Model comparison

MiniMax-M2 vs Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

MiniMax-M2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.4 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 15 shared benchmarks.

MiniMax-M2

MiniMax

37.4

Rank #204 Confirmed

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

Alibaba (Qwen)

31.9

Rank #267 Confirmed

Summary

They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. MiniMax-M2 scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct in 1 category; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in math, where MiniMax-M2 leads 37.3 to 19.3.
MiniMax-M2 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $1.40 / $5.60 for Qwen2.5 72B Instruct.
MiniMax-M2 accepts more context: 205K tokens versus 131K.

Side by side

MiniMax-M2 and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct specifications
	MiniMax-M2	Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Provider	MiniMax	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	37.4	31.9
Released	2025-10-27	2024-09
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	205K	131K
Max output	131K	8K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.30	$1.40
Output $ / M tokens	$1.20	$5.60
Results tracked	21	43

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Category by category

Coding MiniMax-M2 leads

MiniMax-M2: 39.3 (#159), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 33.2 (#260)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2	Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
LMArena Coding	1370	1292
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)	61%	—
LMArena WebDev	1297	—
WeirdML	—	16%
BigCodeBench Instruct	—	45.8%
BigCodeBench Complete	—	55.9%

Agentic & Tool Use MiniMax-M2 leads

MiniMax-M2: 25.1 (#109), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 22.1 (#133)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2	Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Terminal-Bench	30%	—
TheAgentCompany	—	5.7%
BALROG	—	16.2%
METR Time Horizons	—	35.8%
Vending-Bench 2	160.6	—

Reasoning Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads

MiniMax-M2: 19.4 (#258), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 22.3 (#199)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2	Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts	1357	1271
Kagi LLM Benchmark	57.8%	—
NYT Connections (extended)	14.8%	—
DTBench	—	62.9%
LMCA	—	13.4%
BIG-Bench Hard	—	79.8%
Epoch Capabilities Index	—	129
ForecastBench	—	57.5
HellaSwag	—	84.8%
PIQA	—	82.6%
WinoGrande	—	82.3%

Math MiniMax-M2 leads

MiniMax-M2: 37.3 (#160), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 19.3 (#287)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2	Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
LMArena Math	1352	1283
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	—	8.1%
Omni-MATH	—	33%
MATH Level 5	—	63.2%

Knowledge MiniMax-M2 leads

MiniMax-M2: 37.0 (#163), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 27.0 (#253)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2	Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
LMArena Expert	1337	1245
GPQA Diamond	—	49.1%
MMLU-Pro	—	63.1%
Confabulations	—	19.1%
GPQA (HELM)	—	42.6%
ARC (AI2) Challenge	—	94.5%
MMLU	—	85.3%
TriviaQA	—	71.9%

Multilingual MiniMax-M2 leads

MiniMax-M2: 45.3 (#171), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 41.0 (#213)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2	Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
LMArena Non-English	1313	1252
LMArena Chinese	1366	1272
LMArena French	1335	1280
LMArena German	1355	1234
LMArena Russian	1331	1264
LMArena Spanish	1326	1256
LMArena Japanese	—	1180
LMArena Korean	—	1188

Instruction Following MiniMax-M2 leads

MiniMax-M2: 70.2 (#166), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 65.5 (#221)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2	Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following	1328	1254
IFEval	—	80.6%

Long Context MiniMax-M2 leads

MiniMax-M2: 40.5 (#153), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 38.9 (#188)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2	Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
LMArena Longer Query	1331	1282

Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2 leads

MiniMax-M2: 53.0 (#162), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 46.7 (#215)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2	Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
LMArena Text	1340	1269
LMArena Creative Writing	1286	1221
LMArena Multi-Turn	1361	1272
WildBench	—	80.2%

Frequently asked questions

Is MiniMax-M2 better than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?

MiniMax-M2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.4 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, MiniMax-M2 or Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?

MiniMax-M2 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Qwen2.5 72B Instruct lists at $1.40 and $5.60.

Is MiniMax-M2 or Qwen2.5 72B Instruct better for coding?

MiniMax-M2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.3 versus 33.2 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

MiniMax-M2 does, with 205K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M2 and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax-M2 has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct has 43.