Model comparison
MiniMax M1 vs Nova Premier 1.0
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 38.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
MiniMaxSummary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where MiniMax M1 leads 26.9 to 23.0.
- MiniMax M1 is cheaper at $0.55 / $2.20 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $12.50 for Nova Premier 1.0.
- MiniMax M1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| MiniMax M1 | Nova Premier 1.0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 40.3 | 38.3 |
| Released | 2025-06-13 | 2025-04-30 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1M | 1M |
| Max output | 40K | 10K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.55 | $2.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.20 | $12.50 |
| Results tracked | 18 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
MiniMax M1: 39.9 (#153), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1359 | — |
Reasoning MiniMax M1 leads
MiniMax M1: 26.9 (#126), Nova Premier 1.0: 23.0 (#185)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 44.8% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1339 | — |
Math MiniMax M1 leads
MiniMax M1: 37.5 (#151), Nova Premier 1.0: 33.8 (#199)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | — | 35% |
| LMArena Math | 1361 | — |
Knowledge Too close to call
MiniMax M1: 36.4 (#170), Nova Premier 1.0: 35.8 (#180)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | — | 72.6% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 51.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1317 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
MiniMax M1: 45.8 (#163), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 MiniMax M1 leads
MiniMax M1: 69.3 (#174), Nova Premier 1.0: 66.8 (#204)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 80.3% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1312 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#141), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 69.4% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1326 | — |
Writing & Preference MiniMax M1 leads
MiniMax M1: 53.1 (#161), Nova Premier 1.0: 51.0 (#178)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1343 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1298 | — |
| WildBench | — | 78.8% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1335 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiniMax M1 better than Nova Premier 1.0?
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 38.3 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, MiniMax M1 or Nova Premier 1.0?
MiniMax M1 is cheaper. It lists at $0.55 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens; Nova Premier 1.0 lists at $2.50 and $12.50.
Which has the bigger context window?
Both accept 1M tokens.
How many benchmarks do MiniMax M1 and Nova Premier 1.0 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax M1 has 18 scored results on Noometry and Nova Premier 1.0 has 6.