# Magistral Small vs MiniMax M1

> MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/magistral-small-vs-minimax-m1
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in reasoning, where MiniMax M1 leads 25.8 to 6.9.
- Magistral Small is cheaper at $0.50 / $1.50 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $2.20 for MiniMax M1.
- MiniMax M1 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 128K.

## Snapshot

| | Magistral Small | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 39.7 |
| Rank | 289 | 146 |
| Context | 128K | 1M |
| Input $/M | $0.50 | $0.40 |
| Output $/M | $1.50 | $2.20 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Magistral Small: 37.8 (#172)
- MiniMax M1: 39.2 (#149)

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 35.2% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1359 |

## Reasoning

- Magistral Small: 6.9 (#345)
- MiniMax M1: 25.8 (#125)

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 6.3% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 5% | — |
| CritPt | 0.3% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 3% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1340 |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 133.19 | — |

## Math

- Magistral Small: 24.9 (#253)
- MiniMax M1: 34.8 (#152)

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 30% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1360 |

## Knowledge

- Magistral Small: 30.9 (#215)
- MiniMax M1: 35.7 (#168)

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 56.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1316 |

## Multilingual

- Magistral Small: —
- MiniMax M1: 46.0 (#157)

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1320 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1361 |
| LMArena French | — | 1369 |
| LMArena German | — | 1350 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1220 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1263 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1330 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1354 |

## Instruction Following

- Magistral Small: —
- MiniMax M1: 69.5 (#169)

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1312 |

## Long Context

- Magistral Small: —
- MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#136)

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 69.4% |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1326 |

## Writing & Preference

- Magistral Small: —
- MiniMax M1: 53.3 (#155)

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1343 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1298 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1335 |

## FAQ

### Is Magistral Small better than MiniMax M1?

MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Magistral Small or MiniMax M1?

Magistral Small is cheaper. It lists at $0.50 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens; MiniMax M1 lists at $0.40 and $2.20.

### Is Magistral Small or MiniMax M1 better for coding?

MiniMax M1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.2 versus 37.8 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

MiniMax M1 does, with 1M tokens against 128K.

### How many benchmarks do Magistral Small and MiniMax M1 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Magistral Small has 10 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax M1 has 18.