MiniMax-M2 1.5B on MMLU-Pro: score, rank and what it means
MiniMax-M2 1.5B scores 59.6 on MMLU-Pro, placing it #531 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 73.5 and the leader is GPT-5.2 Pro at 91.6.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on MMLU-Pro, with MiniMax-M2 1.5B highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.
Top 10 leaderboard
| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-5.2 Pro | OpenAI | 2000000 | $21.32 | 89.6 |
| 2 | GPT-5.1 Max | OpenAI | 2000000 | $20.50 | 87.9 |
| 3 | Claude Opus 4.5 Pro | Anthropic | 200000 | $20.98 | 89.1 |
| 4 | Claude Opus 4.5 Reasoning | Anthropic | 2000000 | $20.91 | 88.2 |
| 5 | Gemini 3 Pro Reasoning | Google DeepMind | 200000 | $19.69 | 87.5 |
| 6 | GPT-5.1 Reasoning | OpenAI | 400000 | $20.27 | 88.3 |
| 7 | GPT-5.2 | OpenAI | 2000000 | $19.71 | 88.0 |
| 8 | Claude Opus 4.5 Max | Anthropic | 1000000 | $20.90 | 87.8 |
| 9 | GPT-5.2 Vision | OpenAI | 1000000 | $19.03 | 87.4 |
| 10 | Gemini 3 Pro Max | Google DeepMind | 2000000 | $20.57 | 87.9 |
What this score means
On MMLU-Pro, MiniMax-M2 1.5B sits at #531 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.2 Pro, scores 91.6, so the gap to the top is 32.0 points. The median model in this index scores 76.1, which puts MiniMax-M2 1.5B below the midpoint.
MiniMax models average 72.7 on this benchmark. MiniMax-M2 1.5B is 13.1 points below that provider line, so it is a weaker result than the average MiniMax model.
Among small open-weight models, the average is 59.8. MiniMax-M2 1.5B is 0.2 points below that group. This is the more useful comparison if you are shortlisting within the same tier rather than across the whole index.
Read a 59.6 as a relative signal, not an absolute guarantee. Benchmark scores depend on prompt format, evaluation harness and contamination controls. Use this page to narrow the shortlist, then test the model on your own data.
Price context
At $0.84 per million input tokens, MiniMax-M2 1.5B is below the median input price of $4.00 across the 600 models scored on MMLU-Pro. The models immediately around it in the ranking are shown below so you can compare score and price together.
| Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mixtral Turbo 7B | Together AI | 8192 | $0.68 | 53.2 |
| Llama 3 Novita 7B | Novita AI | 8192 | $0.92 | 56.3 |
| Yi-Large 8B | 01.AI | 32768 | $0.88 | 56.1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick 1.5B | Meta AI | 8192 | $0.93 | 55.2 |
| MiniMax-M2 1.5B | MiniMax | 16384 | $0.84 | 54.6 |
| Mixtral Groq 7B | Groq | 4096 | $0.70 | 53.4 |
| OLMo 2 7B | Allen Institute for AI | 16384 | $0.56 | 51.7 |
Other benchmarks for MiniMax-M2 1.5B
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 49.9 | 525 | 13th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 42.8 | 492 | 18th | |
| HumanEval | 58.3 | 520 | 13th | |
| MATH-500 | 53.5 | 530 | 12th | |
| AIME 2025 | 39.6 | 543 | 10th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 41.5 | 530 | 12th | |
| IFEval | 65.9 | 521 | 13th | |
| TruthfulQA | 63.0 | 492 | 18th | |
| HellaSwag | 72.0 | 500 | 17th | |
| MMMU | 54.6 | 501 | 17th | |
| Arena Elo | 1238.4 | 516 | 14th |
FAQ
What score does MiniMax-M2 1.5B get on MMLU-Pro?
MiniMax-M2 1.5B scores 59.6 on MMLU-Pro in this index. The benchmark average is 73.5 and the top score is 91.6.
How does MiniMax-M2 1.5B rank on MMLU-Pro?
It ranks #531 of 600 models, in the 12th percentile. The leader is GPT-5.2 Pro at 91.6.
Is MiniMax-M2 1.5B good at MMLU-Pro?
It is below the median for this benchmark, so test it carefully before relying on it for this capability. The result should be read alongside its price and context window.
How is the MMLU-Pro score calculated?
MMLU-Pro is a knowledge benchmark. Scores in this index are modelled estimates on a 0–100 scale (or Elo for Arena), derived from capability tier and benchmark difficulty. They are not official leaderboard results.
What does MiniMax-M2 1.5B cost?
MiniMax-M2 1.5B costs $0.84 per million input tokens and $2.96 per million output tokens.