Model comparison
MiniMax-M2 vs Mistral Medium 3.1
MiniMax-M2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.4 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. MiniMax-M2 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 leads 19.4 to 10.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 14.8% for MiniMax-M2 and 6.5% for Mistral Medium 3.1.
- MiniMax-M2 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $2 for Mistral Medium 3.1.
- MiniMax-M2 accepts more context: 205K tokens versus 131K.
- MiniMax-M2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| MiniMax-M2 | Mistral Medium 3.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 37.4 | 31.9 |
| Released | 2025-10-27 | — |
| 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 | 21 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
MiniMax-M2: 39.3 (#159), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 61% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1297 | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1370 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
MiniMax-M2: 25.1 (#109), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 30% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 160.6 | — |
Reasoning MiniMax-M2 leads
MiniMax-M2: 19.4 (#258), Mistral Medium 3.1: 10.6 (#341)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 14.8% | 6.5% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 57.8% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 20.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1357 | — |
Math Not comparable
MiniMax-M2: 37.3 (#160), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1352 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
MiniMax-M2: 37.0 (#163), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1337 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
MiniMax-M2: 45.3 (#171), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1366 | — |
| LMArena French | 1335 | — |
| LMArena German | 1355 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1331 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1326 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
MiniMax-M2: 70.2 (#166), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1328 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
MiniMax-M2: 40.5 (#153), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1331 | — |
Writing & Preference Mistral Medium 3.1 leads
MiniMax-M2: 53.0 (#162), Mistral Medium 3.1: 55.5 (#145)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1340 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1286 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1476 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1361 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiniMax-M2 better than Mistral Medium 3.1?
MiniMax-M2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.4 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, MiniMax-M2 or Mistral Medium 3.1?
MiniMax-M2 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 does, with 205K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M2 and Mistral Medium 3.1 share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. MiniMax-M2 has 21 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.1 has 3.