DeepSeek V4 Flash vs MiniMax M2.5
DeepSeek V4 Flash leads llmrun Score 115.3 to 111.8 (ranges overlap); neither fits 24 GB.
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Model A · DeepSeek
DeepSeek V4 Flash290.9B · 14.1B active · 1M context · MIT · Apr 2026
Model B · MiniMax
MiniMax M2.5228.7B · 11B active · 192K context · Other · Feb 2026
Choose DeepSeek V4 Flash if you want…
Higher llmrun Score
115.3 vs 111.8, ranges overlap
Longer context window
1M vs 192K tokens
More permissive license
MIT vs Other
Choose MiniMax M2.5 if you want…
Fits a Mac 128 GB
Q3_K_L · 119.6 GB; DeepSeek V4 Flash needs 80.5 GB at its smallest quant
Lighter on memory
137.8 vs 174.9 GB at Q4_K_M
Also does function-calling
DeepSeek V4 Flash doesn't list it
On your hardware
Each model at its default quant (Q4_K_M), a smaller one when it must. Estimates, ±20%.
8 GB
RTX 4060 · 8 GB tier
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 80.5 GB
MiniMax M2.5
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 65.3 GB
12 GB
RTX 3060 12GB · 12 GB tier
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 80.5 GB
MiniMax M2.5
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 65.3 GB
16 GB
RTX 5060 Ti 16GB · 16 GB tier
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 80.5 GB
MiniMax M2.5
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 65.3 GB
24 GBreference
RTX 4090 · 24 GB tier
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 80.5 GB
MiniMax M2.5
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 65.3 GB
32 GB
RTX 5090 · 32 GB tier
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 80.5 GB
MiniMax M2.5
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 65.3 GB
48 GB
RTX A6000 · 48 GB tier
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 80.5 GB
MiniMax M2.5
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 65.3 GB
Mac 32 GB
Mac Mini M4 · Macs
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 80.5 GB
MiniMax M2.5
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 65.3 GB
Mac 64 GB
Mac Studio M4 Max · Macs
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 80.5 GB
MiniMax M2.5
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 65.3 GB
Mac 128 GB
Mac Studio M4 Max · Macs
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Q2_K · ~41 tok/s
124.1 GB · up to 32K
MiniMax M2.5
Q3_K_L · ~37 tok/s
119.6 GB · up to 32Kbetter quant
Reference GPU: RTX 4090. Tinted cell = the better pick on that machine (fits, more headroom, or at least 10% faster).
Overall
DeepSeek V4 Flash
MiniMax M2.5
Coding
DeepSeek V4 Flash
MiniMax M2.5
Agents
DeepSeek V4 Flash
no data
MiniMax M2.5
Science
DeepSeek V4 Flash
MiniMax M2.5
no data
Reasoning
DeepSeek V4 Flash
MiniMax M2.5
DeepSeek V4 Flash · #24 of 106 open models · #8 of 82 that fit ≤192 GB
MiniMax M2.5 · #28 of 106 open models · #11 of 82 that fit ≤192 GB
Benchmarks
1 shared board: DeepSeek V4 Flash leads 1, MiniMax M2.5 leads 0 · Benchmarks imported Nov 2026
DeepSeek V4 Flash
678.2#28/48 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Apr 2026
MiniMax M2.5
618.2#31/48 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Feb 2026
28 more boards (other shared and single-model boards)
DeepSeek V4 Flash
1438.7#21/188 open
ArenaLMArena · Oct 2026
MiniMax M2.5
1390.6#58/188 open
ArenaLMArena · Oct 2026
DeepSeek V4 Flash
1581.8#14/55 open
ArenaLMArena · Oct 2026
MiniMax M2.5
1386.2#33/55 open
ArenaLMArena · Oct 2026
Only DeepSeek V4 Flash (16)
- LiveBench Coding69.2
- LiveBench Reasoning70.6
- LiveBench Math79.7
- SciCode44.9%
- SimpleBench46.3%
- WeirdML45.6%
- CritPt7.1%
- DTBench86.4%
- LiveBench 2026 Reasoning70.6
- LMCA35.9%
- LiveBench 2026 Browser0.0
- LiveBench 2026 Data Analysis68.0
- LiveBench 2026 Coding77.0
- LiveBench 2026 Long-Horizon36.6
- LiveBench 2026 Design71.7
- LiveBench 2026 Research79.2
Only MiniMax M2.5 (10)
- SWE-bench Verified75.8%
- Terminal-Bench42.7%
- ARC-AGI-24.9%
- MMLU-Pro80.1%
- SWE-bench Multilingual68.3%
- ARC-AGI63.7%
- CL-bench11.4%
- CL-bench Life6.3%
- Vending-Bench 2-23.2
- ProofBench4.0%
VRAM by quantization
Memory to load the model and 2K context; below it, the total at 32K and 128K context. Lighter side in bold.
