Model comparison
MiniMax-M2 vs Yi-Lightning
MiniMax-M2 and Yi-Lightning score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.4 vs 37.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.
MiniMaxSummary
- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. MiniMax-M2 scores higher in 7 categories and Yi-Lightning in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where MiniMax-M2 leads 39.3 to 27.4.
- MiniMax-M2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| MiniMax-M2 | Yi-Lightning | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 37.4 | 37.1 |
| Released | 2025-10-27 | 2024-12-02 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 205K | — |
| Max output | 131K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.20 | — |
| Results tracked | 21 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax-M2 leads
MiniMax-M2: 39.3 (#159), Yi-Lightning: 27.4 (#320)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1370 | 1312 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 61% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 12.9% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1297 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
MiniMax-M2: 25.1 (#109), Yi-Lightning: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 30% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 160.6 | — |
Reasoning Yi-Lightning leads
MiniMax-M2: 19.4 (#258), Yi-Lightning: 25.9 (#139)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1357 | 1302 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 57.8% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 14.8% | — |
Math MiniMax-M2 leads
MiniMax-M2: 37.3 (#160), Yi-Lightning: 36.2 (#172)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1352 | 1300 |
Knowledge MiniMax-M2 leads
MiniMax-M2: 37.0 (#163), Yi-Lightning: 35.4 (#185)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1337 | 1286 |
Multilingual MiniMax-M2 leads
MiniMax-M2: 45.3 (#171), Yi-Lightning: 42.2 (#196)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | 1269 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1366 | 1320 |
| LMArena French | 1335 | 1305 |
| LMArena German | 1355 | 1267 |
| LMArena Russian | 1331 | 1255 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1326 | 1315 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1228 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1192 |
Instruction Following MiniMax-M2 leads
MiniMax-M2: 70.2 (#166), Yi-Lightning: 67.4 (#196)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1328 | 1278 |
Long Context MiniMax-M2 leads
MiniMax-M2: 40.5 (#153), Yi-Lightning: 39.4 (#181)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1331 | 1297 |
Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2 leads
MiniMax-M2: 53.0 (#162), Yi-Lightning: 50.2 (#184)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1340 | 1302 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1286 | 1280 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1361 | 1311 |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiniMax-M2 better than Yi-Lightning?
MiniMax-M2 and Yi-Lightning score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.4 vs 37.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is MiniMax-M2 or Yi-Lightning better for coding?
MiniMax-M2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.3 versus 27.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M2 and Yi-Lightning share?
15 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax-M2 has 21 scored results on Noometry and Yi-Lightning has 18.