MiniMax M2.5
MiniMax M2.5 is a SOTA MoE model featuring a 1M context window and elite agentic coding capabilities at disruptive pricing for autonomous agents.
minimaxMiniMax M-SeriesFebruary 12, 2026About MiniMax M2.5
Learn about MiniMax M2.5's capabilities, features, and how it can help you achieve better results.
High-Efficiency Frontier Intelligence
MiniMax M2.5 represents a major breakthrough in the efficiency of frontier-class AI. As a Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model, it utilizes a sparse architecture with 230 billion total parameters, but only activates 10 billion parameters per token. This design allows it to deliver performance competitive with global flagship models while remaining significantly faster and cheaper to operate. Released in early 2026, it is specifically optimized for "agentic" workloads where AI must plan, execute, and self-correct across multi-step tasks.
Architectural Reasoning and Coding
One of the most distinctive features of M2.5 is its emergent architectural thinking. Unlike standard LLMs that generate code linearly, M2.5 is trained to map out project hierarchies and logic structures before writing files. This capability, combined with a 1-million-token context window, makes it a premier choice for autonomous software engineering, large-scale code reviews, and complex repository management. It supports over 10 programming languages and features native throughput of up to 100 tokens per second.
Use Cases for MiniMax M2.5
Discover the different ways you can use MiniMax M2.5 to achieve great results.
Agentic Software Engineering
Autonomous generation and testing of multi-file projects within sandbox environments using Architect mode.
High-Precision Office Automation
Executing complex tasks across Word, PowerPoint, and Excel including professional financial modeling.
Autonomous Web Research
Navigating information-dense webpages to perform expert-level information retrieval and synthesis.
Bilingual Technical Support
Providing native-level fluency in both Chinese and English for complex debugging and architectural planning.
3D Simulation Prototyping
Generating functional 3D environments and interactive components like Three.js in a single shot.
Enterprise Code Review
Performing comprehensive code reviews and system testing across 10+ programming languages with architectural oversight.
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API Quick Start
minimax/minimax-m2.5
import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({
apiKey: process.env.MINIMAX_API_KEY,
baseURL: "https://api.minimax.chat/v1",
});
async function main() {
const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: "minimax-m2.5",
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Plan like an architect and code a 3D Formula 1 car drifting." }],
});
console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);
}
main();Install the SDK and start making API calls in minutes.
What People Are Saying About MiniMax M2.5
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"MiniMax M2.5 is a top tier coding and agentic model that's much faster and drastically cheaper."
"The speed of M2.5 compounds fast in agent loops. It's purpose-built for always-on production workloads."
"It feels more like a tireless helper than a slow bot. The speed is a real game changer for my setup."
"This looks like a real game changer... cost is one-tenth that of proprietary flagship models."
"It reaches 80.2% on SWE Bench Verified. This is an order of magnitude shift for agent economics."
"The architectural planning mode is finally making autonomous coding agents reliable enough for dev teams."
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“Finally makes the idea of intelligence too cheap to meter truly realistic.”
“The quality is definitely there... remarkably functional even for complex frontend animations.”
“This model is absolutely eating coding benchmarks for breakfast right now.”
“Its ability to self-correct during the agent loop is what sets it apart from M2.1.”
“I haven't seen this level of price-to-performance in any other release this year.”
“A significant improvement from previous generations is M2.5's ability to think and plan like an architect.”
“This thing is going to come out as being a very very potent agentic coding tool.”
“Notice how it breaks down the folder structure before writing the actual React components.”
“The reasoning capabilities here are punching way above its active parameter weight.”
“If you're building autonomous dev agents, you need to be testing this model immediately.”
“If you want to use this for your own workflow, you would probably get pretty good results for coding.”
“They're certainly not falling behind... they're getting closer in terms of overall performance.”
“The multimodal vision support handles complex UI wireframes better than some proprietary models.”
“We're seeing a trend where speed is becoming as important as raw intelligence for agents.”
“M2.5 represents the maturation of the MiniMax ecosystem for global developers.”
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Pro Tips for MiniMax M2.5
Expert tips to help you get the most out of MiniMax M2.5 and achieve better results.
Leverage Architect Mode
Explicitly prompt the model to 'plan like an architect' to trigger its deeper reasoning and file-structure decomposition.
Use Iterative Feedback
For complex 3D or SVG animations, provide feedback on functional errors to leverage the model's agentic self-correction.
Manage Prompt Caching
Take advantage of the 1M context window by caching large documentation sets to reduce costs by up to 90%.
Toggle Lightning Version
Use the Lightning version for real-time interactive UI coding to achieve 100 TPS speeds.
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