Model comparison
MiniMax-M2 vs phi-3-medium 14B
MiniMax-M2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.9 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.
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MicrosoftSummary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where MiniMax-M2 leads 36.3 to 9.1.
Side by side
| MiniMax-M2 | phi-3-medium 14B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 36.9 | 29.1 |
| Released | 2025-10-27 | 2024-04-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 205K | — |
| Max output | 131K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.20 | — |
| Results tracked | 21 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax-M2 leads
MiniMax-M2: 39.1 (#151), phi-3-medium 14B: 36.3 (#198)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | phi-3-medium 14B |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 61% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1297 | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 37.6% |
| LMArena Coding | 1370 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 48.7% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
MiniMax-M2: 24.9 (#102), phi-3-medium 14B: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | phi-3-medium 14B |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 30% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 160.6 | — |
Reasoning Not comparable
MiniMax-M2: 18.6 (#256), phi-3-medium 14B: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | phi-3-medium 14B |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 57.8% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 14.8% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1357 | — |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 55.8% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 81.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 121.18 |
| HellaSwag | — | 82.4% |
| WinoGrande | — | 81.5% |
Math MiniMax-M2 leads
MiniMax-M2: 34.6 (#158), phi-3-medium 14B: 25.2 (#249)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | phi-3-medium 14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1350 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 17.6% |
Knowledge MiniMax-M2 leads
MiniMax-M2: 36.3 (#160), phi-3-medium 14B: 9.1 (#301)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | phi-3-medium 14B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 27.6% |
| LMArena Expert | 1336 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 91.6% |
| MMLU | — | 78% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 87.4% |
| TriviaQA | — | 73.9% |
Multilingual Not comparable
MiniMax-M2: 45.6 (#165), phi-3-medium 14B: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | phi-3-medium 14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1314 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1367 | — |
| LMArena French | 1336 | — |
| LMArena German | 1366 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1332 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1326 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
MiniMax-M2: 70.4 (#160), phi-3-medium 14B: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | phi-3-medium 14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1329 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
MiniMax-M2: 40.5 (#148), phi-3-medium 14B: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | phi-3-medium 14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1332 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
MiniMax-M2: 53.3 (#157), phi-3-medium 14B: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | phi-3-medium 14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1340 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1288 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1362 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiniMax-M2 better than phi-3-medium 14B?
MiniMax-M2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.9 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is MiniMax-M2 or phi-3-medium 14B better for coding?
MiniMax-M2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.1 versus 36.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M2 and phi-3-medium 14B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax-M2 has 21 scored results on Noometry and phi-3-medium 14B has 13.