Model comparison

MiniMax-M2.5 vs Yi-34B

MiniMax-M2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.3 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

MiniMax-M2.5 MiniMax

38.3

Rank #188 Confirmed

Yi-34B 01.AI

27.8

Rank #329 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. MiniMax-M2.5 scores higher in 7 categories and Yi-34B in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where MiniMax-M2.5 leads 39.2 to 7.5.

Side by side

MiniMax-M2.5 and Yi-34B specifications
MiniMax-M2.5Yi-34B
ProviderMiniMax01.AI
Noometry Index38.327.8
Released2026-02-122023-11-02
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window205K—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.30—
Output $ / M tokens$1.20—
Results tracked3323

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Category by category

Coding MiniMax-M2.5 leads

MiniMax-M2.5: 48.1 (#58), Yi-34B: 32.3 (#274)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.5Yi-34B
LMArena Coding13811112
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)75.8%—
LMArena WebDev1387—
SWE-bench Multilingual68.3%—
ALE-Bench618.17—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

MiniMax-M2.5: 30.4 (#77), Yi-34B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.5Yi-34B
Terminal-Bench42.7%—
Vending-Bench 2-23.16—

Reasoning Yi-34B leads

MiniMax-M2.5: 17.5 (#292), Yi-34B: 21.2 (#226)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.5Yi-34B
LMArena Hard Prompts13721104
Epoch Capabilities Index146.68117.39
ARC-AGI-24.9%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark55.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)16.8%—
ARC-AGI-163.7%—
BIG-Bench Hard—71.7%

Math MiniMax-M2.5 leads

MiniMax-M2.5: 26.9 (#253), Yi-34B: 21.6 (#282)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.5Yi-34B
LMArena Math13781114
ProofBench4%—
MATH Level 5—5.1%
GSM8K—76%

Knowledge MiniMax-M2.5 leads

MiniMax-M2.5: 39.2 (#135), Yi-34B: 7.5 (#309)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.5Yi-34B
LMArena Expert13791061
GPQA Diamond—14.7%
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.1%—
MMLU—76.3%

Multilingual MiniMax-M2.5 leads

MiniMax-M2.5: 47.1 (#152), Yi-34B: 29.7 (#264)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.5Yi-34B
LMArena Non-English13381079
LMArena Chinese13931176
LMArena French13621081
LMArena German13621042
LMArena Japanese1171993
LMArena Korean1232959
LMArena Russian13581050
LMArena Spanish13541070

Instruction Following MiniMax-M2.5 leads

MiniMax-M2.5: 71.5 (#148), Yi-34B: 56.2 (#274)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.5Yi-34B
LMArena Instruction Following13531091

Long Context MiniMax-M2.5 leads

MiniMax-M2.5: 37.5 (#216), Yi-34B: 33.2 (#264)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.5Yi-34B
LMArena Longer Query13661094
CL-bench11.4%—
CL-bench Life6.3%—

Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2.5 leads

MiniMax-M2.5: 53.9 (#153), Yi-34B: 34.1 (#273)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.5Yi-34B
LMArena Text13591129
LMArena Creative Writing13311108
LMArena Multi-Turn13641113
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1361—

Frequently asked questions

Is MiniMax-M2.5 better than Yi-34B?

MiniMax-M2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.3 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is MiniMax-M2.5 or Yi-34B better for coding?

MiniMax-M2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.1 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M2.5 and Yi-34B share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax-M2.5 has 33 scored results on Noometry and Yi-34B has 23.

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