# ERNIE 5.0 0110 vs MiniMax-M2.5

> ERNIE 5.0 0110 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 38.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/ernie-5-0-vs-minimax-m2-5
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 18

## Summary

- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. ERNIE 5.0 0110 scores higher in 6 categories and MiniMax-M2.5 in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where ERNIE 5.0 0110 leads 36.5 to 25.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 10.3% for ERNIE 5.0 0110 and 16.8% for MiniMax-M2.5.
- MiniMax-M2.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | ERNIE 5.0 0110 | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Baidu | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 41.2 | 38.1 |
| Rank | 129 | 181 |
| Context | — | 205K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.30 |
| Output $/M | — | $1.20 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- ERNIE 5.0 0110: 42.3 (#94)
- MiniMax-M2.5: 47.9 (#53)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.0 0110 | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1455 | 1380 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 75.8% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1386 |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | — | 68.3% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 618.17 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- ERNIE 5.0 0110: —
- MiniMax-M2.5: 30.2 (#70)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.0 0110 | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 42.7% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | -23.16 |

## Reasoning

- ERNIE 5.0 0110: 16.3 (#296)
- MiniMax-M2.5: 17.6 (#281)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.0 0110 | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 10.3% | 16.8% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1446 | 1372 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 4.9% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 55.2% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 63.7% |
| Thematic Generalization | 41.7% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 146.68 |

## Math

- ERNIE 5.0 0110: 36.5 (#111)
- MiniMax-M2.5: 25.8 (#242)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.0 0110 | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1437 | 1378 |
| ProofBench | — | 4% |

## Knowledge

- ERNIE 5.0 0110: 39.2 (#125)
- MiniMax-M2.5: 38.6 (#132)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.0 0110 | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1427 | 1378 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 9.1% |

## Multimodal

- ERNIE 5.0 0110: 39.1 (#49)
- MiniMax-M2.5: —

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.0 0110 | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1248 | — |

## Multilingual

- ERNIE 5.0 0110: 54.3 (#47)
- MiniMax-M2.5: 47.3 (#147)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.0 0110 | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1436 | 1338 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1512 | 1392 |
| LMArena French | 1466 | 1363 |
| LMArena German | 1462 | 1361 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1383 | 1169 |
| LMArena Korean | 1406 | 1232 |
| LMArena Russian | 1446 | 1359 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1473 | 1354 |

## Instruction Following

- ERNIE 5.0 0110: 74.7 (#88)
- MiniMax-M2.5: 71.7 (#143)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.0 0110 | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1413 | 1353 |

## Long Context

- ERNIE 5.0 0110: 43.4 (#90)
- MiniMax-M2.5: 37.4 (#211)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.0 0110 | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1422 | 1367 |
| CL-bench | — | 11.4% |
| CL-bench Life | — | 6.3% |

## Writing & Preference

- ERNIE 5.0 0110: 63.4 (#64)
- MiniMax-M2.5: 54.1 (#149)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.0 0110 | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1445 | 1359 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1426 | 1331 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1433 | 1364 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1361 |

## FAQ

### Is ERNIE 5.0 0110 better than MiniMax-M2.5?

ERNIE 5.0 0110 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 38.1 on the Noometry Index.

### Is ERNIE 5.0 0110 or MiniMax-M2.5 better for coding?

MiniMax-M2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 47.9 versus 42.3 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do ERNIE 5.0 0110 and MiniMax-M2.5 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. ERNIE 5.0 0110 has 20 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.5 has 33.