Feb 12, 2026
Minimax M2.5 - another step forward for open-weight coding models
Just a day after the release of GLM 5, another elite open-weight coding model has been publicly released. Here are our key takeaways from benchmarking MiniMax-M2.5 on the Vals Index:
- MiniMax-M2.5 excels on (the vals index split of) SWE-bench Verified, placing first among open-weight models. It places second among open-weight models on Terminal-Bench 2.0, behind GLM 5.
- MiniMax-M2.5 struggles on legal and financial tasks, scoring relatively low on our “CorpFin” and “CaseLaw” tasks.
We ran all benchmarks on the “lightning” endpoint, which offers extra speed for twice the price of the standard endpoint. We used temperature 1, a top p of 0.9, and a max output tokens of 196,608.
Congrats to Minimax on the release!