# Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 vs MiniMax-M2.1

> Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.0 to 38.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-experimental-chat-11-10-vs-minimax-m2-1
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 scores higher in 6 categories and MiniMax-M2.1 in 2 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 leads 29.1 to 16.6.
- MiniMax-M2.1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 43.0 | 38.9 |
| Rank | 101 | 178 |
| Context | — | 205K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.30 |
| Output $/M | — | $1.20 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10: 42.3 (#107)
- MiniMax-M2.1: 40.4 (#143)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1433 | 1421 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1384 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 623.83 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10: —
- MiniMax-M2.1: 27.9 (#98)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 36.6% |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10: 29.1 (#95)
- MiniMax-M2.1: 16.6 (#302)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1422 | 1411 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 11.2% |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10: 39.1 (#114)
- MiniMax-M2.1: 38.3 (#138)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1431 | 1397 |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10: 39.9 (#127)
- MiniMax-M2.1: 38.3 (#147)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1431 | 1431 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 11.8% |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10: 51.9 (#98)
- MiniMax-M2.1: 50.0 (#128)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1405 | 1378 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1463 | 1430 |
| LMArena French | 1449 | 1404 |
| LMArena German | 1395 | 1381 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1383 | 1287 |
| LMArena Korean | 1384 | 1298 |
| LMArena Russian | 1394 | 1387 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1444 | 1397 |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10: 73.2 (#122)
- MiniMax-M2.1: 73.8 (#112)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1387 | 1400 |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10: 42.5 (#121)
- MiniMax-M2.1: 43.2 (#101)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1395 | 1416 |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10: 58.8 (#114)
- MiniMax-M2.1: 58.3 (#120)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1415 | 1392 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1349 | 1361 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1380 | 1396 |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 better than MiniMax-M2.1?

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.0 to 38.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 or MiniMax-M2.1 better for coding?

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.3 versus 40.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 and MiniMax-M2.1 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 has 17 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.1 has 22.