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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 on 7/8 benchmarks
MiniMax M2.5 wins 7 of 8 shared benchmarks. Leads in arena · math · knowledge.
Category leads
arena·MiniMax M2.5math·MiniMax M2.5knowledge·MiniMax M2.5language·MiniMax M2.5coding·MiniMax M2
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
MiniMax M2
#19 by perf·no signal
MiniMax M2.5
#71 by perf·no signal
Best value
MiniMax M2
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
Mixed exposure
One or more vendors flagged
MiniMax
$4.0B·Tier 1
MiniMax
$4.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
8 benchmarks · 2 models
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
| Benchmark | MiniMax M2 | MiniMax M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
Chatbot Arena Elo · Coding | 1303.3 | 1396.3 |
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall | 1346.6 | 1404.4 |
OpenCompass · AIME2025 | 79.1 | 86.2 |
OpenCompass · GPQA-Diamond | 78.7 | 84.6 |
OpenCompass · HLE | 13.4 | 22.2 |
OpenCompass · IFEval | 90.2 | 91.1 |
OpenCompass · LiveCodeBenchV6 | 74.0 | 73.6 |
OpenCompass · MMLU-Pro | 81.6 | 81.7 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.26 | $1.00 | 197K tokens (~98 books) | $4.41 | |
| $0.15 | $1.15 | 197K tokens (~98 books) | $4.00 |