Model Comparison

MiniMax M2.1 vs Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

MiniMax M2.1 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

2 benchmarks

MiniMax M2.1 outperforms in 2 benchmarks (LiveCodeBench, MMLU-Pro), while Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.

MiniMax M2.1 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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MiniMax
MiniMax M2.1
Input tokens$0.30
Output tokens$1.20
Best providerMiniMax
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

223.0B diff

MiniMax M2.1 has 223.0B more parameters than Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct, making it 3185.7% larger.

MiniMax
MiniMax M2.1
230.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct
7.0Bparameters
230.0B
MiniMax M2.1
7.0B
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

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

MiniMax
MiniMax M2.1
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output1,000,000 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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License

Usage and distribution terms

MiniMax M2.1 is licensed under MIT, while Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

MiniMax M2.1

MIT

Open weights

Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

MiniMax M2.1 was released on 2025-12-23, while Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct was released on 2024-09-19.

MiniMax M2.1 is 15 months newer than Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct.

MiniMax M2.1

Dec 23, 2025

3 months ago

1.3yr newer
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

Sep 19, 2024

1.6 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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Key Takeaways

Larger context window (1,000,000 tokens)
Higher LiveCodeBench score (78.0% vs 18.2%)
Higher MMLU-Pro score (88.0% vs 40.1%)
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

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Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
MiniMax
MiniMax M2.1
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about MiniMax M2.1 vs Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

MiniMax M2.1 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. MiniMax M2.1 is made by MiniMax and Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
MiniMax M2.1 scores VIBE Web: 91.5%, VIBE Android: 89.7%, VIBE: 88.6%, MMLU-Pro: 88.0%, VIBE iOS: 88.0%. Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct scores HumanEval: 88.4%, GSM8k: 83.9%, MBPP: 83.5%, HellaSwag: 76.8%, Winogrande: 72.9%.
MiniMax M2.1 supports 1.0M tokens and Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include licensing (MIT vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
MiniMax M2.1 is developed by MiniMax and Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.