# Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 vs MiniMax-M2

> Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 37.4 on the Noometry Index.

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

## Summary

- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 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 12 10 leads 29.3 to 19.4.
- MiniMax-M2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 42.9 | 37.4 |
| Rank | 104 | 204 |
| Context | — | 205K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.30 |
| Output $/M | — | $1.20 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 42.2 (#110)
- MiniMax-M2: 39.3 (#159)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1430 | 1370 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 61% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1297 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: —
- MiniMax-M2: 25.1 (#109)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 30% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 160.6 |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 29.3 (#94)
- MiniMax-M2: 19.4 (#258)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1427 | 1357 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 57.8% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 14.8% |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 38.9 (#124)
- MiniMax-M2: 37.3 (#160)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1419 | 1352 |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 39.2 (#136)
- MiniMax-M2: 37.0 (#163)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1408 | 1337 |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 51.4 (#108)
- MiniMax-M2: 45.3 (#171)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1398 | 1313 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1440 | 1366 |
| LMArena Russian | 1395 | 1331 |
| LMArena French | — | 1335 |
| LMArena German | — | 1355 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1326 |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 73.2 (#123)
- MiniMax-M2: 70.2 (#166)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1387 | 1328 |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 42.4 (#125)
- MiniMax-M2: 40.5 (#153)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1391 | 1331 |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 59.5 (#110)
- MiniMax-M2: 53.0 (#162)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1420 | 1340 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1350 | 1286 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1409 | 1361 |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 better than MiniMax-M2?

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 37.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 or MiniMax-M2 better for coding?

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.2 versus 39.3 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 and MiniMax-M2 share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 has 12 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2 has 21.