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Atria Dawn Preview vs MiniMax M1 40K

Atria Dawn Preview leads the LLM Stats Score 52.3 to 20.5.

Shanghai AI Laboratory · MiniMax · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Atria Dawn Preview leads the overall LLM Stats Score 52.3 to 20.5, ranking #10 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Atria Dawn Preview

  • overall performance matters — it scores 52.3 and ranks #10 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026

Choose MiniMax M1 40K

  • you are already invested in the MiniMax ecosystem

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Atria Dawn Preview
Shanghai AI Laboratory
MiniMax M1 40K
MiniMax
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
52.3
#10
20.5
#194
Reasoning
50.5
#12
20.7
#183
Coding
36.2
#22
8.1
#183
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
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Output price
— / M
— / M
Context window
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Atria Dawn Preview
MiniMax M1 40K
Tool use
31.1#12
12.9#100
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

12 reported for Atria Dawn Preview · 16 for MiniMax M1 40K

No common benchmarks found

Atria Dawn Preview and MiniMax M1 40Kdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

288.0B diff

Atria Dawn Preview has 288.0B more parameters than MiniMax M1 40K, making it 63.2% larger.

Shanghai AI Laboratory
Atria Dawn Preview
744.0Bparameters
MiniMax
MiniMax M1 40K
456.0Bparameters
744.0B
Atria Dawn Preview
456.0B
MiniMax M1 40K

License

Usage and distribution terms

Both models are licensed under MIT.

Both models share the same licensing terms, providing consistent usage rights.

Atria Dawn Preview

MIT

Open weights

MiniMax M1 40K

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Atria Dawn Preview was released on 2026-09-11, while MiniMax M1 40K was released on 2025-06-16.

Atria Dawn Preview is 15 months newer than MiniMax M1 40K.

Atria Dawn Preview

Sep 11, 2026

1 weeks ago

1.2yr newer
MiniMax M1 40K

Jun 16, 2025

1.3 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Atria Dawn Preview and MiniMax M1 40K side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Atria Dawn Preview
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MiniMax M1 40K
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FAQ

Common questions about Atria Dawn Preview vs MiniMax M1 40K.

Which is better, Atria Dawn Preview or MiniMax M1 40K?

Atria Dawn Preview leads the LLM Stats Score 52.3 to 20.5. Atria Dawn Preview is made by Shanghai AI Laboratory and MiniMax M1 40K is made by MiniMax. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Atria Dawn Preview compare to MiniMax M1 40K in benchmarks?

Atria Dawn Preview scores DeepSearchQA: 96.0%, BrowseComp: 92.5%, CyberGym: 86.5%, MLE-Bench Lite: 86.2%, WideSearch: 81.9%. MiniMax M1 40K scores MATH-500: 96.0%, AIME 2024: 83.3%, MMLU-Pro: 80.6%, ZebraLogic: 80.1%, OpenAI-MRCR: 2 needle 128k: 76.1%.

What are the main differences between Atria Dawn Preview and MiniMax M1 40K?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (52.3 vs 20.5). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Atria Dawn Preview and MiniMax M1 40K?

Atria Dawn Preview is developed by Shanghai AI Laboratory and MiniMax M1 40K is developed by MiniMax.

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