Model comparison
MiniMax-M2.5 vs Nova 2.0 Pro Preview
MiniMax-M2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.3 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
MiniMaxSummary
- The widest gap is in agentic & tool use, where MiniMax-M2.5 leads 30.4 to 21.9.
- MiniMax-M2.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| MiniMax-M2.5 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 38.3 | 33.4 |
| Released | 2026-02-12 | 2025-12-02 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 205K | — |
| Max output | 131K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.20 | — |
| Results tracked | 33 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax-M2.5 leads
MiniMax-M2.5: 48.1 (#58), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 40.8 (#133)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 75.8% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1387 | — |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | 68.3% | — |
| SciCode | — | 42.7% |
| LMArena Coding | 1381 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 618.17 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use MiniMax-M2.5 leads
MiniMax-M2.5: 30.4 (#77), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 21.9 (#136)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 42.7% | — |
| GDP.pdf | — | 2% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | -23.16 | — |
Reasoning Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads
MiniMax-M2.5: 17.5 (#292), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 22.4 (#194)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 4.9% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 55.2% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 16.8% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 63.7% | — |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1372 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 146.68 | — |
Math Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.5: 26.9 (#253), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | 4% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1378 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.5: 39.2 (#135), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1379 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.5: 47.1 (#152), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| 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), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1353 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.5: 37.5 (#216), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | 11.4% | — |
| CL-bench Life | 6.3% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1366 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.5: 53.9 (#153), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1359 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1331 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1361 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1364 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiniMax-M2.5 better than Nova 2.0 Pro Preview?
MiniMax-M2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.3 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is MiniMax-M2.5 or Nova 2.0 Pro Preview better for coding?
MiniMax-M2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.1 versus 40.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M2.5 and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax-M2.5 has 33 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview has 3.