Model comparison

MiniMax-M2.5 vs Qwen3-1.7B

MiniMax-M2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

MiniMax-M2.5 MiniMax

38.1

Rank #181 Confirmed

Qwen3-1.7B Alibaba (Qwen)

26.2

Rank #331 Reported

Summary

  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where MiniMax-M2.5 leads 38.6 to 19.6.

Side by side

MiniMax-M2.5 and Qwen3-1.7B specifications
MiniMax-M2.5Qwen3-1.7B
ProviderMiniMaxAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index38.126.2
Released2026-02-122025-04-29
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window205K—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.30—
Output $ / M tokens$1.20—
Results tracked334

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

MiniMax-M2.5: 47.9 (#53), Qwen3-1.7B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.5Qwen3-1.7B
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)75.8%—
LMArena WebDev1386—
SWE-bench Multilingual68.3%—
LMArena Coding1380—
ALE-Bench618.17—

Agentic & Tool Use MiniMax-M2.5 leads

MiniMax-M2.5: 30.2 (#70), Qwen3-1.7B: 24.5 (#108)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.5Qwen3-1.7B
Terminal-Bench42.7%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—28.4%
Vending-Bench 2-23.16—

Reasoning Too close to call

MiniMax-M2.5: 17.6 (#281), Qwen3-1.7B: 18.5 (#263)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.5Qwen3-1.7B
ARC-AGI-24.9%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark55.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)16.8%—
ARC-AGI-163.7%—
Chess Puzzles—0%
LMArena Hard Prompts1372—
Epoch Capabilities Index146.68—

Math MiniMax-M2.5 leads

MiniMax-M2.5: 25.8 (#242), Qwen3-1.7B: 15.4 (#288)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.5Qwen3-1.7B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—8.1%
ProofBench4%—
LMArena Math1378—

Knowledge MiniMax-M2.5 leads

MiniMax-M2.5: 38.6 (#132), Qwen3-1.7B: 19.6 (#273)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.5Qwen3-1.7B
GPQA Diamond—38%
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.1%—
LMArena Expert1378—

Multilingual Not comparable

MiniMax-M2.5: 47.3 (#147), Qwen3-1.7B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.5Qwen3-1.7B
LMArena Non-English1338—
LMArena Chinese1392—
LMArena French1363—
LMArena German1361—
LMArena Japanese1169—
LMArena Korean1232—
LMArena Russian1359—
LMArena Spanish1354—

Instruction Following Not comparable

MiniMax-M2.5: 71.7 (#143), Qwen3-1.7B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.5Qwen3-1.7B
LMArena Instruction Following1353—

Long Context Not comparable

MiniMax-M2.5: 37.4 (#211), Qwen3-1.7B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.5Qwen3-1.7B
CL-bench11.4%—
CL-bench Life6.3%—
LMArena Longer Query1367—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

MiniMax-M2.5: 54.1 (#149), Qwen3-1.7B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.5Qwen3-1.7B
LMArena Text1359—
LMArena Creative Writing1331—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1361—
LMArena Multi-Turn1364—

Frequently asked questions

Is MiniMax-M2.5 better than Qwen3-1.7B?

MiniMax-M2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M2.5 and Qwen3-1.7B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax-M2.5 has 33 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-1.7B has 4.

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