Model comparison

MiniMax-M2.1 vs Mistral Large 3

MiniMax-M2.1 and Mistral Large 3 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (38.9 vs 39.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 20 shared benchmarks.

MiniMax-M2.1

MiniMax

38.9

Rank #178 Confirmed

Mistral Large 3

Mistral AI

39.1

Rank #176 Confirmed

Summary

They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. MiniMax-M2.1 scores higher in 4 categories and Mistral Large 3 in 4 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in coding, where MiniMax-M2.1 leads 40.4 to 34.4.
Mistral Large 3 is cheaper at $0.25 / $0.75 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $1.20 for MiniMax-M2.1.
Mistral Large 3 accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 205K.

Side by side

MiniMax-M2.1 and Mistral Large 3 specifications
	MiniMax-M2.1	Mistral Large 3
Provider	MiniMax	Mistral AI
Noometry Index	38.9	39.1
Released	2025-12-23	2025-12-02
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	205K	262K
Max output	131K	8K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.30	$0.25
Output $ / M tokens	$1.20	$0.75
Results tracked	22	24

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Category by category

Coding MiniMax-M2.1 leads

MiniMax-M2.1: 40.4 (#143), Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.1	Mistral Large 3
LMArena WebDev	1384	1230
LMArena Coding	1421	1448
ALE-Bench	623.83	—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

MiniMax-M2.1: 27.9 (#98), Mistral Large 3: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.1	Mistral Large 3
Terminal-Bench	36.6%	—

Reasoning MiniMax-M2.1 leads

MiniMax-M2.1: 16.6 (#302), Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.1	Mistral Large 3
NYT Connections (extended)	11.2%	7.5%
LMArena Hard Prompts	1411	1429
Kagi LLM Benchmark	—	50.9%
Thematic Generalization	—	23%

Math Too close to call

MiniMax-M2.1: 38.3 (#138), Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.1	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Math	1397	1414

Knowledge MiniMax-M2.1 leads

MiniMax-M2.1: 38.3 (#147), Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.1	Mistral Large 3
Vectara Hallucination Rate	11.8%	14.5%
LMArena Expert	1431	1421

Multimodal Not comparable

MiniMax-M2.1: —, Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66)

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.1	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Vision	—	1221

Multilingual Mistral Large 3 leads

MiniMax-M2.1: 50.0 (#128), Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.1	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Non-English	1378	1413
LMArena Chinese	1430	1447
LMArena French	1404	1455
LMArena German	1381	1437
LMArena Japanese	1287	1394
LMArena Korean	1298	1384
LMArena Russian	1387	1411
LMArena Spanish	1397	1440

Instruction Following Too close to call

MiniMax-M2.1: 73.8 (#112), Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.1	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Instruction Following	1400	1403

Long Context Too close to call

MiniMax-M2.1: 43.2 (#101), Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.1	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Longer Query	1416	1413

Writing & Preference Mistral Large 3 leads

MiniMax-M2.1: 58.3 (#120), Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.1	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Text	1392	1428
LMArena Creative Writing	1361	1386
LMArena Multi-Turn	1396	1429
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	—	1412

Frequently asked questions

Is MiniMax-M2.1 better than Mistral Large 3?

MiniMax-M2.1 and Mistral Large 3 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (38.9 vs 39.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Which is cheaper, MiniMax-M2.1 or Mistral Large 3?

Mistral Large 3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $0.75 per million output tokens; MiniMax-M2.1 lists at $0.30 and $1.20.

Is MiniMax-M2.1 or Mistral Large 3 better for coding?

MiniMax-M2.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Mistral Large 3 does, with 262K tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M2.1 and Mistral Large 3 share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax-M2.1 has 22 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 3 has 24.