Model comparison
MiniMax M1 vs Mistral Medium 3.1
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
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- The widest gap is in reasoning, where MiniMax M1 leads 26.9 to 10.6.
- Mistral Medium 3.1 is cheaper at $0.40 / $2 per million input/output tokens, against $0.55 / $2.20 for MiniMax M1.
- MiniMax M1 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 131K.
- MiniMax M1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| MiniMax M1 | Mistral Medium 3.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 40.3 | 31.9 |
| Released | 2025-06-13 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1M | 131K |
| Max output | 40K | 105K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.55 | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.20 | $2 |
| Results tracked | 18 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
MiniMax M1: 39.9 (#153), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1359 | — |
Reasoning MiniMax M1 leads
MiniMax M1: 26.9 (#126), Mistral Medium 3.1: 10.6 (#341)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 6.5% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 20.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1339 | — |
Math Not comparable
MiniMax M1: 37.5 (#151), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1361 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
MiniMax M1: 36.4 (#170), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1317 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
MiniMax M1: 45.8 (#163), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1319 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1360 | — |
| LMArena French | 1370 | — |
| LMArena German | 1350 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1217 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1266 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1329 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1353 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
MiniMax M1: 69.3 (#174), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1312 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#141), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 69.4% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1326 | — |
Writing & Preference Mistral Medium 3.1 leads
MiniMax M1: 53.1 (#161), Mistral Medium 3.1: 55.5 (#145)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1343 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1298 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1476 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1335 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiniMax M1 better than Mistral Medium 3.1?
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, MiniMax M1 or Mistral Medium 3.1?
Mistral Medium 3.1 is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $2 per million output tokens; MiniMax M1 lists at $0.55 and $2.20.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiniMax M1 does, with 1M tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do MiniMax M1 and Mistral Medium 3.1 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax M1 has 18 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.1 has 3.