Model comparison
MiMo-V2-Flash vs MiniMax M1
MiMo-V2-Flash and MiniMax M1 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (41.3 vs 40.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
MiniMaxSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2-Flash scores higher in 6 categories and MiniMax M1 in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where MiMo-V2-Flash leads 59.7 to 53.1.
- MiMo-V2-Flash is cheaper at $0.14 / $0.28 per million input/output tokens, against $0.55 / $2.20 for MiniMax M1.
- MiniMax M1 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.
Side by side
| MiMo-V2-Flash | MiniMax M1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Xiaomi | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 41.3 | 40.3 |
| Released | 2025-12-16 | 2025-06-13 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | 1M |
| Max output | 66K | 40K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.14 | $0.55 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.28 | $2.20 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax M1 leads
MiMo-V2-Flash: 36.1 (#211), MiniMax M1: 39.9 (#153)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Flash | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1443 | 1359 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1330 | — |
| SciCode | 25.9% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 737.95 | — |
Reasoning MiniMax M1 leads
MiMo-V2-Flash: 24.9 (#157), MiniMax M1: 26.9 (#126)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Flash | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1420 | 1339 |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
Math Too close to call
MiMo-V2-Flash: 38.3 (#139), MiniMax M1: 37.5 (#151)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Flash | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1396 | 1361 |
Knowledge MiMo-V2-Flash leads
MiMo-V2-Flash: 39.7 (#131), MiniMax M1: 36.4 (#170)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Flash | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1425 | 1317 |
Multilingual MiMo-V2-Flash leads
MiMo-V2-Flash: 51.0 (#113), MiniMax M1: 45.8 (#163)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Flash | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1392 | 1319 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1462 | 1360 |
| LMArena French | 1429 | 1370 |
| LMArena German | 1395 | 1350 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1325 | 1217 |
| LMArena Korean | 1358 | 1266 |
| LMArena Russian | 1387 | 1329 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1420 | 1353 |
Instruction Following MiMo-V2-Flash leads
MiMo-V2-Flash: 73.5 (#120), MiniMax M1: 69.3 (#174)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Flash | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1392 | 1312 |
Long Context MiMo-V2-Flash leads
MiMo-V2-Flash: 43.0 (#110), MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#141)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Flash | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1409 | 1326 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 69.4% |
Writing & Preference MiMo-V2-Flash leads
MiMo-V2-Flash: 59.7 (#106), MiniMax M1: 53.1 (#161)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Flash | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1411 | 1343 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1375 | 1298 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1404 | 1335 |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiMo-V2-Flash better than MiniMax M1?
MiMo-V2-Flash and MiniMax M1 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (41.3 vs 40.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2-Flash or MiniMax M1?
MiMo-V2-Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.14 per million input tokens and $0.28 per million output tokens; MiniMax M1 lists at $0.55 and $2.20.
Is MiMo-V2-Flash or MiniMax M1 better for coding?
MiniMax M1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.9 versus 36.1 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiniMax M1 does, with 1M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2-Flash and MiniMax M1 share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2-Flash has 21 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax M1 has 18.