MiniMaxReleased on Feb 12, 2026

MiniMax M2.5: Benchmarks, Pricing & Size

MiniMax M2.5 is a language model from MiniMax, released in February 2026.

MiniMax M2.5 is the world's first production-level model designed natively for Agent scenarios. Building on the M2.1 foundation, M2.5 delivers significant improvements in programming, tool calling, search, and office productivity. With

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MiniMax M2.5 pricing

Providers

MiniMax M2.5 starts at $0.300 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens via MiniMax.

ProviderInput $/MOutput $/MMax InputMax OutputLatency p95 sThroughput P95QuantInputOutput
MiniMax logoMiniMax
$0.300$1.201.0M1.0M
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71 c/s

MiniMax M2.5 model size

MiniMax M2.5 has 230 billion parameters. See how it compares to other models in the same parameter range.

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230BMoE
Frontier (200B+)
230B
1B7B70B405B

MiniMax M2.5 API

POST/v1/chat/completions

Run a request to see the response

Use it in your code

Billed at $0.30 input / $1.20 output per 1M tokens through the LLM Stats gateway.

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY",
    base_url="https://gateway.llm-stats.com/v1"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="minimax-m2.5",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "What is machine learning?"}
    ]
)

print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Need an API key? Create one above in the playground, or read the API documentation.

MiniMax M2.5 latency

7-day operational metrics from live API traffic.

Performance Metrics

7-day operational metrics from live API traffic

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MiniMax M2.5 examples

Recent arena outputs from MiniMax M2.5, picked from the highest-ranked matchups.

MiniMax M2.5 license

MiniMax M2.5 is released under the MIT license, which permits commercial use, has 230.0B parameters.

License
MIT
Commercial use allowed
Parameters
230.0B

MIT License - allows commercial use

MiniMax M2.5 vs other models

The most-compared alternatives to MiniMax M2.5 are Seed 2.0 Pro, GPT-5.2 Pro, GPT-5.2. Open any pair side-by-side for benchmarks, pricing, context, and latency.

Models like MiniMax M2.5

Models ranked just above and below MiniMax M2.5 by LLM Stats score.

 

Seed 2.0 Pro

Score pending
 

GPT-5.2 Pro

Score pending
 

GPT-5.2

Score pending
 

GLM-5

Score pending
 

Qwen3.7 Max

Score pending
 

Kimi K2.6

Score pending

FAQ

Common questions about MiniMax M2.5.

When was MiniMax M2.5 released?

MiniMax M2.5 was released on February 12, 2026 by MiniMax. This is the official MiniMax M2.5 release date tracked on LLM Stats.

How much does MiniMax M2.5 cost?

MiniMax M2.5 costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens through the LLM Stats API, which works with any OpenAI-compatible SDK.

Is MiniMax M2.5 available via API?

Yes. MiniMax M2.5 is available through the LLM Stats API and works with any OpenAI-compatible SDK — point your client at the gateway base URL and pass the model name. It is served by 1 provider tracked on LLM Stats.

How big is MiniMax M2.5?

MiniMax M2.5 has 230 billion parameters. It ships as an open-weight model, so you can download and run it on your own hardware.

Who created MiniMax M2.5?

MiniMax M2.5 was created by MiniMax.

What is the license for MiniMax M2.5?

MiniMax M2.5 is released under the MIT license. This is an open-source / open-weight license that permits self-hosting.

Where can I use MiniMax M2.5?

MiniMax M2.5 is available through 1 provider including MiniMax.

Where is the MiniMax M2.5 paper or technical report?

MiniMax M2.5 has a paper or technical report available at https://www.minimax.io/news/minimax-m25. Use that source for architecture, training, release and evaluation details.

What models should I compare MiniMax M2.5 against?

Common MiniMax M2.5 comparisons include MiniMax M2.5 vs Seed 2.0 Pro, MiniMax M2.5 vs GPT-5.2 Pro, MiniMax M2.5 vs GPT-5.2. Compare them side by side for benchmark scores, pricing, context window, latency and API availability.