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Benchmark suiteUpdated May 27, 2026

Minimax M2.5.

A model-level benchmark profile for Minimax M2.5, combining Arena category ranks, suite indexes, commercial price and speed data, SWE-bench status, and lab context.

MiniMax lab page

Lab

MiniMax

Open weights

Coverage

56%

5 of 9 tracked signals

Best Arena rank

#45

WebDev Arena

Best suite

#16

Value / 72

OverviewFull public trackerValuePerformance for the moneyCodingCode and SWE-bench signalsAgentsTool and workflow readinessReasoningKnowledge and reasoning signalsContextDocument and retrieval signalsLabsProvider comparisons

Model profile

Benchmark signal map.

This view treats missing values as coverage gaps, then puts every available score, rank, cost, and speed signal into the same visual hierarchy.

Analyst view

Minimax M2.5 is strongest on value.

56% coverage

Its best composite result is rank #16 in the value view, with a 72 value index. The strongest raw Arena signal is WebDev Arena at rank #45 with 7,842 public votes.

Best current lane

Value

#16 / 72 value index

Strongest raw signal

Code

#45, 1382 score

Commercial posture

$0.525

2.33s first token / 205 tok/s

Coverage gaps

Text ArenaVision ArenaSearch ArenaDocument Arena

Profile completeness

5 of 9 signals matched

56%

Arena categories

1/5

Code

Commercial match

Live

MiniMax-M2.5

SWE-bench

#3

bash-only

Raw identifier

minimax-m2.5

Open weights

Performance cockpit

Public benchmark scores

Arena rows show score, public rank, confidence interval, vote count, and publish date. Missing rows stay visible as coverage gaps.

Text Arena

Arena category

Not listed

No confident public Arena row for this category.

Coverage gap

WebDev Arena

Arena category

1,382#45

1374-1390 CI

7,842 votes

May 25, 2026

Arena public leaderboard dataset

Vision Arena

Arena category

Not listed

No confident public Arena row for this category.

Coverage gap

Search Arena

Arena category

Not listed

No confident public Arena row for this category.

Coverage gap

Document Arena

Arena category

Not listed

No confident public Arena row for this category.

Coverage gap

SWE-bench Verified

Software issue resolution

75.8%#3

bash-only

minimax-m2.5

Feb 17, 2026

SWE-bench Verified

Cost and speed

Commercial profile

Price, latency, and throughput are only shown when a confident commercial source row is matched.

Blended price

$0.525

USD / 1M tokens

Input price

$0.300

USD / 1M input tokens

Output price

$1.20

USD / 1M output tokens

Latency

2.33s

Median time to first token

Output speed

205 tok/s

Median generation speed

Matched source row

MiniMax-M2.5

Suite position

Composite ranks by benchmark lens.

These views combine available public signals into purpose-specific indexes. A missing card means the model lacks enough source coverage for that lens.

Value

Quality, price, latency, and output speed

#1672

value index

blended / 1M tokens$0.525
time to first token2.33s
output speed205 tok/s

Coding

Code Arena, SWE-bench, and output speed

#1973

coding index

Code Arena rank #451,382
SWE-bench rank #375.8%
output speed205 tok/s

Agents

Search, documents, code, and latency

#6777

agent proxy

Search ArenaNot listed
Docs ArenaNot listed
latency2.33s

Reasoning

Text, documents, vision, and mode signal

Not listed

Not enough matched source rows for this composite view.

Long context

Document, search, and text benchmark proxy

Not listed

Not enough matched source rows for this composite view.

Lab context

Nearby MiniMax profiles.

Same-lab models make it easier to see whether this profile is a flagship, value play, specialist, or lower-coverage row.

Full lab

Minimax M2.7

minimax-m2.7

Open weights

Best rank

#34

Coverage

56%

Minimax M2.1 Preview

minimax-m2.1-preview

Open weights

Best rank

#38

Coverage

44%

Minimax M2

minimax-m2

Open weights

Best rank

#62

Coverage

56%