Which is better for coding — DeepSeek-V3.2 (Thinking) or MiniMax M2.5?

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Which model is cheaper — DeepSeek-V3.2 (Thinking) or MiniMax M2.5?

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Which has a larger context window — DeepSeek-V3.2 (Thinking) or MiniMax M2.5?

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DeepSeek-V3.2 (Thinking) vs MiniMax M2.5: Specs & Benchmark Comparison

DeepSeek-V3.2 (Thinking)

DeepSeek

MiniMax M2.5

MiniMax

Characteristic	DeepSeek-V3.2 (Thinking)	MiniMax M2.5
Company	DeepSeek	MiniMax
Release Date	November 30, 2025	February 11, 2026
Parameters	685B	230B
Multimodal	No	Yes
Context (input)	131K	—
Context (output)	66K	—
Input Price / 1M	$0.28	—
Output Price / 1M	$0.42	—
Average Score	0.9	0.7

Verdict

MiniMax M2.5 leads in 1 out of 2 comparison categories.

Overall Performance

Both models show comparable average scores: DeepSeek-V3.2 (Thinking) — 0.9, MiniMax M2.5 — 0.7.

Recency

MiniMax M2.5 is newer: released 2/11/2026 vs 11/30/2025.

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DeepSeek-V3.2 (Thinking)

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MiniMax M2.5

MiniMax — specs, benchmarks, API

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