# Amazon Nova Pro vs MiniMax-M2.1

> MiniMax-M2.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.4 to 30.5 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-pro-vs-minimax-m2-1
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 18

## Summary

- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Pro scores higher in 1 category and MiniMax-M2.1 in 8 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where MiniMax-M2.1 leads 58.5 to 44.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Vectara Hallucination Rate: 5.1% for Amazon Nova Pro and 11.8% for MiniMax-M2.1.
- MiniMax-M2.1 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.80 / $3.20 for Amazon Nova Pro.
- Amazon Nova Pro accepts more context: 300K tokens versus 205K.
- MiniMax-M2.1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Pro | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 30.5 | 38.4 |
| Rank | 278 | 177 |
| Context | 300K | 205K |
| Input $/M | $0.80 | $0.30 |
| Output $/M | $3.20 | $1.20 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Pro: 34.6 (#224)
- MiniMax-M2.1: 40.1 (#132)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1270 | 1421 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1384 |
| LiveBench Coding | 38.1% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 623.83 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Amazon Nova Pro: 16.6 (#139)
- MiniMax-M2.1: 27.7 (#91)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 36.6% |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 25% | — |
| TheAgentCompany | 1.7% | — |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Pro: 19.2 (#240)
- MiniMax-M2.1: 15.8 (#301)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1246 | 1410 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 11.2% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 32.6% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 48.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 123.75 | — |
| LiveBench | 43.5% | — |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Pro: 26.4 (#240)
- MiniMax-M2.1: 35.6 (#142)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1252 | 1396 |
| Omni-MATH | 24.2% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 38% | — |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Pro: 27.1 (#246)
- MiniMax-M2.1: 37.7 (#143)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.1% | 11.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1211 | 1432 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 4.4% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 67.3% | — |
| Confabulations | 30.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 44.6% | — |
| MMLU | 82% | — |

## Multimodal

- Amazon Nova Pro: 24.5 (#121)
- MiniMax-M2.1: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 980 | — |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Pro: 39.9 (#218)
- MiniMax-M2.1: 50.2 (#123)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1234 | 1378 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1244 | 1430 |
| LMArena French | 1270 | 1405 |
| LMArena German | 1243 | 1380 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1200 | 1287 |
| LMArena Korean | 1203 | 1297 |
| LMArena Russian | 1240 | 1386 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1182 | 1396 |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Pro: 65.1 (#221)
- MiniMax-M2.1: 74.0 (#108)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1235 | 1399 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 67.1% | — |
| IFEval | 81.5% | — |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Pro: 38.1 (#199)
- MiniMax-M2.1: 43.2 (#98)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1255 | 1416 |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Pro: 44.1 (#221)
- MiniMax-M2.1: 58.5 (#114)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1259 | 1392 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1212 | 1362 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1245 | 1396 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 60.5% | — |
| WildBench | 77.7% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 37% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Pro better than MiniMax-M2.1?

MiniMax-M2.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.4 to 30.5 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Pro or MiniMax-M2.1?

MiniMax-M2.1 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Amazon Nova Pro lists at $0.80 and $3.20.

### Is Amazon Nova Pro or MiniMax-M2.1 better for coding?

MiniMax-M2.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.1 versus 34.6 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Amazon Nova Pro does, with 300K tokens against 205K.

### How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Pro and MiniMax-M2.1 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Pro has 38 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.1 has 22.