Model comparison
MiniMax-M2 vs Nova Premier 1.0
MiniMax-M2 and Nova Premier 1.0 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.4 vs 38.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
MiniMaxSummary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. MiniMax-M2 scores higher in 4 categories and Nova Premier 1.0 in 1 category; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Nova Premier 1.0 leads 23.0 to 19.4.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 57.8% for MiniMax-M2 and 44.8% for Nova Premier 1.0.
- MiniMax-M2 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $12.50 for Nova Premier 1.0.
- Nova Premier 1.0 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 205K.
- MiniMax-M2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| MiniMax-M2 | Nova Premier 1.0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 37.4 | 38.3 |
| Released | 2025-10-27 | 2025-04-30 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 205K | 1M |
| Max output | 131K | 10K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | $2.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.20 | $12.50 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
MiniMax-M2: 39.3 (#159), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 61% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1297 | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1370 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
MiniMax-M2: 25.1 (#109), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 30% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 160.6 | — |
Reasoning Nova Premier 1.0 leads
MiniMax-M2: 19.4 (#258), Nova Premier 1.0: 23.0 (#185)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 57.8% | 44.8% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 14.8% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1357 | — |
Math MiniMax-M2 leads
MiniMax-M2: 37.3 (#160), Nova Premier 1.0: 33.8 (#199)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | — | 35% |
| LMArena Math | 1352 | — |
Knowledge MiniMax-M2 leads
MiniMax-M2: 37.0 (#163), Nova Premier 1.0: 35.8 (#180)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | — | 72.6% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 51.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1337 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
MiniMax-M2: 45.3 (#171), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1366 | — |
| LMArena French | 1335 | — |
| LMArena German | 1355 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1331 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1326 | — |
Instruction Following MiniMax-M2 leads
MiniMax-M2: 70.2 (#166), Nova Premier 1.0: 66.8 (#204)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 80.3% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1328 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
MiniMax-M2: 40.5 (#153), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1331 | — |
Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2 leads
MiniMax-M2: 53.0 (#162), Nova Premier 1.0: 51.0 (#178)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1340 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1286 | — |
| WildBench | — | 78.8% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1361 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiniMax-M2 better than Nova Premier 1.0?
MiniMax-M2 and Nova Premier 1.0 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.4 vs 38.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, MiniMax-M2 or Nova Premier 1.0?
MiniMax-M2 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Nova Premier 1.0 lists at $2.50 and $12.50.
Which has the bigger context window?
Nova Premier 1.0 does, with 1M tokens against 205K.
How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M2 and Nova Premier 1.0 share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. MiniMax-M2 has 21 scored results on Noometry and Nova Premier 1.0 has 6.