# MiniMax M1 vs Mistral Medium

> MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 36.3 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/minimax-m1-vs-mistral-medium
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. MiniMax M1 scores higher in 4 categories and Mistral Medium in 4 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where MiniMax M1 leads 36.4 to 25.0.
- MiniMax M1 is cheaper at $0.55 / $2.20 per million input/output tokens, against $1.50 / $7.50 for Mistral Medium.
- MiniMax M1 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.

## Snapshot

| | MiniMax M1 | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 40.3 | 36.3 |
| Rank | 150 | 218 |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Input $/M | $0.55 | $1.50 |
| Output $/M | $2.20 | $7.50 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- MiniMax M1: 39.9 (#153)
- Mistral Medium: 34.2 (#243)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1359 | 1434 |
| FrontierCode | — | 8% |
| SciCode | — | 40.2% |
| WeirdML | — | 43.7% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 763.98 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- MiniMax M1: —
- Mistral Medium: 28.3 (#90)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 37.7% |

## Reasoning

- MiniMax M1: 26.9 (#126)
- Mistral Medium: 24.0 (#167)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1339 | 1426 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 50% |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| DTBench | — | 75.5% |
| LMCA | — | 26.1% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 26.9% |

## Math

- MiniMax M1: 37.5 (#151)
- Mistral Medium: 28.1 (#245)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1361 | 1408 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 32.2% |
| ProofBench | — | 9% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 81.6% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 0.3% |

## Knowledge

- MiniMax M1: 36.4 (#170)
- Mistral Medium: 25.0 (#265)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1317 | 1408 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 59.5% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 4.5% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 22.7% |

## Multimodal

- MiniMax M1: —
- Mistral Medium: 35.3 (#88)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1172 |

## Multilingual

- MiniMax M1: 45.8 (#163)
- Mistral Medium: 52.1 (#91)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1319 | 1408 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1360 | 1447 |
| LMArena French | 1370 | 1459 |
| LMArena German | 1350 | 1432 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1217 | 1378 |
| LMArena Korean | 1266 | 1380 |
| LMArena Russian | 1329 | 1411 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1353 | 1433 |

## Instruction Following

- MiniMax M1: 69.3 (#174)
- Mistral Medium: 73.7 (#116)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1312 | 1398 |

## Long Context

- MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#141)
- Mistral Medium: 42.9 (#114)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1326 | 1406 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 69.4% | — |

## Writing & Preference

- MiniMax M1: 53.1 (#161)
- Mistral Medium: 60.0 (#103)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1343 | 1424 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1298 | 1391 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1335 | 1418 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 77.3% |

## FAQ

### Is MiniMax M1 better than Mistral Medium?

MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 36.3 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, MiniMax M1 or Mistral Medium?

MiniMax M1 is cheaper. It lists at $0.55 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens; Mistral Medium lists at $1.50 and $7.50.

### Is MiniMax M1 or Mistral Medium better for coding?

MiniMax M1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.9 versus 34.2 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

MiniMax M1 does, with 1M tokens against 262K.

### How many benchmarks do MiniMax M1 and Mistral Medium share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax M1 has 18 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium has 36.