Model comparison
Magistral Small vs MiniMax M1
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.
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Mistral AI
MiniMaxSummary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where MiniMax M1 leads 26.9 to 6.8.
- Magistral Small is cheaper at $0.50 / $1.50 per million input/output tokens, against $0.55 / $2.20 for MiniMax M1.
- MiniMax M1 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| Magistral Small | MiniMax M1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 30.2 | 40.3 |
| Released | 2025-06-10 | 2025-06-13 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | 1M |
| Max output | 40K | 40K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.50 | $0.55 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.50 | $2.20 |
| Results tracked | 10 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax M1 leads
Magistral Small: 38.4 (#176), MiniMax M1: 39.9 (#153)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 35.2% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1359 |
Reasoning MiniMax M1 leads
Magistral Small: 6.8 (#350), MiniMax M1: 26.9 (#126)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 6.3% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 5% | — |
| CritPt | 0.3% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 3% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1339 |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 133.19 | — |
Math MiniMax M1 leads
Magistral Small: 26.2 (#261), MiniMax M1: 37.5 (#151)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 30% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1361 |
Knowledge MiniMax M1 leads
Magistral Small: 30.9 (#223), MiniMax M1: 36.4 (#170)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 56.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1317 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, MiniMax M1: 45.8 (#163)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1319 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1360 |
| LMArena French | — | 1370 |
| LMArena German | — | 1350 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1217 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1266 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1329 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1353 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, MiniMax M1: 69.3 (#174)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1312 |
Long Context Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#141)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 69.4% |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1326 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, MiniMax M1: 53.1 (#161)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1343 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1298 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1335 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Magistral Small better than MiniMax M1?
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Magistral Small or MiniMax M1?
Magistral Small is cheaper. It lists at $0.50 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens; MiniMax M1 lists at $0.55 and $2.20.
Is Magistral Small or MiniMax M1 better for coding?
MiniMax M1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.9 versus 38.4 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiniMax M1 does, with 1M tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Magistral Small and MiniMax M1 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Magistral Small has 10 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax M1 has 18.