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MiniMax-M2.5 vs MiniMax-M2.1

Benchmarks, API Token Pricing, Context Window & Speed Comparison

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MiniMax-M2.5 vs MiniMax-M2.1: Benchmarks, Pricing & Speed Comparison

MiniMax-M2.5 di MiniMax e MiniMax-M2.1 di MiniMax sono due modelli di IA di riferimento. MiniMax-M2.5 offre una finestra di contesto di 204K token a $0.00/$0.00 per milione di token, mentre MiniMax-M2.1 mette a disposizione 204K token di contesto a $0.00/$0.00 per milione di token. Di seguito analizziamo benchmark, latenza e costi.

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MiniMax-M2.5

Specialista Codice Open-Weights

MiniMax-M2.5 di MiniMax è un modello di IA progettato per lo sviluppo software e la generazione di codice con pesi aperti auto-ospitabili, con finestra di contesto da 204K, velocità di 80 token/s, indice di intelligenza di 82/100 e tariffa

Intelligence Index82 / 100
Input Token:

$0.00 / 1M

Output Token:

$0.00 / 1M

Context Window:

204K tokens

SWE-bench Verified:

48%

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MiniMax-M2.1

IA Agentica e Strumenti Autonomi

MiniMax-M2.1 di MiniMax è un modello di IA progettato per i workflow agentici autonomi, il tool calling e l’automazione multi-step, con finestra di contesto da 204K, velocità di 88 token/s, indice di intelligenza di 80/100 e tariffa di acce

Intelligence Index80 / 100
Input Token:

$0.00 / 1M

Output Token:

$0.00 / 1M

Context Window:

204K tokens

SWE-bench Verified:

N/A

Differenze Chiave a Colpo d’Occhio

  • Both models cost the same under this workload — choose on capability, not price.
  • MiniMax-M2.1 is faster at 88 tok/s vs 80 tok/s.
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FeatureMiniMax-M2.5MiniMax-M2.1
Intelligence Index
Composite reasoning & knowledge score (0-100)
8280
Provider
MiniMaxMiniMax
Input Price
Cost per million input tokens
$0.00 / 1M$0.00 / 1M
Output Price
Cost per million output tokens
$0.00 / 1M$0.00 / 1M
Blended Price
Weighted 7:2:1 cache:input:output per 1M
$0.00 / 1M$0.00 / 1M
Context Window
Maximum input + output tokens
204K tokens~306 A4 pages of text204K tokens~306 A4 pages of text
Max Output Tokens
Per single request
16K8K
Throughput Speed
Tokens generated per second
80 tok/s88 tok/s
SWE-bench Verified
Real-world software engineering
48%N/A
GPQA Diamond
Graduate-level reasoning
64%61%

Chi vince in ogni categoria?

At-a-glance decision framework
Coding

Evaluations ongoing

Cost
Tied
Identical monthly runtime cost
Speed
MiniMax-M2.1
+10% faster generation
Context
Tied
204K tokens window

Punteggi Benchmark Verificati

Official evaluation metrics verified by independent third-party research labs.

MiniMax-M2.5MiniMax-M2.1
SWE-bench Verified (Autonomous Coding)

Industry benchmark evaluating real-world GitHub issue resolution and multi-file debugging.

48%vsN/A
GPQA Diamond (Doctorate-Level Science & Math)

Challenging questions created by domain experts to test complex PhD-level reasoning.

64%vs61%
MMLU-Pro (Multi-task Language Understanding)

Hardened reasoning and academic knowledge benchmark with reduced lucky-guess probability.

78.5%vs76.5%
LMSYS Chatbot Arena Elo

Crowdsourced human preference evaluation based on blind, head-to-head model battles.

1340ptsvs1315pts
Generation Speed (Throughput)

Tokens emitted per second during active generation streaming.

80 tok/s vs88 tok/s

Latenza e Tempo di Risposta

Time to first token (TTFT) and estimated end-to-end response time for a typical 500-token response.

