Model comparison

Llama 3.2 90B vs MiniMax-M2

MiniMax-M2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.4 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 0 shared benchmarks.

Summary

The widest gap is in math, where MiniMax-M2 leads 37.3 to 11.1.

Side by side

Llama 3.2 90B and MiniMax-M2 specifications
	Llama 3.2 90B	MiniMax-M2
Provider	Meta	MiniMax
Noometry Index	27.5	37.4
Released	2024-09-24	2025-10-27
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	—	205K
Max output	—	131K
Input $ / M tokens	—	$0.30
Output $ / M tokens	—	$1.20
Results tracked	9	21

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: —, MiniMax-M2: 39.3 (#159)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	MiniMax-M2
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)	—	61%
LMArena WebDev	—	1297
LMArena Coding	—	1370

Agentic & Tool Use Llama 3.2 90B leads

Llama 3.2 90B: 30.0 (#80), MiniMax-M2: 25.1 (#109)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	MiniMax-M2
Terminal-Bench	—	30%
BALROG	27.3%	—
Vending-Bench 2	—	160.6

Reasoning Llama 3.2 90B leads

Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#217), MiniMax-M2: 19.4 (#258)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	MiniMax-M2
Kagi LLM Benchmark	—	57.8%
NYT Connections (extended)	—	14.8%
EnigmaEval	0.4%	—
LMArena Hard Prompts	—	1357
Epoch Capabilities Index	125.5	—

Math MiniMax-M2 leads

Llama 3.2 90B: 11.1 (#308), MiniMax-M2: 37.3 (#160)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	MiniMax-M2
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	2.6%	—
LMArena Math	—	1352
MATH Level 5	39.4%	—

Knowledge MiniMax-M2 leads

Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#274), MiniMax-M2: 37.0 (#163)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	MiniMax-M2
GPQA Diamond	41%	—
LMArena Expert	—	1337
MMLU	80.3%	—

Multimodal Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: 25.4 (#124), MiniMax-M2: —

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	MiniMax-M2
LMArena Vision	1000	—
GeoBench	52%	—

Multilingual Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: —, MiniMax-M2: 45.3 (#171)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	MiniMax-M2
LMArena Non-English	—	1313
LMArena Chinese	—	1366
LMArena French	—	1335
LMArena German	—	1355
LMArena Russian	—	1331
LMArena Spanish	—	1326

Instruction Following Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: —, MiniMax-M2: 70.2 (#166)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	MiniMax-M2
LMArena Instruction Following	—	1328

Long Context Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: —, MiniMax-M2: 40.5 (#153)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	MiniMax-M2
LMArena Longer Query	—	1331

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Llama 3.2 90B: —, MiniMax-M2: 53.0 (#162)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 90B	MiniMax-M2
LMArena Text	—	1340
LMArena Creative Writing	—	1286
LMArena Multi-Turn	—	1361

Frequently asked questions

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