Model comparison
MiniMax-M2.1 vs Mistral Medium 3.1
MiniMax-M2.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.9 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. MiniMax-M2.1 scores higher in 2 categories and Mistral Medium 3.1 in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where MiniMax-M2.1 leads 16.6 to 10.6.
- MiniMax-M2.1 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $2 for Mistral Medium 3.1.
- MiniMax-M2.1 accepts more context: 205K tokens versus 131K.
- MiniMax-M2.1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| MiniMax-M2.1 | Mistral Medium 3.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 38.9 | 31.9 |
| Released | 2025-12-23 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 205K | 131K |
| Max output | 131K | 105K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.20 | $2 |
| Results tracked | 22 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.1: 40.4 (#143), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.1 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1384 | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1421 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 623.83 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.1: 27.9 (#98), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.1 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 36.6% | — |
Reasoning MiniMax-M2.1 leads
MiniMax-M2.1: 16.6 (#302), Mistral Medium 3.1: 10.6 (#341)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.1 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 11.2% | 6.5% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 20.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1411 | — |
Math Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.1: 38.3 (#138), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.1 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1397 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.1: 38.3 (#147), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.1 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 11.8% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1431 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.1: 50.0 (#128), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.1 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1378 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1430 | — |
| LMArena French | 1404 | — |
| LMArena German | 1381 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1287 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1298 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1387 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1397 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.1: 73.8 (#112), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.1 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1400 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.1: 43.2 (#101), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.1 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1416 | — |
Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2.1 leads
MiniMax-M2.1: 58.3 (#120), Mistral Medium 3.1: 55.5 (#145)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.1 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1392 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1361 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1476 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1396 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiniMax-M2.1 better than Mistral Medium 3.1?
MiniMax-M2.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.9 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, MiniMax-M2.1 or Mistral Medium 3.1?
MiniMax-M2.1 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Mistral Medium 3.1 lists at $0.40 and $2.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiniMax-M2.1 does, with 205K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M2.1 and Mistral Medium 3.1 share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. MiniMax-M2.1 has 22 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.1 has 3.