Time to First Token (TTFT)Lower is better
MiniMax-M2.50.47s
MiniMax-M2.10.42s
Est. End-to-End Response (500 tokens)TTFT + generation time
MiniMax-M2.56.72s
MiniMax-M2.16.10s

Simulatore Interattivo dei Costi Token

Adjust sliders to calculate projected monthly cloud API spending with prompt caching discounts.

100K / day
10K500K1M
30K / day
5K150K300K
50% cached
0% (Cold)50%90% (Warm)
MiniMax-M2.5 Monthly API Bill
$0.00 / month
$0/1M in · $0/1M out
MiniMax-M2.1 Monthly API Bill
$0.00 / month
$0/1M in · $0/1M out
These models cost the same under this workload — no savings either way.Break-even

MiniMax-M2.5 · Strengths & Key Advantages

  • Finestra di contesto da 204K con capacità massima di output fino a 16K token (SWE-bench Verified 48% · GPQA Diamond 64%)
  • Throughput elevato di 80 token/secondo con latenza al primo token (TTFT) di soli 470 ms
  • Pesi aperti (Confidential / 160B MoE) pronti per il self-hosting locale o su cloud privato tramite vLLM, SGLang o Ollama
Considerations & Trade-offs
  • Richiede server GPU dedicati con sufficiente memoria VRAM per l’esecuzione locale a piena precisione
  • Nelle dimostrazioni scientifiche più estreme, i modelli di ragionamento pesante dedicati offrono maggiore profondità

MiniMax-M2.1 · Strengths & Key Advantages

  • Finestra di contesto da 204K con capacità massima di output fino a 8K token (GPQA Diamond 61% · MMLU-Pro 76.5%)
  • Throughput elevato di 88 token/secondo con latenza al primo token (TTFT) di soli 420 ms
  • Pesi aperti (Confidential / 130B MoE) pronti per il self-hosting locale o su cloud privato tramite vLLM, SGLang o Ollama
Considerations & Trade-offs
  • Richiede server GPU dedicati con sufficiente memoria VRAM per l’esecuzione locale a piena precisione
  • Nelle dimostrazioni scientifiche più estreme, i modelli di ragionamento pesante dedicati offrono maggiore profondità

Token Use & Task Economics

Estimated cost and token consumption to complete one representative agentic task.

MetricMiniMax-M2.5MiniMax-M2.1
Cost per Task
Estimated USD to finish one task
$0.00$0.00
Output Tokens / Task
Tokens generated per task
18K16K
Reasoning Tokens / Task
Thinking tokens burned per task
6K4K

Specifiche Tecniche

Architecture, release timeline, capabilities, and modalities.

