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MiniMax M2 vs MiniMax M2.5

Side by side · benchmarks, pricing, and signals you can act on.

Winner summary

MiniMax M2.5 wins 7 of 8 shared benchmarks. Leads in arena · math · knowledge.

Category leads
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Hype vs Reality
MiniMax M2
#19 by perf·no signal
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MiniMax M2.5
#71 by perf·no signal
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Best value
1.3x better value than MiniMax M2.5
MiniMax M2
110.8 pts/$
$0.63/M
MiniMax M2.5
84.8 pts/$
$0.65/M
Vendor risk
One or more vendors flagged
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MiniMax
$4.0B·Tier 1
Higher risk
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MiniMax
$4.0B·Tier 1
Higher risk
Head to head
MiniMax M2MiniMax M2.5
Chatbot Arena Elo · Coding
MiniMax M2.5 leads by +92.9
MiniMax M2
1303.3
MiniMax M2.5
1396.3
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
MiniMax M2.5 leads by +57.9
MiniMax M2
1346.6
MiniMax M2.5
1404.4
OpenCompass · AIME2025
MiniMax M2.5 leads by +7.1
MiniMax M2
79.1
MiniMax M2.5
86.2
OpenCompass · GPQA-Diamond
MiniMax M2.5 leads by +5.9
MiniMax M2
78.7
MiniMax M2.5
84.6
OpenCompass · HLE
MiniMax M2.5 leads by +8.8
MiniMax M2
13.4
MiniMax M2.5
22.2
OpenCompass · IFEval
MiniMax M2.5 leads by +0.9
MiniMax M2
90.2
MiniMax M2.5
91.1
OpenCompass · LiveCodeBenchV6
MiniMax M2 leads by +0.4
MiniMax M2
74.0
MiniMax M2.5
73.6
OpenCompass · MMLU-Pro
MiniMax M2.5 leads by +0.1
MiniMax M2
81.6
MiniMax M2.5
81.7
Full benchmark table
BenchmarkMiniMax M2MiniMax M2.5
Chatbot Arena Elo · Coding
1303.31396.3
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
1346.61404.4
OpenCompass · AIME2025
79.186.2
OpenCompass · GPQA-Diamond
78.784.6
OpenCompass · HLE
13.422.2
OpenCompass · IFEval
90.291.1
OpenCompass · LiveCodeBenchV6
74.073.6
OpenCompass · MMLU-Pro
81.681.7
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
ModelInputOutputContextProjected $/mo
minimax logoMiniMax M2$0.26$1.00197K tokens (~98 books)$4.41
minimax logoMiniMax M2.5$0.15$1.15197K tokens (~98 books)$4.00