Model comparison
MiniMax-M2 vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
MiniMax-M2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.4 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.
MiniMax
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. MiniMax-M2 scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where MiniMax-M2 leads 53.0 to 27.6.
Side by side
| MiniMax-M2 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 37.4 | 27.9 |
| 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 | 35 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax-M2 leads
MiniMax-M2: 39.3 (#159), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#323)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1370 | 1093 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 61% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1297 | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 15.5% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 59.1% |
| MBPP+ | — | 54.2% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
MiniMax-M2: 25.1 (#109), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 30% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 160.6 | — |
Reasoning MiniMax-M2 leads
MiniMax-M2: 19.4 (#258), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 14.1 (#328)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1357 | 1072 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 57.8% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 14.8% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 26.8% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 34.7% |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 52.8% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 71.7% |
| HellaSwag | — | 76.7% |
| LiveBench | — | 22.4% |
| WinoGrande | — | 70.8% |
Math MiniMax-M2 leads
MiniMax-M2: 37.3 (#160), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#257)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1352 | 1111 |
| LiveBench Math | — | 15.7% |
Knowledge MiniMax-M2 leads
MiniMax-M2: 37.0 (#163), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 28.5 (#246)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1337 | 1045 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 84.9% |
| MMLU | — | 68.8% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 88% |
| TriviaQA | — | 64% |
Multilingual MiniMax-M2 leads
MiniMax-M2: 45.3 (#171), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.3 (#280)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | 1021 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1366 | 1021 |
| LMArena French | 1335 | 1076 |
| LMArena German | 1355 | 1044 |
| LMArena Russian | 1331 | 1022 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1326 | 1085 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 935 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 905 |
Instruction Following MiniMax-M2 leads
MiniMax-M2: 70.2 (#166), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 47.7 (#303)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1328 | 1053 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 39.1% |
Long Context MiniMax-M2 leads
MiniMax-M2: 40.5 (#153), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 31.7 (#276)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1331 | 1044 |
Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2 leads
MiniMax-M2: 53.0 (#162), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 27.6 (#300)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1340 | 1073 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1286 | 1037 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1361 | 1018 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 9.2% |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiniMax-M2 better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct?
MiniMax-M2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.4 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is MiniMax-M2 or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct better for coding?
MiniMax-M2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.3 versus 26.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M2 and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct share?
15 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax-M2 has 21 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct has 35.