Model comparison
MiniMax-M2.1 vs Qwen2.5 Plus 1127
MiniMax-M2.1 and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (38.9 vs 38.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
MiniMax
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. MiniMax-M2.1 scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 leads 25.9 to 16.6.
- MiniMax-M2.1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| MiniMax-M2.1 | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 38.9 | 38.8 |
| Released | 2025-12-23 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 205K | — |
| Max output | 131K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.20 | — |
| Results tracked | 22 | 14 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax-M2.1 leads
MiniMax-M2.1: 40.4 (#143), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 38.5 (#175)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.1 | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1421 | 1314 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1384 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 623.83 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.1: 27.9 (#98), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.1 | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 36.6% | — |
Reasoning Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 leads
MiniMax-M2.1: 16.6 (#302), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 25.9 (#141)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.1 | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1411 | 1299 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 11.2% | — |
Math MiniMax-M2.1 leads
MiniMax-M2.1: 38.3 (#138), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 36.1 (#174)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.1 | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1397 | 1298 |
Knowledge MiniMax-M2.1 leads
MiniMax-M2.1: 38.3 (#147), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 35.5 (#183)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.1 | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1431 | 1289 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 11.8% | — |
Multilingual MiniMax-M2.1 leads
MiniMax-M2.1: 50.0 (#128), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 41.9 (#201)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.1 | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1378 | 1265 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1430 | 1314 |
| LMArena German | 1381 | 1231 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1287 | 1207 |
| LMArena Russian | 1387 | 1271 |
| LMArena French | 1404 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1298 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1397 | — |
Instruction Following MiniMax-M2.1 leads
MiniMax-M2.1: 73.8 (#112), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 67.2 (#199)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.1 | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1400 | 1275 |
Long Context MiniMax-M2.1 leads
MiniMax-M2.1: 43.2 (#101), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 39.2 (#184)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.1 | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1416 | 1292 |
Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2.1 leads
MiniMax-M2.1: 58.3 (#120), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 49.4 (#192)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.1 | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1392 | 1299 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1361 | 1262 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1396 | 1299 |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiniMax-M2.1 better than Qwen2.5 Plus 1127?
MiniMax-M2.1 and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (38.9 vs 38.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is MiniMax-M2.1 or Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 better for coding?
MiniMax-M2.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 38.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M2.1 and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax-M2.1 has 22 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 has 14.