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Model comparison

Grok 4.6 vs MiniMax-M2

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 37.4 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax-M2 costs 5.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.6's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.6 xAI

56.9

Rank #21 Confirmed

MiniMax-M2 MiniMax

37.4

Rank #204 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.6 scores higher in 9 categories and MiniMax-M2 in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.6 leads 61.4 to 19.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 80% for Grok 4.6 and 14.8% for MiniMax-M2.
  • MiniMax-M2 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Grok 4.6.
  • Grok 4.6 accepts more context: 500K tokens versus 205K.
  • MiniMax-M2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 4.6MiniMax-M2
ProviderxAIMiniMax
Noometry Index56.937.4
Released2026-08-122025-10-27
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window500K205K
Max output500K131K
Input $ / M tokens$2$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$6$1.20
Results tracked4921

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 58.5 (#16), MiniMax-M2: 39.3 (#159)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6MiniMax-M2
LMArena WebDev16171297
LMArena Coding14651370
DeepSWE67.5%—
FrontierCode48%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—61%
CursorBench41.4%—
FrontierSWE25.3%—
SciCode56.5%—
WeirdML67.3%—
ALE-Bench1,508—

Agentic & Tool Use Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 39.4 (#27), MiniMax-M2: 25.1 (#109)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6MiniMax-M2
Vending-Bench 29,047160.6
Terminal-Bench—30%
APEX-Agents65.3%—
GDP.pdf17.2%—

Reasoning Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 61.4 (#20), MiniMax-M2: 19.4 (#258)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6MiniMax-M2
NYT Connections (extended)80%14.8%
LMArena Hard Prompts14471357
ARC-AGI-267.1%—
SimpleBench75.9%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—57.8%
ARC-AGI-187.5%—
CritPt19.7%—
Chess Puzzles40%—
EBR-Bench30.5%—
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
DTBench97.3%—
LMCA48.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.44—

Math Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 67.0 (#24), MiniMax-M2: 37.3 (#160)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6MiniMax-M2
LMArena Math14231352
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)66%—
FrontierMath Tier 431.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202599.2%—
ProofBench51%—

Knowledge Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 63.3 (#20), MiniMax-M2: 37.0 (#163)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6MiniMax-M2
LMArena Expert14671337
GPQA Diamond94%—
SimpleQA Verified49.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.6: 43.6 (#23), MiniMax-M2: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.6MiniMax-M2
LMArena Vision1263—
Blueprint-Bench 233.2%—
Furniture Assembly40%—
LMArena Document1452—

Multilingual Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 53.0 (#74), MiniMax-M2: 45.3 (#171)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6MiniMax-M2
LMArena Non-English14201313
LMArena Chinese14801366
LMArena French14611335
LMArena German14311355
LMArena Russian14221331
LMArena Spanish14041326
LMArena Japanese1376—
LMArena Korean1397—

Instruction Following Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 75.4 (#63), MiniMax-M2: 70.2 (#166)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6MiniMax-M2
LMArena Instruction Following14311328

Long Context Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 44.5 (#66), MiniMax-M2: 40.5 (#153)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6MiniMax-M2
LMArena Longer Query14541331

Writing & Preference Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 62.3 (#80), MiniMax-M2: 53.0 (#162)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6MiniMax-M2
LMArena Text14281340
LMArena Creative Writing14281286
LMArena Multi-Turn14251361

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.6 better than MiniMax-M2?

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 37.4 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax-M2 costs 5.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.6's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Grok 4.6 or MiniMax-M2?

MiniMax-M2 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Grok 4.6 lists at $2 and $6.

Is Grok 4.6 or MiniMax-M2 better for coding?

Grok 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.5 versus 39.3 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Grok 4.6 does, with 500K tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.6 and MiniMax-M2 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.6 has 49 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2 has 21.

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