1381 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 75.8% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1387 |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | — | 68.3% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 618.17 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Llama 2-7B: —, MiniMax-M2.5: 30.4 (#77)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 42.7% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | -23.16 |
Reasoning MiniMax-M2.5 leads
Llama 2-7B: 15.7 (#312), MiniMax-M2.5: 17.5 (#292)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1009 | 1372 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 99.06 | 146.68 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 4.9% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 55.2% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 16.8% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 63.7% |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 39.2% | — |
| HellaSwag | 77.2% | — |
| LAMBADA | 73.3% | — |
| PIQA | 78.8% | — |
| WinoGrande | 69.2% | — |
Math Llama 2-7B leads
Llama 2-7B: 30.7 (#233), MiniMax-M2.5: 26.9 (#253)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1042 | 1378 |
| ProofBench | — | 4% |
| GSM8K | 16.7% | — |
Knowledge MiniMax-M2.5 leads
Llama 2-7B: 28.2 (#248), MiniMax-M2.5: 39.2 (#135)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1036 | 1379 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 9.1% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 45.9% | — |
| BoolQ | 77.9% | — |
| MMLU | 45.8% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 58.6% | — |
| TriviaQA | 73.7% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Llama 2-7B: —, MiniMax-M2.5: —
| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| ScienceQA | 43.1% | — |
Multilingual MiniMax-M2.5 leads
Llama 2-7B: 23.8 (#293), MiniMax-M2.5: 47.1 (#152)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 973 | 1338 |
| LMArena Chinese | 973 | 1393 |
| LMArena French | 970 | 1362 |
| LMArena German | 978 | 1362 |
| LMArena Russian | 995 | 1358 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1007 | 1354 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1171 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1232 |
Instruction Following MiniMax-M2.5 leads
Llama 2-7B: 50.8 (#298), MiniMax-M2.5: 71.5 (#148)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1006 | 1353 |
Long Context MiniMax-M2.5 leads
Llama 2-7B: 30.4 (#287), MiniMax-M2.5: 37.5 (#216)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 999 | 1366 |
| CL-bench | — | 11.4% |
| CL-bench Life | — | 6.3% |
Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2.5 leads
Llama 2-7B: 28.0 (#298), MiniMax-M2.5: 53.9 (#153)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1053 | 1359 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1033 | 1331 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1029 | 1364 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1361 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 2-7B better than MiniMax-M2.5?
MiniMax-M2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.3 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Llama 2-7B or MiniMax-M2.5 better for coding?
MiniMax-M2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.1 versus 29.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 2-7B and MiniMax-M2.5 share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 2-7B has 29 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.5 has 33.