Model comparison
MiniMax M1 vs Qwen3-4B
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
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MiniMax
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in math, where MiniMax M1 leads 37.5 to 29.7.
Side by side
| MiniMax M1 | Qwen3-4B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 40.3 | 31.9 |
| Released | 2025-06-13 | 2025-04-29 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 1M | — |
| Max output | 40K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.55 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.20 | — |
| Results tracked | 18 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
MiniMax M1: 39.9 (#153), Qwen3-4B: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1359 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
MiniMax M1: —, Qwen3-4B: 27.6 (#100)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 35.7% |
Reasoning MiniMax M1 leads
MiniMax M1: 26.9 (#126), Qwen3-4B: 19.2 (#268)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 4% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1339 | — |
Math MiniMax M1 leads
MiniMax M1: 37.5 (#151), Qwen3-4B: 29.7 (#240)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 38.5% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 52.2% |
| LMArena Math | 1361 | — |
Knowledge MiniMax M1 leads
MiniMax M1: 36.4 (#170), Qwen3-4B: 33.0 (#208)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 52.3% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.7% |
| LMArena Expert | 1317 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
MiniMax M1: 45.8 (#163), Qwen3-4B: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| 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), Qwen3-4B: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1312 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#141), Qwen3-4B: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 69.4% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1326 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
MiniMax M1: 53.1 (#161), Qwen3-4B: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1343 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1298 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1335 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiniMax M1 better than Qwen3-4B?
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do MiniMax M1 and Qwen3-4B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax M1 has 18 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-4B has 6.