MiniMax M2.5 vs Qwen3.5 122B A10B
MiniMax M2.5 leads llmrun Score 111.8 to 109.4 (ranges overlap); neither fits 24 GB.
Model A · MiniMax
MiniMax M2.5228.7B · 11B active · 192K context · Other · Feb 2026
Model B · Alibaba
Qwen3.5 122B A10B125.1B · 12.7B active · 256K context · Apache 2.0 · Feb 2026
Choose MiniMax M2.5 if you want…
Higher llmrun Score
111.8 vs 109.4, ranges overlap
Also does chat
Qwen3.5 122B A10B doesn't list it
Choose Qwen3.5 122B A10B if you want…
Fits a Mac 64 GB
IQ3_M · 56.7 GB; MiniMax M2.5 needs 65.3 GB at its smallest quant
Lighter on memory
75.4 vs 137.8 GB at Q4_K_M
Longer context window
256K vs 192K tokens
Also does vision
MiniMax M2.5 doesn't list it
More permissive license
Apache 2.0 vs Other
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
MiniMax M2.5
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 65.3 GB
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 34.9 GB
12 GB
RTX 3060 12GB · 12 GB tier
MiniMax M2.5
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 65.3 GB
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 34.9 GB
16 GB
RTX 5060 Ti 16GB · 16 GB tier
MiniMax M2.5
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 65.3 GB
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 34.9 GB
24 GBreference
RTX 4090 · 24 GB tier
MiniMax M2.5
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 65.3 GB
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 34.9 GB
32 GB
RTX 5090 · 32 GB tier
MiniMax M2.5
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 65.3 GB
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 34.9 GB
48 GB
RTX A6000 · 48 GB tier
MiniMax M2.5
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 65.3 GB
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
IQ2_M · ~88 tok/s
42.7 GB · up to 256Kfits
Mac 32 GB
Mac Mini M4 · Macs
MiniMax M2.5
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 65.3 GB
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 34.9 GB
Mac 64 GB
Mac Studio M4 Max · Macs
MiniMax M2.5
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 65.3 GB
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
IQ3_M · ~41 tok/s
56.7 GB · up to 256Kfits
Mac 128 GB
Mac Studio M4 Max · Macs
MiniMax M2.5
Q3_K_L · ~37 tok/s
119.6 GB · up to 32K
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
Q4_K_M · ~34 tok/s
75.5 GB · up to 256Kmore headroom
Reference GPU: RTX 4090. Tinted cell = the better pick on that machine (fits, more headroom, or at least 10% faster).
Overall
MiniMax M2.5
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
Coding
MiniMax M2.5
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
no data
Agents
MiniMax M2.5
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
no data
Science
MiniMax M2.5
no data
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
Reasoning
MiniMax M2.5
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
MiniMax M2.5 · #19 of 92 open models · #6 of 71 that fit ≤192 GB
Qwen3.5 122B A10B · #25 of 92 open models · #6 of 54 that fit ≤96 GB
Benchmarks
3 shared boards: MiniMax M2.5 leads 1, Qwen3.5 122B A10B leads 2 · Benchmarks imported Oct 2026
MiniMax M2.5
1390.9#56/186 open
ArenaLMArena · Oct 2026
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
1416.3#37/186 open
ArenaLMArena · Oct 2026
MiniMax M2.5
1386.7#28/50 open
ArenaLMArena · Oct 2026
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
1360.4#32/50 open
ArenaLMArena · Oct 2026
MiniMax M2.5
80.1%#25/144 open
IndependentTIGER-Lab
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
86.7%#4/144 open
IndependentTIGER-Lab
15 more boards (other shared and single-model boards)
Only MiniMax M2.5 (10)
