Model comparison
Magistral Small vs MiniMax-M2.5
MiniMax-M2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.3 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
MiniMaxSummary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Magistral Small scores higher in 0 categories and MiniMax-M2.5 in 4 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where MiniMax-M2.5 leads 17.5 to 6.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-1: 5% for Magistral Small and 63.7% for MiniMax-M2.5.
- MiniMax-M2.5 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $1.50 for Magistral Small.
- MiniMax-M2.5 accepts more context: 205K tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| Magistral Small | MiniMax-M2.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 30.2 | 38.3 |
| Released | 2025-06-10 | 2026-02-12 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | 205K |
| Max output | 40K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.50 | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.50 | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 10 | 33 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax-M2.5 leads
Magistral Small: 38.4 (#176), MiniMax-M2.5: 48.1 (#58)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 75.8% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1387 |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | — | 68.3% |
| SciCode | 35.2% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1381 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 618.17 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, MiniMax-M2.5: 30.4 (#77)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 42.7% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | -23.16 |
Reasoning MiniMax-M2.5 leads
Magistral Small: 6.8 (#350), MiniMax-M2.5: 17.5 (#292)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | 4.9% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 6.3% | 55.2% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 5% | 63.7% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 133.19 | 146.68 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 16.8% |
| CritPt | 0.3% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 3% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1372 |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
Math Too close to call
Magistral Small: 26.2 (#261), MiniMax-M2.5: 26.9 (#253)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 30% | — |
| ProofBench | — | 4% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1378 |
Knowledge MiniMax-M2.5 leads
Magistral Small: 30.9 (#223), MiniMax-M2.5: 39.2 (#135)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 56.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 9.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1379 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, MiniMax-M2.5: 47.1 (#152)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1338 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1393 |
| LMArena French | — | 1362 |
| LMArena German | — | 1362 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1171 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1232 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1358 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1354 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, MiniMax-M2.5: 71.5 (#148)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1353 |
Long Context Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, MiniMax-M2.5: 37.5 (#216)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | — | 11.4% |
| CL-bench Life | — | 6.3% |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1366 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, MiniMax-M2.5: 53.9 (#153)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1359 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1331 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1361 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1364 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Magistral Small better than MiniMax-M2.5?
MiniMax-M2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.3 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Magistral Small or MiniMax-M2.5?
MiniMax-M2.5 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Magistral Small lists at $0.50 and $1.50.
Is Magistral Small or MiniMax-M2.5 better for coding?
MiniMax-M2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.1 versus 38.4 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiniMax-M2.5 does, with 205K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Magistral Small and MiniMax-M2.5 share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Magistral Small has 10 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.5 has 33.