Model comparison

MiniMax-M2 vs Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct

MiniMax-M2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.9 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

MiniMax-M2 MiniMax

36.9

Rank #201 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. MiniMax-M2 scores higher in 7 categories and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where MiniMax-M2 leads 36.3 to 19.2.

Side by side

MiniMax-M2 and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct specifications
MiniMax-M2Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
ProviderMiniMaxAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index36.932.2
Released2025-10-27—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window205K—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.30—
Output $ / M tokens$1.20—
Results tracked2116

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Category by category

Coding MiniMax-M2 leads

MiniMax-M2: 39.1 (#151), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 34.6 (#222)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M2Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Coding13701210
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)61%—
LMArena WebDev1297—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

MiniMax-M2: 24.9 (#102), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M2Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
Terminal-Bench30%—
Vending-Bench 2160.6—

Reasoning Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads

MiniMax-M2: 18.6 (#256), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 22.6 (#174)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M2Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts13571208
Kagi LLM Benchmark57.8%—
NYT Connections (extended)14.8%—

Math MiniMax-M2 leads

MiniMax-M2: 34.6 (#158), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 24.8 (#255)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M2Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Math13501208
Omni-MATH—16.1%

Knowledge MiniMax-M2 leads

MiniMax-M2: 36.3 (#160), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 19.2 (#274)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M2Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
MMLU-Pro—41.4%
GPQA (HELM)—28.7%
LMArena Expert1336—

Multilingual MiniMax-M2 leads

MiniMax-M2: 45.6 (#165), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 35.0 (#243)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M2Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Non-English13141160
LMArena Chinese13671192
LMArena Russian13321187
LMArena French1336—
LMArena German1366—
LMArena Spanish1326—

Instruction Following MiniMax-M2 leads

MiniMax-M2: 70.4 (#160), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 61.8 (#238)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M2Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following13291186
IFEval—78%

Long Context MiniMax-M2 leads

MiniMax-M2: 40.5 (#148), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 36.2 (#229)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M2Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query13321194

Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2 leads

MiniMax-M2: 53.3 (#157), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 42.3 (#231)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M2Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Text13401218
LMArena Creative Writing12881199
LMArena Multi-Turn13621221
WildBench—73.4%

Frequently asked questions

Is MiniMax-M2 better than Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct?

MiniMax-M2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.9 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is MiniMax-M2 or Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct better for coding?

MiniMax-M2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.1 versus 34.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M2 and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax-M2 has 21 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has 16.

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