Noometry

Model comparison

MiMo-V2-Pro vs MiniMax-M2.1

MiMo-V2-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.0 to 38.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

MiMo-V2-Pro Xiaomi

43.0

Rank #103 Confirmed

MiniMax-M2.1 MiniMax

38.9

Rank #178 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2-Pro scores higher in 7 categories and MiniMax-M2.1 in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where MiMo-V2-Pro leads 22.1 to 16.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 25.8% for MiMo-V2-Pro and 11.2% for MiniMax-M2.1.
  • Both cost about the same: $0.43 input and $0.87 output per million tokens.
  • MiMo-V2-Pro accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 205K.
  • MiniMax-M2.1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

MiMo-V2-ProMiniMax-M2.1
ProviderXiaomiMiniMax
Noometry Index43.038.9
Released2026-03-182025-12-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M205K
Max output131K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.43$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$0.87$1.20
Results tracked2322

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Category by category

Coding MiMo-V2-Pro leads

MiMo-V2-Pro: 43.8 (#83), MiniMax-M2.1: 40.4 (#143)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2-ProMiniMax-M2.1
LMArena WebDev14331384
LMArena Coding14761421
ALE-Bench785.17623.83

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

MiMo-V2-Pro: —, MiniMax-M2.1: 27.9 (#98)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2-ProMiniMax-M2.1
Terminal-Bench—36.6%

Reasoning MiMo-V2-Pro leads

MiMo-V2-Pro: 22.1 (#206), MiniMax-M2.1: 16.6 (#302)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2-ProMiniMax-M2.1
NYT Connections (extended)25.8%11.2%
LMArena Hard Prompts14571411
Thematic Generalization45.9%—

Math MiMo-V2-Pro leads

MiMo-V2-Pro: 39.5 (#102), MiniMax-M2.1: 38.3 (#138)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2-ProMiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Math14471397

Knowledge MiMo-V2-Pro leads

MiMo-V2-Pro: 41.4 (#111), MiniMax-M2.1: 38.3 (#147)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2-ProMiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Expert14781431
Vectara Hallucination Rate—11.8%

Multilingual MiMo-V2-Pro leads

MiMo-V2-Pro: 52.7 (#81), MiniMax-M2.1: 50.0 (#128)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2-ProMiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Non-English14161378
LMArena Chinese14561430
LMArena French14691404
LMArena German14171381
LMArena Japanese13661287
LMArena Korean14001298
LMArena Russian14271387
LMArena Spanish14571397

Instruction Following MiMo-V2-Pro leads

MiMo-V2-Pro: 76.0 (#49), MiniMax-M2.1: 73.8 (#112)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2-ProMiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Instruction Following14451400

Long Context MiniMax-M2.1 leads

MiMo-V2-Pro: 41.5 (#138), MiniMax-M2.1: 43.2 (#101)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2-ProMiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Longer Query14551416
CL-bench15.7%—
CL-bench Life6.9%—

Writing & Preference MiMo-V2-Pro leads

MiMo-V2-Pro: 62.8 (#70), MiniMax-M2.1: 58.3 (#120)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2-ProMiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Text14361392
LMArena Creative Writing14151361
LMArena Multi-Turn14561396

Frequently asked questions

Is MiMo-V2-Pro better than MiniMax-M2.1?

MiMo-V2-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.0 to 38.9 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2-Pro or MiniMax-M2.1?

MiniMax-M2.1 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2-Pro lists at $0.43 and $0.87.

Is MiMo-V2-Pro or MiniMax-M2.1 better for coding?

MiMo-V2-Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.8 versus 40.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

MiMo-V2-Pro does, with 1.05M tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2-Pro and MiniMax-M2.1 share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2-Pro has 23 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.1 has 22.

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