Model comparison

MiniMax M1 vs o1-pro

MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 31.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

MiniMax M1 MiniMax

40.3

Rank #150 Confirmed

o1-pro OpenAI

31.5

Rank #271 Reported

Summary

  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where MiniMax M1 leads 36.4 to 29.7.
  • MiniMax M1 is cheaper at $0.55 / $2.20 per million input/output tokens, against $150 / $600 for o1-pro.
  • MiniMax M1 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 200K.
  • MiniMax M1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

MiniMax M1 and o1-pro specifications
MiniMax M1o1-pro
ProviderMiniMaxOpenAI
Noometry Index40.331.5
Released2025-06-132025-03-19
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window1M200K
Max output40K100K
Input $ / M tokens$0.55$150
Output $ / M tokens$2.20$600
Results tracked183

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

MiniMax M1: 39.9 (#153), o1-pro: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax M1o1-pro
LMArena Coding1359—

Reasoning MiniMax M1 leads

MiniMax M1: 26.9 (#126), o1-pro: 20.4 (#239)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax M1o1-pro
ARC-AGI-1—23.3%
EnigmaEval—6.1%
LMArena Hard Prompts1339—

Math Not comparable

MiniMax M1: 37.5 (#151), o1-pro: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax M1o1-pro
LMArena Math1361—

Knowledge MiniMax M1 leads

MiniMax M1: 36.4 (#170), o1-pro: 29.7 (#234)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax M1o1-pro
Humanity's Last Exam—8.1%
LMArena Expert1317—

Multilingual Not comparable

MiniMax M1: 45.8 (#163), o1-pro: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax M1o1-pro
LMArena Non-English1319—
LMArena Chinese1360—
LMArena French1370—
LMArena German1350—
LMArena Japanese1217—
LMArena Korean1266—
LMArena Russian1329—
LMArena Spanish1353—

Instruction Following Not comparable

MiniMax M1: 69.3 (#174), o1-pro: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax M1o1-pro
LMArena Instruction Following1312—

Long Context Not comparable

MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#141), o1-pro: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax M1o1-pro
Fiction.LiveBench69.4%—
LMArena Longer Query1326—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

MiniMax M1: 53.1 (#161), o1-pro: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax M1o1-pro
LMArena Text1343—
LMArena Creative Writing1298—
LMArena Multi-Turn1335—

Frequently asked questions

Is MiniMax M1 better than o1-pro?

MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 31.5 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, MiniMax M1 or o1-pro?

MiniMax M1 is cheaper. It lists at $0.55 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens; o1-pro lists at $150 and $600.

Which has the bigger context window?

MiniMax M1 does, with 1M tokens against 200K.

How many benchmarks do MiniMax M1 and o1-pro share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax M1 has 18 scored results on Noometry and o1-pro has 3.

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