Model comparison
MiniMax M1 vs Mistral Nemo
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 26.4 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Nemo costs 6.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiniMax M1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
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MiniMax
Mistral AISummary
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where MiniMax M1 leads 53.1 to 28.5.
- Mistral Nemo is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $0.55 / $2.20 for MiniMax M1.
- MiniMax M1 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| MiniMax M1 | Mistral Nemo | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 40.3 | 26.4 |
| Released | 2025-06-13 | 2024-07-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 1M | 128K |
| Max output | 40K | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.55 | $0.15 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.20 | $0.15 |
| Results tracked | 18 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
MiniMax M1: 39.9 (#153), Mistral Nemo: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1359 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
MiniMax M1: —, Mistral Nemo: 23.5 (#125)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 27.6% |
| BALROG | — | 17.6% |
Reasoning MiniMax M1 leads
MiniMax M1: 26.9 (#126), Mistral Nemo: 20.7 (#232)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1339 | — |
| DTBench | — | 48.6% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 118.68 |
| PIQA | — | 83.5% |
Math MiniMax M1 leads
MiniMax M1: 37.5 (#151), Mistral Nemo: 25.5 (#268)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1361 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 10.8% |
| GSM8K | — | 84.2% |
Knowledge MiniMax M1 leads
MiniMax M1: 36.4 (#170), Mistral Nemo: 12.3 (#298)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 29.9% |
| LMArena Expert | 1317 | — |
| BoolQ | — | 82.5% |
Multilingual Not comparable
MiniMax M1: 45.8 (#163), Mistral Nemo: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| 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
MiniMax M1: 69.3 (#174), Mistral Nemo: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1312 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#141), Mistral Nemo: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 69.4% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1326 | — |
Writing & Preference MiniMax M1 leads
MiniMax M1: 53.1 (#161), Mistral Nemo: 28.5 (#296)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1343 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1298 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 881 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1335 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiniMax M1 better than Mistral Nemo?
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 26.4 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Nemo costs 6.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiniMax M1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, MiniMax M1 or Mistral Nemo?
Mistral Nemo is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; MiniMax M1 lists at $0.55 and $2.20.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiniMax M1 does, with 1M tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do MiniMax M1 and Mistral Nemo share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax M1 has 18 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Nemo has 10.