Model comparison
MiniMax-M2 vs Qwen2-72B
MiniMax-M2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.4 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.
MiniMax
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. MiniMax-M2 scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen2-72B in 1 category; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where MiniMax-M2 leads 37.0 to 21.2.
Side by side
| MiniMax-M2 | Qwen2-72B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 37.4 | 30.0 |
| Released | 2025-10-27 | 2024-06-07 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 205K | — |
| Max output | 131K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.20 | — |
| Results tracked | 21 | 26 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax-M2 leads
MiniMax-M2: 39.3 (#159), Qwen2-72B: 29.1 (#310)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1370 | 1196 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 61% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1297 | — |
| WeirdML | — | 11.3% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 38.5% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 54% |
Agentic & Tool Use MiniMax-M2 leads
MiniMax-M2: 25.1 (#109), Qwen2-72B: 17.0 (#146)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 30% | — |
| TheAgentCompany | — | 1.1% |
| METR Time Horizons | — | 29.9% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 160.6 | — |
Reasoning Qwen2-72B leads
MiniMax-M2: 19.4 (#258), Qwen2-72B: 23.2 (#181)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1357 | 1191 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 57.8% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 14.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 125.28 |
Math MiniMax-M2 leads
MiniMax-M2: 37.3 (#160), Qwen2-72B: 30.2 (#236)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1352 | 1235 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 39.1% |
Knowledge MiniMax-M2 leads
MiniMax-M2: 37.0 (#163), Qwen2-72B: 21.2 (#275)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1337 | 1171 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 40.8% |
| MMLU | — | 82.4% |
Multilingual MiniMax-M2 leads
MiniMax-M2: 45.3 (#171), Qwen2-72B: 35.9 (#244)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | 1176 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1366 | 1240 |
| LMArena French | 1335 | 1170 |
| LMArena German | 1355 | 1151 |
| LMArena Russian | 1331 | 1169 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1326 | 1169 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1111 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1083 |
Instruction Following MiniMax-M2 leads
MiniMax-M2: 70.2 (#166), Qwen2-72B: 61.7 (#241)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1328 | 1181 |
Long Context MiniMax-M2 leads
MiniMax-M2: 40.5 (#153), Qwen2-72B: 36.1 (#235)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1331 | 1192 |
Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2 leads
MiniMax-M2: 53.0 (#162), Qwen2-72B: 40.8 (#241)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1340 | 1203 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1286 | 1181 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1361 | 1196 |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiniMax-M2 better than Qwen2-72B?
MiniMax-M2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.4 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is MiniMax-M2 or Qwen2-72B better for coding?
MiniMax-M2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.3 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M2 and Qwen2-72B share?
15 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax-M2 has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2-72B has 26.