# Magistral Small vs MiniMax-M2.1

> MiniMax-M2.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.9 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/magistral-small-vs-minimax-m2-1
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in math, where MiniMax-M2.1 leads 38.3 to 26.2.
- MiniMax-M2.1 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $1.50 for Magistral Small.
- MiniMax-M2.1 accepts more context: 205K tokens versus 128K.

## Snapshot

| | Magistral Small | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 30.2 | 38.9 |
| Rank | 296 | 178 |
| Context | 128K | 205K |
| Input $/M | $0.50 | $0.30 |
| Output $/M | $1.50 | $1.20 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Magistral Small: 38.4 (#176)
- MiniMax-M2.1: 40.4 (#143)

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1384 |
| SciCode | 35.2% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1421 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 623.83 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Magistral Small: —
- MiniMax-M2.1: 27.9 (#98)

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 36.6% |

## Reasoning

- Magistral Small: 6.8 (#350)
- MiniMax-M2.1: 16.6 (#302)

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 6.3% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 11.2% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 5% | — |
| CritPt | 0.3% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 3% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1411 |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 133.19 | — |

## Math

- Magistral Small: 26.2 (#261)
- MiniMax-M2.1: 38.3 (#138)

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 30% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1397 |

## Knowledge

- Magistral Small: 30.9 (#223)
- MiniMax-M2.1: 38.3 (#147)

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 56.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 11.8% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1431 |

## Multilingual

- Magistral Small: —
- MiniMax-M2.1: 50.0 (#128)

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1378 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1430 |
| LMArena French | — | 1404 |
| LMArena German | — | 1381 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1287 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1298 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1387 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1397 |

## Instruction Following

- Magistral Small: —
- MiniMax-M2.1: 73.8 (#112)

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1400 |

## Long Context

- Magistral Small: —
- MiniMax-M2.1: 43.2 (#101)

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1416 |

## Writing & Preference

- Magistral Small: —
- MiniMax-M2.1: 58.3 (#120)

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1392 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1361 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1396 |

## FAQ

### Is Magistral Small better than MiniMax-M2.1?

MiniMax-M2.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.9 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Magistral Small 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; Magistral Small lists at $0.50 and $1.50.

### Is Magistral Small or MiniMax-M2.1 better for coding?

MiniMax-M2.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 38.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

MiniMax-M2.1 does, with 205K tokens against 128K.

### How many benchmarks do Magistral Small and MiniMax-M2.1 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Magistral Small has 10 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.1 has 22.