Model comparison
MiniMax M1 vs Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
MiniMax M1 and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.7 vs 38.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
MiniMax
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. MiniMax M1 scores higher in 8 categories and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where MiniMax M1 leads 46.0 to 42.8.
Side by side
| MiniMax M1 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 39.7 | 38.8 |
| Released | 2025-06-13 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 1M | — |
| Max output | 40K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.40 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.20 | — |
| Results tracked | 18 | 16 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
MiniMax M1: 39.2 (#149), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 38.9 (#154)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1359 | 1346 |
Reasoning Too close to call
MiniMax M1: 25.8 (#125), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 25.4 (#131)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1340 | 1322 |
Math MiniMax M1 leads
MiniMax M1: 34.8 (#152), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 33.6 (#169)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1360 | 1305 |
Knowledge Too close to call
MiniMax M1: 35.7 (#168), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 35.4 (#175)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1316 | 1307 |
Multilingual MiniMax M1 leads
MiniMax M1: 46.0 (#157), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 42.8 (#185)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1320 | 1275 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1361 | 1304 |
| LMArena French | 1369 | 1328 |
| LMArena German | 1350 | 1283 |
| LMArena Korean | 1263 | 1206 |
| LMArena Russian | 1330 | 1268 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1354 | 1337 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1220 | — |
Instruction Following Too close to call
MiniMax M1: 69.5 (#169), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 68.8 (#182)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1312 | 1298 |
Long Context MiniMax M1 leads
MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#136), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.9 (#161)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1326 | 1312 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 69.4% | — |
Writing & Preference MiniMax M1 leads
MiniMax M1: 53.3 (#155), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 50.4 (#179)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1343 | 1311 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1298 | 1264 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1335 | 1309 |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiniMax M1 better than Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct?
MiniMax M1 and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.7 vs 38.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is MiniMax M1 or Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (39.2 vs 38.9); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do MiniMax M1 and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax M1 has 18 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has 16.