Which is better for coding — MiniMax M2.5 or Mistral Large 2?

Direct comparison on the SWE-Bench benchmark is not available. We recommend reviewing other metrics on the comparison page.

Which model is cheaper — MiniMax M2.5 or Mistral Large 2?

API pricing data is available on the individual model pages.

Which has a larger context window — MiniMax M2.5 or Mistral Large 2?

Context window data is available on the individual model pages.

MiniMax M2.5 vs Mistral Large 2: Specs & Benchmark Comparison

Characteristic	MiniMax M2.5	Mistral Large 2
Company	MiniMax	Mistral AI
Release Date	February 11, 2026	July 24, 2024
Parameters	230B	123B
Multimodal	Yes	No
Context (input)	—	128K
Context (output)	—	128K
Input Price / 1M	—	$2.00
Output Price / 1M	—	$6.00
Average Score	0.7	0.9

Verdict

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

Overall Performance

Both models show comparable average scores: MiniMax M2.5 — 0.7, Mistral Large 2 — 0.9.

Recency

MiniMax M2.5 is newer: released 2/11/2026 vs 7/24/2024.

More About These Models

MiniMax M2.5

MiniMax — specs, benchmarks, API

Mistral Large 2

Mistral AI — specs, benchmarks, API

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