FeatureMiniMax-M2.5MiniMax-M2.1
Official API Model ID (SDK)minimax-m2-5minimax-m2-1
API ProtocolOpenAI-Compatible REST / vLLM / SGLang / HuggingFace TGIOpenAI-Compatible REST / vLLM / SGLang / HuggingFace TGI
Release Date2026-022025-12
Knowledge CutoffDecember 2025October 2025
ArchitectureCoding-Centric Sparse MoE TransformerRefined Agentic Mixture-of-Experts Transformer
ParametersConfidential / 160B MoEConfidential / 130B MoE
Enterprise Rate Limits (RPM / TPM)Unlimited (Hardware-bound on self-hosted GPU) / 10,000 RPM Cloud · Unlimited local throughput / 10M+ TPM Managed CloudUnlimited (Hardware-bound on self-hosted GPU) / 10,000 RPM Cloud · Unlimited local throughput / 10M+ TPM Managed Cloud
Long-Context Tier (>128K/200K)Free across full context window (only KV-cache VRAM scales)Free across full context window (only KV-cache VRAM scales)
Prompt Cache Policy & TTLAutomatic prefix KV-caching in vLLM / SGLang (0 cost)Automatic prefix KV-caching in vLLM / SGLang (0 cost)
Computer Use / GUI AgentAPI / CLI Tool-Use & DOM Agent ready (no raw pixel desktop click loop)API / CLI Tool-Use & DOM Agent ready (no raw pixel desktop click loop)
MCP & Parallel Tool CallingNative MCP Client/Server ready · Parallel function calling · 100% Strict JSON SchemaNative MCP Client/Server ready · Parallel function calling · 100% Strict JSON Schema
Web Search Grounding & SandboxSupported via external Tavily/Exa Search & E2B/Docker Sandbox toolsSupported via external Tavily/Exa Search & E2B/Docker Sandbox tools
Official Fine-Tuning SupportFull Weights SFT, LoRA, QLoRA, DPO & GRPO RL (Unsloth / Axolotl / Llama-Factory)Full Weights SFT, LoRA, QLoRA, DPO & GRPO RL (Unsloth / Axolotl / Llama-Factory)
Multimodal Token BillingText BPE (~4 chars/token)Text BPE (~4 chars/token)
Quantization & Min GPU VRAMBF16 / FP16, FP8 Dynamic, INT4 AWQ / GPTQ, GGUF (Q4_K_M / Q8_0) · 99 GB VRAM (4-bit Quantized) · 344 GB VRAM (Native BF16)BF16 / FP16, FP8 Dynamic, INT4 AWQ / GPTQ, GGUF (Q4_K_M / Q8_0) · 81 GB VRAM (4-bit Quantized) · 280 GB VRAM (Native BF16)
Safety & Frontier ClassificationOpen-Weights System Card + Customizable Guardrail Layer (Llama Guard / ShieldGemma)Open-Weights System Card + Customizable Guardrail Layer (Llama Guard / ShieldGemma)
Enterprise Compliance (ZDR/HIPAA/SOC2)100% Air-Gapped On-Premises / Private VPC · Full HIPAA, GDPR & SOC2 Control100% Air-Gapped On-Premises / Private VPC · Full HIPAA, GDPR & SOC2 Control
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MiniMax-M2.5 vs MiniMax-M2.1: Risposte Rapide (FAQ)

Which is more intelligent, MiniMax-M2.5 or MiniMax-M2.1?

MiniMax-M2.5 is more intelligent. It scores 82 compared with 80 on the composite Intelligence Index.

Which model is faster?

MiniMax-M2.1 is faster, generating 88 tokens per second compared with 80 tokens per second.

Which model has lower latency?

MiniMax-M2.1 has lower latency, with a time to first token of 0.42s compared with 0.47s.

Verdetto

Sia MiniMax-M2.5 (Ideale per lo sviluppo software e la generazione di codice con pesi aperti auto-ospitabili, sistemi RAG aziendali e integrazioni API scalabili.) sia MiniMax-M2.1 (Ideale per i workflow agentici autonomi, il tool calling e l’automazione multi-step, sistemi RAG aziendali e integrazioni API scalabili.) eccellono in produzione: MiniMax-M2.5 guida nei benchmark di ragionamento e programmazione, MiniMax-M2.1 garantisce una generazione più rapida e MiniMax-M2.5 offre il miglior rapporto qualità-prezzo per carichi API elevati.

Domande Frequenti (FAQ)

Quale modello è migliore per coding e ragionamento, MiniMax-M2.5 o MiniMax-M2.1?+

Nell’indice di intelligenza composito e nei benchmark di programmazione prevale MiniMax-M2.5. Consulta i punteggi SWE-bench e GPQA qui sopra per tutti i dettagli.

Qual è la differenza di prezzo API tra MiniMax-M2.5 e MiniMax-M2.1?+

MiniMax-M2.5 costa $0.00 / $0.00 per milione di token di input/output, mentre MiniMax-M2.1 costa $0.00 / $0.00. Nel costo combinato, MiniMax-M2.5 risulta più economico.

Quale modello ha la finestra di contesto più ampia e la velocità maggiore?+

MiniMax-M2.5 supporta 204K token di contesto contro 204K token di MiniMax-M2.1, mentre MiniMax-M2.1 offre una velocità di generazione superiore.

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Benchmark scores, token prices, and rate limits evolve rapidly as AI labs release model updates. Always verify current specifications and pricing on the official provider documentation.

Fonti ufficiali: Documentazione API ufficiale di MiniMax e MiniMax, schede di sistema e benchmark indipendenti (2026).