# Command R+ vs MiniMax-M2

> MiniMax-M2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.9 to 32.0 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/command-r-plus-vs-minimax-m2
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 15

## Summary

- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 0 categories and MiniMax-M2 in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where MiniMax-M2 leads 39.1 to 28.6.
- MiniMax-M2 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command R+.
- MiniMax-M2 accepts more context: 205K tokens versus 128K.

## Snapshot

| | Command R+ | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 32.0 | 36.9 |
| Rank | 251 | 201 |
| Context | 128K | 205K |
| Input $/M | $2.50 | $0.30 |
| Output $/M | $10 | $1.20 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Command R+: 28.6 (#304)
- MiniMax-M2: 39.1 (#151)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1187 | 1370 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 61% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1297 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 33.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 19.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 41.9% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 56.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 63.5% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Command R+: —
- MiniMax-M2: 24.9 (#102)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 30% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 160.6 |

## Reasoning

- Command R+: 8.9 (#341)
- MiniMax-M2: 18.6 (#256)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1186 | 1357 |
| SimpleBench | 17.4% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 57.8% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 14.8% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 24.8% | — |
| DTBench | 54.9% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 38.1% | — |
| LMCA | 5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.28 | — |
| LiveBench | 31.8% | — |

## Math

- Command R+: 26.6 (#239)
- MiniMax-M2: 34.6 (#158)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1188 | 1350 |
| LiveBench Math | 21.3% | — |

## Knowledge

- Command R+: 35.9 (#165)
- MiniMax-M2: 36.3 (#160)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1174 | 1336 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.9% | — |
| MMLU | 69.4% | — |

## Multilingual

- Command R+: 38.8 (#222)
- MiniMax-M2: 45.6 (#165)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1314 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1226 | 1367 |
| LMArena French | 1208 | 1336 |
| LMArena German | 1216 | 1366 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1332 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1189 | 1326 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1166 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1138 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Command R+: 60.2 (#249)
- MiniMax-M2: 70.4 (#160)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1197 | 1329 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 57.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Command R+: 37.3 (#214)
- MiniMax-M2: 40.5 (#148)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1231 | 1332 |

## Writing & Preference

- Command R+: 43.7 (#223)
- MiniMax-M2: 53.3 (#157)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1340 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1235 | 1288 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1213 | 1362 |
| LiveBench Language | 29.7% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Command R+ better than MiniMax-M2?

MiniMax-M2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.9 to 32.0 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Command R+ or MiniMax-M2?

MiniMax-M2 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Command R+ lists at $2.50 and $10.

### Is Command R+ or MiniMax-M2 better for coding?

MiniMax-M2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.1 versus 28.6 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

MiniMax-M2 does, with 205K tokens against 128K.

### How many benchmarks do Command R+ and MiniMax-M2 share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2 has 21.