Model comparison
MiniMax-M2.5 vs Sonar
MiniMax-M2.5 and Sonar score almost the same on the Noometry Index (38.3 vs 38.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
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MiniMax
PerplexitySummary
- The widest gap is in coding, where MiniMax-M2.5 leads 48.1 to 35.7.
- MiniMax-M2.5 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $1 / $1 for Sonar.
- MiniMax-M2.5 accepts more context: 205K tokens versus 128K.
- MiniMax-M2.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| MiniMax-M2.5 | Sonar | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | Perplexity |
| Noometry Index | 38.3 | 38.5 |
| Released | 2026-02-12 | 2024-01-01 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 205K | 128K |
| Max output | 131K | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | $1 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.20 | $1 |
| Results tracked | 33 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax-M2.5 leads
MiniMax-M2.5: 48.1 (#58), Sonar: 35.7 (#221)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 75.8% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1387 | — |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | 68.3% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 35.1% |
| LMArena Coding | 1381 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 618.17 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.5: 30.4 (#77), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 42.7% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | -23.16 | — |
Reasoning Sonar leads
MiniMax-M2.5: 17.5 (#292), Sonar: 21.1 (#227)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 4.9% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 55.2% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 16.8% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 63.7% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 46.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1372 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 37.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 146.68 | — |
| LiveBench | — | 46.9% |
Math Sonar leads
MiniMax-M2.5: 26.9 (#253), Sonar: 33.7 (#200)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | 4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 41.6% |
| LMArena Math | 1378 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.5: 39.2 (#135), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1379 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.5: 47.1 (#152), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1338 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1393 | — |
| LMArena French | 1362 | — |
| LMArena German | 1362 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1171 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1232 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1358 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1354 | — |
Instruction Following Too close to call
MiniMax-M2.5: 71.5 (#148), Sonar: 71.4 (#150)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 76.2% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1353 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.5: 37.5 (#216), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | 11.4% | — |
| CL-bench Life | 6.3% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1366 | — |
Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2.5 leads
MiniMax-M2.5: 53.9 (#153), Sonar: 52.6 (#167)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.5 | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1359 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1331 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1361 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1364 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 44.1% |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiniMax-M2.5 better than Sonar?
MiniMax-M2.5 and Sonar score almost the same on the Noometry Index (38.3 vs 38.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, MiniMax-M2.5 or Sonar?
MiniMax-M2.5 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Sonar lists at $1 and $1.
Is MiniMax-M2.5 or Sonar better for coding?
MiniMax-M2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.1 versus 35.7 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiniMax-M2.5 does, with 205K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M2.5 and Sonar share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax-M2.5 has 33 scored results on Noometry and Sonar has 7.