# MiniMax-M2.5 vs Mistral Medium 3.1

> MiniMax-M2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 to 31.5 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/minimax-m2-5-vs-mistral-medium-3-1
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 2

## Summary

- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. MiniMax-M2.5 scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Medium 3.1 in 1 category; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where MiniMax-M2.5 leads 17.6 to 10.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 16.8% for MiniMax-M2.5 and 6.5% for Mistral Medium 3.1.
- MiniMax-M2.5 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $2 for Mistral Medium 3.1.
- MiniMax-M2.5 accepts more context: 205K tokens versus 131K.
- MiniMax-M2.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | MiniMax-M2.5 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 38.1 | 31.5 |
| Rank | 181 | 260 |
| Context | 205K | 131K |
| Input $/M | $0.30 | $0.40 |
| Output $/M | $1.20 | $2 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- MiniMax-M2.5: 47.9 (#53)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 75.8% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1386 | — |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | 68.3% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1380 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 618.17 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- MiniMax-M2.5: 30.2 (#70)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 42.7% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | -23.16 | — |

## Reasoning

- MiniMax-M2.5: 17.6 (#281)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: 10.1 (#336)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 16.8% | 6.5% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 4.9% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 55.2% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 63.7% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 20.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1372 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 146.68 | — |

## Math

- MiniMax-M2.5: 25.8 (#242)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | 4% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1378 | — |

## Knowledge

- MiniMax-M2.5: 38.6 (#132)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1378 | — |

## Multilingual

- MiniMax-M2.5: 47.3 (#147)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1338 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1392 | — |
| LMArena French | 1363 | — |
| LMArena German | 1361 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1169 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1232 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1359 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1354 | — |

## Instruction Following

- MiniMax-M2.5: 71.7 (#143)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1353 | — |

## Long Context

- MiniMax-M2.5: 37.4 (#211)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | 11.4% | — |
| CL-bench Life | 6.3% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1367 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- MiniMax-M2.5: 54.1 (#149)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: 55.6 (#140)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1361 | 1476 |
| LMArena Text | 1359 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1331 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1364 | — |

## FAQ

### Is MiniMax-M2.5 better than Mistral Medium 3.1?

MiniMax-M2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 to 31.5 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, MiniMax-M2.5 or Mistral Medium 3.1?

MiniMax-M2.5 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Mistral Medium 3.1 lists at $0.40 and $2.

### Which has the bigger context window?

MiniMax-M2.5 does, with 205K tokens against 131K.

### How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M2.5 and Mistral Medium 3.1 share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax-M2.5 has 33 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.1 has 3.