Model comparison

MiniMax-M2.1 vs Muse Spark 1.1

Muse Spark 1.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.9 to 38.4 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax-M2.1 costs 3.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Muse Spark 1.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 19 shared benchmarks.

MiniMax-M2.1

MiniMax

38.4

Rank #177 Confirmed

Muse Spark 1.1

Summary

They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. MiniMax-M2.1 scores higher in 0 categories and Muse Spark 1.1 in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in reasoning, where Muse Spark 1.1 leads 45.9 to 15.8.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 11.2% for MiniMax-M2.1 and 84.9% for Muse Spark 1.1.
MiniMax-M2.1 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $1.25 / $4.25 for Muse Spark 1.1.
Muse Spark 1.1 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 205K.
MiniMax-M2.1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

MiniMax-M2.1 and Muse Spark 1.1 specifications
	MiniMax-M2.1	Muse Spark 1.1
Provider	MiniMax	Meta
Noometry Index	38.4	49.9
Released	2025-12-23	2026-04-08
Weights	Open	Proprietary
Context window	205K	1.05M
Max output	131K	131K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.30	$1.25
Output $ / M tokens	$1.20	$4.25
Results tracked	22	36

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Category by category

Coding Muse Spark 1.1 leads

MiniMax-M2.1: 40.1 (#132), Muse Spark 1.1: 50.8 (#38)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.1	Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena WebDev	1384	1542
LMArena Coding	1421	1497
DeepSWE	—	53.3%
SciCode	—	58.8%
ALE-Bench	623.83	—

Agentic & Tool Use Muse Spark 1.1 leads

MiniMax-M2.1: 27.7 (#91), Muse Spark 1.1: 33.9 (#45)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.1	Muse Spark 1.1
Terminal-Bench	36.6%	—
τ²-bench Banking	—	40.5%
GBAEval	—	7.9%
GDP.pdf	—	15%
Vending-Bench 2	—	6,520

Reasoning Muse Spark 1.1 leads

MiniMax-M2.1: 15.8 (#301), Muse Spark 1.1: 45.9 (#41)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.1	Muse Spark 1.1
NYT Connections (extended)	11.2%	84.9%
LMArena Hard Prompts	1410	1486
CritPt	—	15.1%
DTBench	—	94.4%
LMCA	—	49.9%
Surface Evolver Bench	—	52.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index	—	154.32

Math Muse Spark 1.1 leads

MiniMax-M2.1: 35.6 (#142), Muse Spark 1.1: 44.0 (#67)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.1	Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Math	1396	1477
ProofBench	—	39%

Knowledge Muse Spark 1.1 leads

MiniMax-M2.1: 37.7 (#143), Muse Spark 1.1: 52.8 (#55)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.1	Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Expert	1432	1480
SimpleQA Verified	—	57.8%
Vectara Hallucination Rate	11.8%	—

Multimodal Not comparable

MiniMax-M2.1: —, Muse Spark 1.1: 41.9 (#28)

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.1	Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Vision	—	1292
LMArena Document	—	1465

Multilingual Muse Spark 1.1 leads

MiniMax-M2.1: 50.2 (#123), Muse Spark 1.1: 56.8 (#16)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.1	Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Non-English	1378	1471
LMArena Chinese	1430	1518
LMArena French	1405	1494
LMArena German	1380	1466
LMArena Japanese	1287	1445
LMArena Korean	1297	1459
LMArena Russian	1386	1482
LMArena Spanish	1396	1471

Instruction Following Muse Spark 1.1 leads

MiniMax-M2.1: 74.0 (#108), Muse Spark 1.1: 76.8 (#36)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.1	Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Instruction Following	1399	1457

Long Context Muse Spark 1.1 leads

MiniMax-M2.1: 43.2 (#98), Muse Spark 1.1: 44.8 (#55)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.1	Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Longer Query	1416	1463

Writing & Preference Muse Spark 1.1 leads

MiniMax-M2.1: 58.5 (#114), Muse Spark 1.1: 73.6 (#11)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.1	Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Text	1392	1479
LMArena Creative Writing	1362	1440
LMArena Multi-Turn	1396	1484
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	—	1927
EQ-Bench 4	—	1260

Frequently asked questions

Is MiniMax-M2.1 better than Muse Spark 1.1?

Which is cheaper, MiniMax-M2.1 or Muse Spark 1.1?

MiniMax-M2.1 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Muse Spark 1.1 lists at $1.25 and $4.25.

Is MiniMax-M2.1 or Muse Spark 1.1 better for coding?

Muse Spark 1.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.8 versus 40.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Muse Spark 1.1 does, with 1.05M tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M2.1 and Muse Spark 1.1 share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax-M2.1 has 22 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark 1.1 has 36.