# MiniMax-M2.5 vs Nova 2.0 Pro Preview

> MiniMax-M2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 to 32.8 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/minimax-m2-5-vs-nova-2-0-pro-preview
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in agentic & tool use, where MiniMax-M2.5 leads 30.2 to 21.9.
- MiniMax-M2.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | MiniMax-M2.5 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 38.1 | 32.8 |
| Rank | 181 | 241 |
| Context | 205K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.30 | — |
| Output $/M | $1.20 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- MiniMax-M2.5: 47.9 (#53)
- Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 40.2 (#130)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 75.8% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1386 | — |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | 68.3% | — |
| SciCode | — | 42.7% |
| LMArena Coding | 1380 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 618.17 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- MiniMax-M2.5: 30.2 (#70)
- Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 21.9 (#127)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 42.7% | — |
| GDP.pdf | — | 2% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | -23.16 | — |

## Reasoning

- MiniMax-M2.5: 17.6 (#281)
- Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 21.7 (#189)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 4.9% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 55.2% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 16.8% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 63.7% | — |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1372 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 146.68 | — |

## Math

- MiniMax-M2.5: 25.8 (#242)
- Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | 4% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1378 | — |

## Knowledge

- MiniMax-M2.5: 38.6 (#132)
- Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1378 | — |

## Multilingual

- MiniMax-M2.5: 47.3 (#147)
- Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| 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)
- Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1353 | — |

## Long Context

- MiniMax-M2.5: 37.4 (#211)
- Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | 11.4% | — |
| CL-bench Life | 6.3% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1367 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- MiniMax-M2.5: 54.1 (#149)
- Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1359 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1331 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1361 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1364 | — |

## FAQ

### Is MiniMax-M2.5 better than Nova 2.0 Pro Preview?

MiniMax-M2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 to 32.8 on the Noometry Index.

### Is MiniMax-M2.5 or Nova 2.0 Pro Preview better for coding?

MiniMax-M2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 47.9 versus 40.2 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M2.5 and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax-M2.5 has 33 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview has 3.