Model comparison
MiniMax M1 vs Qwen3-1.7B
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index.
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MiniMax
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in math, where MiniMax M1 leads 34.8 to 15.4.
Side by side
| MiniMax M1 | Qwen3-1.7B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 39.7 | 26.2 |
| Released | 2025-06-13 | 2025-04-29 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 1M | — |
| Max output | 40K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.40 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.20 | — |
| Results tracked | 18 | 4 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
MiniMax M1: 39.2 (#149), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1359 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
MiniMax M1: —, Qwen3-1.7B: 24.5 (#108)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 28.4% |
Reasoning MiniMax M1 leads
MiniMax M1: 25.8 (#125), Qwen3-1.7B: 18.5 (#263)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1340 | — |
Math MiniMax M1 leads
MiniMax M1: 34.8 (#152), Qwen3-1.7B: 15.4 (#288)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 8.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1360 | — |
Knowledge MiniMax M1 leads
MiniMax M1: 35.7 (#168), Qwen3-1.7B: 19.6 (#273)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 38% |
| LMArena Expert | 1316 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
MiniMax M1: 46.0 (#157), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1320 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1361 | — |
| LMArena French | 1369 | — |
| LMArena German | 1350 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1220 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1263 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1330 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1354 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
MiniMax M1: 69.5 (#169), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1312 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#136), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 69.4% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1326 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
MiniMax M1: 53.3 (#155), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1343 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1298 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1335 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiniMax M1 better than Qwen3-1.7B?
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do MiniMax M1 and Qwen3-1.7B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax M1 has 18 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-1.7B has 4.