Model comparison
MiniMax-M2.5 vs Mistral Medium 3.1
MiniMax-M2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.3 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. MiniMax-M2.5 scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Medium 3.1 in 1 category; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where MiniMax-M2.5 leads 17.5 to 10.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 16.8% for MiniMax-M2.5 and 6.5% for Mistral Medium 3.1.
- MiniMax-M2.5 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $2 for Mistral Medium 3.1.
- MiniMax-M2.5 accepts more context: 205K tokens versus 131K.
- MiniMax-M2.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| MiniMax-M2.5 | Mistral Medium 3.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 38.3 | 31.9 |
| Released | 2026-02-12 | — |
| 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 | 33 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.5: 48.1 (#58), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 75.8% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1387 | — |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | 68.3% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1381 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 618.17 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.5: 30.4 (#77), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 42.7% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | -23.16 | — |
Reasoning MiniMax-M2.5 leads
MiniMax-M2.5: 17.5 (#292), Mistral Medium 3.1: 10.6 (#341)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 16.8% | 6.5% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 4.9% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 55.2% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 63.7% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 20.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1372 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 146.68 | — |
Math Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.5: 26.9 (#253), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | 4% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1378 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.5: 39.2 (#135), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1379 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.5: 47.1 (#152), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1338 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1393 | — |
| LMArena French | 1362 | — |
| LMArena German | 1362 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1171 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1232 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1358 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1354 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.5: 71.5 (#148), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1353 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.5: 37.5 (#216), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | 11.4% | — |
| CL-bench Life | 6.3% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1366 | — |
Writing & Preference Mistral Medium 3.1 leads
MiniMax-M2.5: 53.9 (#153), Mistral Medium 3.1: 55.5 (#145)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1361 | 1476 |
| LMArena Text | 1359 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1331 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1364 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiniMax-M2.5 better than Mistral Medium 3.1?
MiniMax-M2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.3 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, MiniMax-M2.5 or Mistral Medium 3.1?
MiniMax-M2.5 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-M2.5 does, with 205K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M2.5 and Mistral Medium 3.1 share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax-M2.5 has 33 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.1 has 3.