Model comparison
Mercury vs MiniMax M1
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 8 shared benchmarks.
MiniMaxSummary
- They share 8 benchmarks with published results for both. Mercury scores higher in 0 categories and MiniMax M1 in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where MiniMax M1 leads 26.9 to 17.5.
- MiniMax M1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mercury | MiniMax M1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Inception | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 37.6 | 40.3 |
| Released | — | 2025-06-13 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 40K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.55 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.20 |
| Results tracked | 9 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax M1 leads
Mercury: 38.7 (#170), MiniMax M1: 39.9 (#153)
| Benchmark | Mercury | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | 1359 |
Reasoning MiniMax M1 leads
Mercury: 17.5 (#293), MiniMax M1: 26.9 (#126)
| Benchmark | Mercury | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1285 | 1339 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 21.6% | — |
Math Not comparable
Mercury: —, MiniMax M1: 37.5 (#151)
| Benchmark | Mercury | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1361 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Mercury: —, MiniMax M1: 36.4 (#170)
| Benchmark | Mercury | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1317 |
Multilingual MiniMax M1 leads
Mercury: 41.6 (#206), MiniMax M1: 45.8 (#163)
| Benchmark | Mercury | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1260 | 1319 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1360 |
| LMArena French | — | 1370 |
| LMArena German | — | 1350 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1217 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1266 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1329 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1353 |
Instruction Following MiniMax M1 leads
Mercury: 65.2 (#224), MiniMax M1: 69.3 (#174)
| Benchmark | Mercury | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1239 | 1312 |
Long Context MiniMax M1 leads
Mercury: 38.4 (#198), MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#141)
| Benchmark | Mercury | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1266 | 1326 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 69.4% |
Writing & Preference MiniMax M1 leads
Mercury: 46.2 (#221), MiniMax M1: 53.1 (#161)
| Benchmark | Mercury | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1282 | 1343 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1191 | 1298 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1282 | 1335 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mercury better than MiniMax M1?
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mercury or MiniMax M1 better for coding?
MiniMax M1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.9 versus 38.7 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mercury and MiniMax M1 share?
8 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mercury has 9 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax M1 has 18.