Model comparison
Magistral Medium vs MiniMax M1
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 35.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
MiniMaxSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Magistral Medium scores higher in 0 categories and MiniMax M1 in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where MiniMax M1 leads 26.9 to 8.6.
- MiniMax M1 is cheaper at $0.55 / $2.20 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $5 for Magistral Medium.
- MiniMax M1 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.
Side by side
| Magistral Medium | MiniMax M1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 35.2 | 40.3 |
| Released | 2025-03-17 | 2025-06-13 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | 1M |
| Max output | 16K | 40K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | $0.55 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $5 | $2.20 |
| Results tracked | 22 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Magistral Medium: 39.1 (#161), MiniMax M1: 39.9 (#153)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1319 | 1359 |
| SciCode | 39.2% | — |
Reasoning MiniMax M1 leads
Magistral Medium: 8.6 (#348), MiniMax M1: 26.9 (#126)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1267 | 1339 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 16.2% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 6.1% | — |
| CritPt | 0.3% | — |
Math MiniMax M1 leads
Magistral Medium: 35.1 (#189), MiniMax M1: 37.5 (#151)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1250 | 1361 |
Knowledge MiniMax M1 leads
Magistral Medium: 33.5 (#202), MiniMax M1: 36.4 (#170)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1223 | 1317 |
Multilingual MiniMax M1 leads
Magistral Medium: 39.6 (#224), MiniMax M1: 45.8 (#163)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1232 | 1319 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1227 | 1360 |
| LMArena French | 1267 | 1370 |
| LMArena German | 1248 | 1350 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1175 | 1217 |
| LMArena Korean | 1125 | 1266 |
| LMArena Russian | 1224 | 1329 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1271 | 1353 |
Instruction Following MiniMax M1 leads
Magistral Medium: 66.0 (#211), MiniMax M1: 69.3 (#174)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1254 | 1312 |
Long Context MiniMax M1 leads
Magistral Medium: 39.3 (#183), MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#141)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1295 | 1326 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 69.4% |
Writing & Preference MiniMax M1 leads
Magistral Medium: 46.3 (#219), MiniMax M1: 53.1 (#161)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1255 | 1343 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1245 | 1298 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1275 | 1335 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Magistral Medium better than MiniMax M1?
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 35.2 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Magistral Medium or MiniMax M1?
MiniMax M1 is cheaper. It lists at $0.55 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens; Magistral Medium lists at $2 and $5.
Is Magistral Medium or MiniMax M1 better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (39.1 vs 39.9); test both on your own repository before choosing.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiniMax M1 does, with 1M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do Magistral Medium and MiniMax M1 share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Magistral Medium has 22 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax M1 has 18.