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MiniMax-M2.5
minimax·minimax/MiniMax-M2.5·Deprecated·Open weights·minimax series
Prior MiniMax coding model for agent workflows, office edits, and automation
At a glance
Official price$0.30 / $1.20 per 1M
Cache read $0.03 · MiniMax (minimaxi.com)
Lowest paid$0.11 / $0.95
CrofAI Gateway · 2.7× spread
8 more $0 channels
Context204,800
⚠ Providers report 65,536–228,700; the table below is authoritative
Output limit131,072
Capabilities
✓ Reasoning✓ Tool use✓ Structured output✓ TemperatureAttachments
⚠ Providers report capability flags inconsistently
Modalities
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Knowledge cutoff2025-01
Released / updated2026-02-12 / 2026-02-12
Quality & performanceArtificial Analysis · Intelligence Index v4.1
Intelligence34.5
Value108
Coding—
Agentic—
Output speed94 tok/s
TTFT1.66 s
Value formulaIQ 34.5 ÷ min blended $0.320 = 108
Quality is independently evaluated by Artificial Analysis. Speed/latency are model-level medians.
Available at 45 providers36 with public prices · 8 subscription-covered
| Provider | Tier | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Context | Output limit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alibaba Token Plan | Gateway | Subscription | $0 | $0 | 196,608 ⚠ | 32,768 | ||
| MiniMax Token Plan (minimaxi.com) | Gateway | Subscription | $0 | $0 | 204,800 | 131,072 | ||
| Alibaba Coding Plan (China) | Gateway | Subscription | $0 | $0 | 196,608 ⚠ | 24,576 | ||
| MiniMax Token Plan (minimax.io) | Gateway | Subscription | $0 | $0 | 204,800 | 131,072 | ||
| Alibaba Coding Plan | Gateway | Subscription | $0 | $0 | 196,608 ⚠ | 24,576 | ||
| Tencent Coding Plan (China) minimax-m2.5 | Gateway | Subscription | $0 | $0 | 204,800 | 32,768 | ||
| SCNet Token Plan | Gateway | Subscription | $0 | — | 204,800 | 131,072 | ||
| Alibaba Token Plan (China) | Gateway | Subscription | $0 | $0 | 196,608 ⚠ | 32,768 | ||
| CrofAI minimax-m2.5 | Gateway | $0.11 | $0.95 | $0.02 | $0.375 | 204,800 | 131,072 | |
| DInference minimax-m2.5 | Gateway | $0.22 | $0.88 | — | — | 200,000 ⚠ | 32,000 | |
| MiniMax (minimaxi.com)Official | First-party | $0.30 | $1.20 | $0.03 | $0.375 | 204,800 | 131,072 | |
Sorted by blended price (input×0.75 + output×0.25) asc. The official channel always shows regardless of rank. Whether a gateway's low price is actually usable can't be verified.
Your usage cost
1CrofAI$58.70
2OpenRouter$70.20
3Venice AI$72.70
4Deep Infra$73.10
5GreenPT$79.48
6HPC-AI$87.60
15MiniMax (minimaxi.com) · Official$87.60
8 more channels offer $0 (Alibaba Token Plan, MiniMax Token Plan (minimaxi.com), Alibaba Coding Plan (China) etc.); free tiers usually have rate limits and no SLA, excluded from ranking.
Switch to CrofAI to save $28.90/mo (33%)
Note: this is a gateway; verify availability and rate limits yourself.
Benchmark4 items
| Name | Conditions | Score | Metric | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-Bench Verified | — | 75.8 | resolved | Source ↗ |
| SWE-Atlas Codebase QnA | harness: Mini-SWE-Agent | 10.3 | score | Source ↗ |
| SWE-Atlas Refactoring | harness: Mini-SWE-Agent | 19.52 | score | Source ↗ |
| SWE-Atlas Test Writing | harness: Mini-SWE-Agent | 18.6 | score | Source ↗ |
The same benchmark scores very differently across harness / dataset, so the qualifying conditions must be shown together.
Reasoning control
effort = noneeffort = minimaleffort = loweffort = mediumeffort = higheffort = xhigheffort = max
39 / 45 providers expose no reasoning control (reasoning_options: []).
Related models
MiniMax H3same series—MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.5same series$0.30 / $1.20MiniMax-M3same series$0.30 / $1.20DeepSeek V4 Flashcheaper alternative$0.14 / $0.28GPT-5 Nanocheaper alternative$0.05 / $0.40GLM-4.7-Flashcheaper alternative$0 / $0MiMo-V2.5cheaper alternative$0.14 / $0.28
Price historyone sample accumulated per data sync
Input listOutput listMin blended