Q2_K
DeepSeek V4 Flash
124 GB107.0 GB file
32K 124 GB · 128K 125 GB
MiniMax M2.5
97.8 GB83.3 GB file
32K 102 GB · 128K 114 GB
Q3_K_S
DeepSeek V4 Flash
not listed
MiniMax M2.5
101 GB98.7 GB file
32K 105 GB · 128K 117 GB
Q3_K_M
DeepSeek V4 Flash
142 GB129.3 GB file
32K 143 GB · 128K 144 GB
MiniMax M2.5
112 GB109.3 GB file
32K 116 GB · 128K 128 GB
Q4_0
DeepSeek V4 Flash
not listed
MiniMax M2.5
115 GB129.5 GB file
32K 119 GB · 128K 131 GB
Q4_K_M
DeepSeek V4 Flash
175 GB174.9 GB file
32K 175 GB · 128K 176 GB
MiniMax M2.5
138 GB138.3 GB file
32K 142 GB · 128K 154 GB
Q5_K_M
DeepSeek V4 Flash
208 GB~207.3 GB file
32K 208 GB · 128K 209 GB
MiniMax M2.5
164 GB162.3 GB file
32K 167 GB · 128K 180 GB
Q6_K
DeepSeek V4 Flash
240 GB~240.0 GB file
32K 241 GB · 128K 242 GB
MiniMax M2.5
189 GB187.8 GB file
32K 193 GB · 128K 206 GB
Q8_0
DeepSeek V4 Flash
291 GB302.3 GB file
32K 292 GB · 128K 293 GB
MiniMax M2.5
229 GB243.1 GB file
32K 233 GB · 128K 246 GB
16 more quants
IQ2_XXS
DeepSeek V4 Flash
80.3 GB90.9 GB file
32K 80.7 GB · 128K 81.8 GB
MiniMax M2.5
63.5 GB74.1 GB file
32K 67.4 GB · 128K 79.8 GB
IQ2_XS
DeepSeek V4 Flash
87.6 GB87.0 GB file
32K 88.0 GB · 128K 89.0 GB
MiniMax M2.5
69.2 GB67.0 GB file
32K 73.1 GB · 128K 85.6 GB
IQ2_S
DeepSeek V4 Flash
91.2 GB88.0 GB file
32K 91.6 GB · 128K 92.7 GB
MiniMax M2.5
72.0 GB68.0 GB file
32K 75.9 GB · 128K 88.4 GB
IQ2_M
DeepSeek V4 Flash
98.5 GB90.9 GB file
32K 98.9 GB · 128K 99.9 GB
MiniMax M2.5
77.7 GB78.2 GB file
32K 81.6 GB · 128K 94.1 GB
IQ3_XXS
DeepSeek V4 Flash
113 GB103.0 GB file
32K 113 GB · 128K 114 GB
MiniMax M2.5
89.2 GB93.3 GB file
32K 93.1 GB · 128K 106 GB
Q2_K_S
DeepSeek V4 Flash
117 GB98.6 GB file
32K 117 GB · 128K 118 GB
MiniMax M2.5
92.0 GB77.6 GB file
32K 95.9 GB · 128K 108 GB
IQ3_XS
DeepSeek V4 Flash
not listed
MiniMax M2.5
94.9 GB93.3 GB file
32K 98.8 GB · 128K 111 GB
IQ3_S
DeepSeek V4 Flash
124 GB117.3 GB file
32K 124 GB · 128K 125 GB
MiniMax M2.5
97.8 GB98.7 GB file
32K 102 GB · 128K 114 GB
IQ3_M
DeepSeek V4 Flash
131 GB136.1 GB file
32K 132 GB · 128K 133 GB
MiniMax M2.5
103 GB100.0 GB file
32K 107 GB · 128K 120 GB
Q3_K_L
DeepSeek V4 Flash
not listed
MiniMax M2.5
118 GB118.4 GB file
