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Atria Dawn Preview vs MiniMax M2

Atria Dawn Preview leads the LLM Stats Score 52.3 to 26.9.

Shanghai AI Laboratory · MiniMax · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Atria Dawn Preview leads the overall LLM Stats Score 52.3 to 26.9, ranking #10 overall.

In the 1 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Atria Dawn Preview wins 1; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.

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 value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 1 of 1 exact shared results
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026

Choose MiniMax M2

  • you want predictable pricing at $0.30/M input and $1.20/M output

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Atria Dawn Preview
Shanghai AI Laboratory
MiniMax M2
MiniMax
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
52.3
#10
26.9
#146
Reasoning
50.5
#12
26.5
#146
Coding
36.2
#22
18.0
#113
Agents
38.8
#10
9.4
#124
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
1 of 1
0 of 1
Input price
— / M
$0.30 / M
Output price
— / M
$1.20 / M
Context window
—
1,000,000

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

2 shared
Index
Atria Dawn Preview
MiniMax M2
Tool use
31.1#12
10.0#128
Research
36.1#1
2.1#78
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

12 reported for Atria Dawn Preview · 16 for MiniMax M2

1 shared

Atria Dawn Preview outperforms in 1 benchmarks (BrowseComp), while MiniMax M2 is better at 0 benchmarks.

Atria Dawn Preview significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Sun Sep 20 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

514.0B diff

Atria Dawn Preview has 514.0B more parameters than MiniMax M2, making it 223.5% larger.

Shanghai AI Laboratory
Atria Dawn Preview
744.0Bparameters
MiniMax
MiniMax M2
230.0Bparameters
744.0B
Atria Dawn Preview
230.0B
MiniMax M2

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only MiniMax M2 specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only MiniMax M2 specifies output context (1,000,000 tokens).

Shanghai AI Laboratory
Atria Dawn Preview
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
MiniMax
MiniMax M2
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output1,000,000 tokens
Sun Sep 20 2026 • llm-stats.com

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 M2

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Atria Dawn Preview was released on 2026-09-11, while MiniMax M2 was released on 2025-10-27.

Atria Dawn Preview is 11 months newer than MiniMax M2.

Atria Dawn Preview

Sep 11, 2026

1 weeks ago

10mo newer
MiniMax M2

Oct 27, 2025

10 months 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 M2 side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Atria Dawn Preview
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MiniMax M2
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FAQ

Common questions about Atria Dawn Preview vs MiniMax M2.

Which is better, Atria Dawn Preview or MiniMax M2?

Atria Dawn Preview leads the LLM Stats Score 52.3 to 26.9. Atria Dawn Preview is made by Shanghai AI Laboratory and MiniMax M2 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 M2 in benchmarks?

Atria Dawn Preview scores DeepSearchQA: 96.0%, BrowseComp: 92.5%, CyberGym: 86.5%, MLE-Bench Lite: 86.2%, WideSearch: 81.9%. MiniMax M2 scores Tau2 Telecom: 87.0%, LiveCodeBench: 83.0%, MMLU-Pro: 82.0%, AIME 2025: 78.0%, GPQA: 78.0%.

What are the context window sizes for Atria Dawn Preview and MiniMax M2?

Atria Dawn Preview supports an unknown number of tokens and MiniMax M2 supports 1.0M tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Atria Dawn Preview and MiniMax M2?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (52.3 vs 26.9). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Atria Dawn Preview and MiniMax M2?

Atria Dawn Preview is developed by Shanghai AI Laboratory and MiniMax M2 is developed by MiniMax.

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