MiniMax M2.5 vs o1-pro

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across knowledge, coding, math, and reasoning.

MiniMax M2.5 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 66 to 33. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

o1-pro is also the more expensive model on tokens at $150.00 input / $600.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.30 input / $1.20 output per 1M tokens for MiniMax M2.5. That is roughly 500.0x on output cost alone. o1-pro is the reasoning model in the pair, while MiniMax M2.5 is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. o1-pro gives you the larger context window at 200K, compared with 128K for MiniMax M2.5.

Quick Verdict

Pick MiniMax M2.5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. o1-pro only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you need the larger 200K context window.

Knowledge

o1-pro

MiniMax M2.5

61

o1-pro

79

73
MMLU
-
72
GPQA
79
70
SuperGPQA
-
68
OpenBookQA
-
73
MMLU-Pro
-
10
HLE
-

Coding

MiniMax M2.5
65
HumanEval
-
45
SWE-bench Verified
-
35
LiveCodeBench
-

Mathematics

o1-pro

MiniMax M2.5

73.1

o1-pro

86

73
AIME 2023
-
75
AIME 2024
86
74
AIME 2025
-
69
HMMT Feb 2023
-
71
HMMT Feb 2024
-
70
HMMT Feb 2025
-
72
BRUMO 2025
-
81
MATH-500
-

Reasoning

MiniMax M2.5
70
SimpleQA
-
68
MuSR
-
83
BBH
-

Instruction Following

MiniMax M2.5
85
IFEval
-

Multilingual

MiniMax M2.5
84
MGSM
-

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, MiniMax M2.5 or o1-pro?

MiniMax M2.5 is ahead overall, 66 to 33. The biggest single separator in this matchup is AIME 2024, where the scores are 75 and 86.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, MiniMax M2.5 or o1-pro?

o1-pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 79 versus 61. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, MiniMax M2.5 or o1-pro?

o1-pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 86 versus 73.1. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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