Identity
- Status
- active
- Developer ID
MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.5- Released
- Feb 12, 2026
- Version
- MiniMax-M2.5
- License
- other
MiniMaxM2.5
MiniMax-M2.5 is an open-weight language model published by MiniMax.
- Token context
- 197K tokens
- Inputs
- Text
- Outputs
- Text
- Released
- Feb 12, 2026
Providers & Pricing
Estimate workload cost →| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Cache read / 1M | Cache write / 1M | Observed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 OpenrouterAvailable | $0.27 | $1.08 | $0.027 | — | Aug 28, 2026 | Provider-reported |
Benchmarks
All benchmark results →| LMArena Text Arenatext-2026-10-15-a64ca3b12b6e | 1,359.12 | — | 42,815 | minimax-m2.5; 95% CI [1355.25588729, 1362.99197980]; votes 42815; rank 198unknown | Original sourcewinner eligible | Third-party benchmark |
At a Glance
Model Facts
Capacity
- Token context
- 197K tokens
- Maximum output
- Unknown
- Total parameters
- 228.7B
- Active parameters
- Unknown
- Knowledge cutoff
- Not reported
Interface and Access
- Inputs
- Text
- Outputs
- Text
- API available
- Yes
- Open weights
- Yes
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Reasoning
- No
- Vision
- No
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Capabilities
- chat, generation, tools
This page represents one developer model product. Dated API snapshots, serving endpoints, pricing, regions, quantizations, and service tiers attach as versioned aliases or provider details and never create duplicate public model records.
Version Lineage
PredecessorUnknown
SuccessorsUnknown
AliasesMiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.5, MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.5
Explicit Unknowns
- Maximum output
- Knowledge cutoff
Primary Evidence
Sources and Observation Date
MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.5 developer model repositoryMiniMax · observed Aug 28, 2026OpenRouter minimax/minimax-m2.5 model APIOpenRouter · observed Aug 28, 2026MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.5 Hugging Face inference-provider mappingHugging Face · observed Aug 28, 2026MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.5 config.json at f710177d938eMiniMax · observed Aug 28, 2026MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.5 immutable Hub API metadataMiniMax · observed Aug 28, 2026MiniMax M2.5: Built for Real-World ProductivityMiniMax · observed Aug 28, 2026MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.5 tokenizer_config.json at f710177d938eMiniMax · observed Aug 28, 2026Hugging Face catalogHugging Face · observed Sep 2, 2026
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Questions
MiniMax M2.5 FAQs
What is MiniMax M2.5?+
MiniMax-M2.5 is an open-weight language model published by MiniMax. It is developed by MiniMax and its current sourced lifecycle status is active.
What inputs and outputs does MiniMax M2.5 support?+
MiniMax M2.5's current record lists Text as input and Text as output.
How much context does MiniMax M2.5 support?+
The current record lists a 197K-token context window and does not report a maximum output length.
Is MiniMax M2.5 available through an API?+
MiniMax M2.5 is marked as API-available. The directly sourced provider records currently include Hugging Face and Openrouter.
How large is MiniMax M2.5?+
The current record lists 228.7B total parameters and an unknown active parameter count. Its architecture is MiniMaxM2ForCausalLM.
What capabilities and tasks does MiniMax M2.5 support?+
MiniMax M2.5's recorded capabilities are chat, generation, and tools. Its supported tasks are text.
How much does MiniMax M2.5 cost through an API?+
The lowest directly sourced prices currently attached to MiniMax M2.5 are $0.27 per million input tokens through Openrouter and $1.08 per million output tokens through Openrouter. Prices are provider-specific and should be checked against each cited observation date.
Can MiniMax M2.5 be self-hosted?+
MiniMax M2.5 is an open-weight model. Self-hosting is supported, and the recorded license is other.
Does MiniMax M2.5 have related versions or aliases?+
No predecessor is recorded. No successor is recorded. Recorded aliases are MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.5.
Which models can MiniMax M2.5 be compared with?+
The current compatible peer set includes MiniMax M3, Command A Plus 05 2026 BF16, Sonar Pro, DeepSeek V3, and Llama 3.1 405B Instruct. Compatibility requires shared sourced modalities and tasks; it does not imply that one model is better. Browse model comparisons →