# MiniMax-M2.5 vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

> MiniMax-M2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.3 to 30.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/minimax-m2-5-vs-qwen2-5-32b-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 1

## Summary

- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. MiniMax-M2.5 scores higher in 3 categories and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct in 1 category; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where MiniMax-M2.5 leads 39.2 to 24.9.
- MiniMax-M2.5 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.70 / $2.80 for Qwen2.5 32B Instruct.
- MiniMax-M2.5 accepts more context: 205K tokens versus 131K.

## Snapshot

| | MiniMax-M2.5 | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 38.3 | 30.1 |
| Rank | 188 | 297 |
| Context | 205K | 131K |
| Input $/M | $0.30 | $0.70 |
| Output $/M | $1.20 | $2.80 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- MiniMax-M2.5: 48.1 (#58)
- Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 38.7 (#169)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 75.8% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1387 | — |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | 68.3% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 45% |
| LMArena Coding | 1381 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 52.3% |
| ALE-Bench | 618.17 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- MiniMax-M2.5: 30.4 (#77)
- Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 42.7% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | -23.16 | — |

## Reasoning

- MiniMax-M2.5: 17.5 (#292)
- Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 19.2 (#266)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 146.68 | 128.52 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 4.9% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 55.2% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 16.8% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 63.7% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1372 | — |

## Math

- MiniMax-M2.5: 26.9 (#253)
- Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 16.2 (#296)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 7.4% |
| ProofBench | 4% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1378 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 56.1% |

## Knowledge

- MiniMax-M2.5: 39.2 (#135)
- Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 24.9 (#266)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 46.1% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1379 | — |

## Multilingual

- MiniMax-M2.5: 47.1 (#152)
- Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1338 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1393 | — |
| LMArena French | 1362 | — |
| LMArena German | 1362 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1171 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1232 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1358 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1354 | — |

## Instruction Following

- MiniMax-M2.5: 71.5 (#148)
- Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1353 | — |

## Long Context

- MiniMax-M2.5: 37.5 (#216)
- Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | 11.4% | — |
| CL-bench Life | 6.3% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1366 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- MiniMax-M2.5: 53.9 (#153)
- Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1359 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1331 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1361 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1364 | — |

## FAQ

### Is MiniMax-M2.5 better than Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?

MiniMax-M2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.3 to 30.1 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, MiniMax-M2.5 or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?

MiniMax-M2.5 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Qwen2.5 32B Instruct lists at $0.70 and $2.80.

### Is MiniMax-M2.5 or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct better for coding?

MiniMax-M2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.1 versus 38.7 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

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

### How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M2.5 and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. MiniMax-M2.5 has 33 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has 7.