# Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 vs MiniMax-M2

> Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 36.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-experimental-chat-10-20-vs-minimax-m2
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 15

## Summary

- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 scores higher in 8 categories and MiniMax-M2 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 leads 27.3 to 18.6.
- MiniMax-M2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 41.5 | 36.9 |
| Rank | 122 | 201 |
| Context | — | 205K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.30 |
| Output $/M | — | $1.20 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20: 41.0 (#123)
- MiniMax-M2: 39.1 (#151)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1413 | 1370 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 61% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1297 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20: —
- MiniMax-M2: 24.9 (#102)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 30% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 160.6 |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20: 27.3 (#110)
- MiniMax-M2: 18.6 (#256)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1396 | 1357 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 57.8% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 14.8% |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20: 36.2 (#121)
- MiniMax-M2: 34.6 (#158)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1425 | 1350 |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20: 37.8 (#142)
- MiniMax-M2: 36.3 (#160)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1385 | 1336 |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20: 49.7 (#127)
- MiniMax-M2: 45.6 (#165)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1372 | 1314 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1405 | 1367 |
| LMArena French | 1426 | 1336 |
| LMArena German | 1391 | 1366 |
| LMArena Russian | 1371 | 1332 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1381 | 1326 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1355 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1327 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20: 72.3 (#136)
- MiniMax-M2: 70.4 (#160)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1365 | 1329 |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20: 41.7 (#128)
- MiniMax-M2: 40.5 (#148)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1370 | 1332 |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20: 56.9 (#131)
- MiniMax-M2: 53.3 (#157)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1394 | 1340 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1318 | 1288 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1364 | 1362 |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 better than MiniMax-M2?

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 36.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 or MiniMax-M2 better for coding?

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.0 versus 39.1 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 and MiniMax-M2 share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 has 17 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2 has 21.