Model comparison
MiniMax-M2.5 vs Molmo 2 8b
MiniMax-M2.5 and Molmo 2 8b score almost the same on the Noometry Index (38.1 vs 38.7), 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-M2.5 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 24.5 to 17.6.
Side by side
| MiniMax-M2.5 | Molmo 2 8b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 38.1 | 38.7 |
| Released | 2026-02-12 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 205K | — |
| Max output | 131K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.20 | — |
| Results tracked | 33 | 5 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.5: 47.9 (#53), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 75.8% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1386 | — |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | 68.3% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1380 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 618.17 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.5: 30.2 (#70), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 42.7% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | -23.16 | — |
Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads
MiniMax-M2.5: 17.6 (#281), Molmo 2 8b: 24.5 (#146)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1372 | 1288 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 4.9% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 55.2% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 16.8% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 63.7% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 146.68 | — |
Math Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.5: 25.8 (#242), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | 4% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1378 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.5: 38.6 (#132), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1378 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.5: —, Molmo 2 8b: 29.5 (#106)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1081 |
Multilingual MiniMax-M2.5 leads
MiniMax-M2.5: 47.3 (#147), Molmo 2 8b: 42.8 (#186)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1338 | 1275 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1392 | — |
| LMArena French | 1363 | — |
| LMArena German | 1361 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1169 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1232 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1359 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1354 | — |
Instruction Following MiniMax-M2.5 leads
MiniMax-M2.5: 71.7 (#143), Molmo 2 8b: 67.2 (#196)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1353 | 1270 |
Long Context Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.5: 37.4 (#211), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | 11.4% | — |
| CL-bench Life | 6.3% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1367 | — |
Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2.5 leads
MiniMax-M2.5: 54.1 (#149), Molmo 2 8b: 49.5 (#187)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1359 | 1288 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1331 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1361 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1364 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiniMax-M2.5 better than Molmo 2 8b?
MiniMax-M2.5 and Molmo 2 8b score almost the same on the Noometry Index (38.1 vs 38.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M2.5 and Molmo 2 8b share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax-M2.5 has 33 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.