Model comparison
Command A vs MiniMax M1
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Cohere
MiniMaxSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Command A scores higher in 1 category and MiniMax M1 in 7 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where MiniMax M1 leads 39.9 to 27.2.
- MiniMax M1 is cheaper at $0.55 / $2.20 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command A.
- MiniMax M1 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 256K.
Side by side
| Command A | MiniMax M1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 40.3 |
| Released | 2025-03-13 | 2025-06-13 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 256K | 1M |
| Max output | 8K | 40K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $0.55 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | $2.20 |
| Results tracked | 24 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax M1 leads
Command A: 27.2 (#322), MiniMax M1: 39.9 (#153)
| Benchmark | Command A | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1330 | 1359 |
| Aider Polyglot | 12% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Command A: 35.9 (#40), MiniMax M1: —
| Benchmark | Command A | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 57.1% | — |
Reasoning MiniMax M1 leads
Command A: 18.3 (#283), MiniMax M1: 26.9 (#126)
| Benchmark | Command A | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1326 | 1339 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 28.8% | — |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| LMCA | 10.3% | — |
Math MiniMax M1 leads
Command A: 36.2 (#171), MiniMax M1: 37.5 (#151)
| Benchmark | Command A | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1300 | 1361 |
Knowledge Too close to call
Command A: 37.1 (#159), MiniMax M1: 36.4 (#170)
| Benchmark | Command A | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1295 | 1317 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | — |
Multilingual Too close to call
Command A: 45.3 (#170), MiniMax M1: 45.8 (#163)
| Benchmark | Command A | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | 1319 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1327 | 1360 |
| LMArena French | 1351 | 1370 |
| LMArena German | 1341 | 1350 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1285 | 1217 |
| LMArena Korean | 1285 | 1266 |
| LMArena Russian | 1314 | 1329 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1347 | 1353 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Command A: 69.1 (#177), MiniMax M1: 69.3 (#174)
| Benchmark | Command A | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1309 | 1312 |
Long Context Too close to call
Command A: 40.6 (#151), MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#141)
| Benchmark | Command A | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1334 | 1326 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 69.4% |
Writing & Preference MiniMax M1 leads
Command A: 47.6 (#208), MiniMax M1: 53.1 (#161)
| Benchmark | Command A | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1331 | 1343 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 1298 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1339 | 1335 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1145 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command A better than MiniMax M1?
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Command A or MiniMax M1?
MiniMax M1 is cheaper. It lists at $0.55 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens; Command A lists at $2.50 and $10.
Is Command A or MiniMax M1 better for coding?
MiniMax M1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.9 versus 27.2 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiniMax M1 does, with 1M tokens against 256K.
How many benchmarks do Command A and MiniMax M1 share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax M1 has 18.