Model comparison
Mercury 2.5 vs MiniMax M1
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 33.5 on the Noometry Index. Mercury 2.5 costs 14× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiniMax M1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
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MiniMaxSummary
- The widest gap is in math, where MiniMax M1 leads 37.5 to 23.3.
- Mercury 2.5 is cheaper at $0.04 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $0.55 / $2.20 for MiniMax M1.
- MiniMax M1 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 260K.
- MiniMax M1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mercury 2.5 | MiniMax M1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Inception | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 33.5 | 40.3 |
| Released | 2026-09-08 | 2025-06-13 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 260K | 1M |
| Max output | 66K | 40K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.04 | $0.55 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $2.20 |
| Results tracked | 4 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Mercury 2.5: 39.5 (#156), MiniMax M1: 39.9 (#153)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 38.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1359 |
| ALE-Bench | 301.65 | — |
Reasoning MiniMax M1 leads
Mercury 2.5: 22.4 (#193), MiniMax M1: 26.9 (#126)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1339 |
Math MiniMax M1 leads
Mercury 2.5: 23.3 (#272), MiniMax M1: 37.5 (#151)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | 3% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1361 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Mercury 2.5: —, MiniMax M1: 36.4 (#170)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1317 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Mercury 2.5: —, MiniMax M1: 45.8 (#163)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | 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
Mercury 2.5: —, MiniMax M1: 69.3 (#174)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1312 |
Long Context Not comparable
Mercury 2.5: —, MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#141)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 69.4% |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1326 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Mercury 2.5: —, MiniMax M1: 53.1 (#161)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1343 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1298 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1335 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mercury 2.5 better than MiniMax M1?
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 33.5 on the Noometry Index. Mercury 2.5 costs 14× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiniMax M1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Mercury 2.5 or MiniMax M1?
Mercury 2.5 is cheaper. It lists at $0.04 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; MiniMax M1 lists at $0.55 and $2.20.
Is Mercury 2.5 or MiniMax M1 better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (39.5 vs 39.9); test both on your own repository before choosing.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiniMax M1 does, with 1M tokens against 260K.
How many benchmarks do Mercury 2.5 and MiniMax M1 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mercury 2.5 has 4 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax M1 has 18.