# Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 vs MiniMax-M2.5

> Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.9 to 38.3 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-experimental-chat-10-09-vs-minimax-m2-5
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 9

## Summary

- They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 scores higher in 4 categories and MiniMax-M2.5 in 2 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 leads 27.3 to 17.5.
- MiniMax-M2.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 41.9 | 38.3 |
| Rank | 126 | 188 |
| Context | — | 205K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.30 |
| Output $/M | — | $1.20 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09: 40.2 (#145)
- MiniMax-M2.5: 48.1 (#58)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1370 | 1381 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 75.8% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1387 |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | — | 68.3% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 618.17 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09: —
- MiniMax-M2.5: 30.4 (#77)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 42.7% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | -23.16 |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09: 27.3 (#120)
- MiniMax-M2.5: 17.5 (#292)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1356 | 1372 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 4.9% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 55.2% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 16.8% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 63.7% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 146.68 |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09: —
- MiniMax-M2.5: 26.9 (#253)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | — | 4% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1378 |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09: —
- MiniMax-M2.5: 39.2 (#135)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 9.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1379 |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09: 47.3 (#150)
- MiniMax-M2.5: 47.1 (#152)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1340 | 1338 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1341 | 1393 |
| LMArena French | — | 1362 |
| LMArena German | — | 1362 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1171 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1232 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1358 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1354 |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09: 69.4 (#172)
- MiniMax-M2.5: 71.5 (#148)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1315 | 1353 |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09: 40.5 (#152)
- MiniMax-M2.5: 37.5 (#216)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1333 | 1366 |
| CL-bench | — | 11.4% |
| CL-bench Life | — | 6.3% |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09: 54.7 (#149)
- MiniMax-M2.5: 53.9 (#153)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1364 | 1359 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1307 | 1331 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1355 | 1364 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1361 |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 better than MiniMax-M2.5?

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.9 to 38.3 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 or MiniMax-M2.5 better for coding?

MiniMax-M2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.1 versus 40.2 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 and MiniMax-M2.5 share?

9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 09 has 9 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.5 has 33.