32K 122 GB · 128K 134 GB
IQ4_XS
DeepSeek V4 Flash
157 GB137.9 GB file
32K 157 GB · 128K 158 GB
MiniMax M2.5
123 GB121.9 GB file
32K 127 GB · 128K 140 GB
IQ4_NL
DeepSeek V4 Flash
164 GB137.9 GB file
32K 164 GB · 128K 165 GB
MiniMax M2.5
129 GB129.0 GB file
32K 133 GB · 128K 146 GB
Q4_1
DeepSeek V4 Flash
not listed
MiniMax M2.5
129 GB143.2 GB file
32K 133 GB · 128K 146 GB
Q4_K_S
DeepSeek V4 Flash
not listed
MiniMax M2.5
129 GB130.0 GB file
32K 133 GB · 128K 146 GB
Q5_K_S
DeepSeek V4 Flash
not listed
MiniMax M2.5
158 GB157.5 GB file
32K 162 GB · 128K 174 GB
BF16
DeepSeek V4 Flash
582 GB~581.9 GB file
32K 583 GB · 128K 584 GB
MiniMax M2.5
458 GB457.5 GB file
32K 462 GB · 128K 474 GB
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Ollama · Q4_K_M
ollama run hf.co/teamblobfish/DeepSeek-V4-Flash-GGUF:Q4_K_MMiniMax M2.5
Ollama · Q4_K_M
ollama run hf.co/unsloth/MiniMax-M2.5-GGUF:Q4_K_M| Spec | DeepSeek V4 Flash | MiniMax M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Publisher | DeepSeek | MiniMax |
| Parameters | 290.9B | 228.7B |
| Active parameters | 14B per token | 11B per token |
| Architecture | DeepseekV4ForCausalLM | MiniMaxM2ForCausalLM |
| Context | 1M tokens | 192K tokens |
| Modalities | Chat | Chat, Function-calling |
| License | MIT | Other |
| Released | Apr 2026 | Feb 2026 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Which is better, DeepSeek V4 Flash or MiniMax M2.5?
DeepSeek V4 Flash leads llmrun Score 115.3 to 111.8 (ranges overlap); neither fits 24 GB. Choose DeepSeek V4 Flash for higher llmrun Score and longer context window; choose MiniMax M2.5 for fits a Mac 128 GB and lighter on memory.
Which needs less VRAM, DeepSeek V4 Flash or MiniMax M2.5?
At Q4_K_M, DeepSeek V4 Flash requires 174.9 GB while MiniMax M2.5 needs 137.8 GB, making MiniMax M2.5 the easier model to run on your local setup.
Can I run DeepSeek V4 Flash or MiniMax M2.5 on a 16 GB GPU?
DeepSeek V4 Flash does not fit (smallest quant needs 80.5 GB); MiniMax M2.5 does not fit (smallest quant needs 65.3 GB).
Which has a longer context window, DeepSeek V4 Flash or MiniMax M2.5?
DeepSeek V4 Flash supports 1,048,576 tokens and MiniMax M2.5 supports 196,608 tokens.