Model comparison
MiniMax-M2.1 vs Molmo 2 8b
MiniMax-M2.1 and Molmo 2 8b 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 . 4 shared benchmarks.
MiniMax
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. MiniMax-M2.1 scores higher in 3 categories and Molmo 2 8b in 1 category; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Molmo 2 8b leads 25.6 to 16.6.
Side by side
| MiniMax-M2.1 | Molmo 2 8b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 38.9 | 39.1 |
| Released | 2025-12-23 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 205K | — |
| Max output | 131K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.20 | — |
| Results tracked | 22 | 5 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.1: 40.4 (#143), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.1 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1384 | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1421 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 623.83 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.1: 27.9 (#98), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.1 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 36.6% | — |
Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads
MiniMax-M2.1: 16.6 (#302), Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.1 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1411 | 1287 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 11.2% | — |
Math Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.1: 38.3 (#138), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.1 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1397 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.1: 38.3 (#147), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.1 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 11.8% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1431 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.1: —, Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.1 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1081 |
Multilingual MiniMax-M2.1 leads
MiniMax-M2.1: 50.0 (#128), Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.1 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1378 | 1276 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1430 | — |
| LMArena French | 1404 | — |
| LMArena German | 1381 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1287 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1298 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1387 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1397 | — |
Instruction Following MiniMax-M2.1 leads
MiniMax-M2.1: 73.8 (#112), Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.1 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1400 | 1270 |
Long Context Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.1: 43.2 (#101), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.1 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1416 | — |
Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2.1 leads
MiniMax-M2.1: 58.3 (#120), Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.1 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1392 | 1288 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1361 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1396 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiniMax-M2.1 better than Molmo 2 8b?
MiniMax-M2.1 and Molmo 2 8b 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.
How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M2.1 and Molmo 2 8b share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax-M2.1 has 22 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.