- SWE-bench Verified75.8%
- Terminal-Bench42.7%
- ARC-AGI-24.9%
- SWE-bench Multilingual68.3%
- ARC-AGI63.7%
- CL-bench11.4%
- CL-bench Life6.3%
- Vending-Bench 2-23.2
- ALE-Bench618.2
- ProofBench4.0%
Only Qwen3.5 122B A10B (5)
- SciCode35.6%
- CritPt0.9%
- DTBench84.3%
- LMCA32.2%
- Mystery Game Puzzles17.0%
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
MiniMax M2.5
97.8 GB83.3 GB file
32K 102 GB · 128K 114 GB
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
53.5 GB46.4 GB file
32K 53.8 GB · 128K 54.7 GB
Q3_K_S
MiniMax M2.5
101 GB98.7 GB file
32K 105 GB · 128K 117 GB
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
55.1 GB52.5 GB file
32K 55.3 GB · 128K 56.2 GB
Q3_K_M
MiniMax M2.5
112 GB109.3 GB file
32K 116 GB · 128K 128 GB
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
61.4 GB56.4 GB file
32K 61.6 GB · 128K 62.5 GB
Q4_0
MiniMax M2.5
115 GB129.5 GB file
32K 119 GB · 128K 131 GB
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
62.9 GB72.5 GB file
32K 63.2 GB · 128K 64.1 GB
Q4_K_M
MiniMax M2.5
138 GB138.3 GB file
32K 142 GB · 128K 154 GB
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
75.4 GB76.5 GB file
32K 75.7 GB · 128K 76.6 GB
Q5_K_M
MiniMax M2.5
164 GB162.3 GB file
32K 167 GB · 128K 180 GB
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
89.5 GB91.5 GB file
32K 89.7 GB · 128K 90.6 GB
Q6_K
MiniMax M2.5
189 GB187.8 GB file
32K 193 GB · 128K 206 GB
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
104 GB101.0 GB file
32K 104 GB · 128K 105 GB
Q8_0
MiniMax M2.5
229 GB243.1 GB file
32K 233 GB · 128K 246 GB
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
125 GB129.9 GB file
32K 126 GB · 128K 127 GB
18 more quants
IQ2_XXS
MiniMax M2.5
63.5 GB74.1 GB file
32K 67.4 GB · 128K 79.8 GB
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
34.8 GB36.6 GB file
32K 35.0 GB · 128K 35.9 GB
IQ2_XS
MiniMax M2.5
69.2 GB67.0 GB file
32K 73.1 GB · 128K 85.6 GB
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
37.9 GB40.0 GB file
32K 38.1 GB · 128K 39.0 GB
IQ2_S
MiniMax M2.5
72.0 GB68.0 GB file
32K 75.9 GB · 128K 88.4 GB
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
39.5 GB40.6 GB file
32K 39.7 GB · 128K 40.6 GB
IQ2_M
MiniMax M2.5
77.8 GB78.2 GB file
32K 81.7 GB · 128K 94.1 GB
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
42.6 GB39.1 GB file
32K 42.8 GB · 128K 43.7 GB
IQ3_XXS
MiniMax M2.5
89.2 GB93.3 GB file
32K 93.1 GB · 128K 106 GB
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
48.9 GB44.7 GB file
32K 49.1 GB · 128K 50.0 GB
Q2_K_S
MiniMax M2.5
92.0 GB77.6 GB file
32K 95.9 GB · 128K 108 GB
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
50.4 GB41.7 GB file
32K 50.6 GB · 128K 51.5 GB
IQ3_XS
MiniMax M2.5
94.9 GB93.3 GB file
32K 98.8 GB · 128K 111 GB
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
52.0 GB59.2 GB file
32K 52.2 GB · 128K 53.1 GB
IQ3_S
MiniMax M2.5
97.8 GB98.7 GB file
32K 102 GB · 128K 114 GB
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
53.5 GB46.6 GB file
32K 53.8 GB · 128K 54.7 GB
IQ3_M
MiniMax M2.5
103 GB100.0 GB file
32K 107 GB · 128K 120 GB
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
56.7 GB61.6 GB file
32K 56.9 GB · 128K 57.8 GB
Q3_K_L
MiniMax M2.5
118 GB118.4 GB file
32K 122 GB · 128K 134 GB
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
64.5 GB61.6 GB file
32K 64.7 GB · 128K 65.6 GB
IQ4_XS
MiniMax M2.5
123 GB121.9 GB file
32K 127 GB · 128K 140 GB
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
67.6 GB60.2 GB file
32K 67.8 GB · 128K 68.7 GB
IQ4_NL
MiniMax M2.5
129 GB129.0 GB file
32K 133 GB · 128K 146 GB
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
70.7 GB61.4 GB file
32K 71.0 GB · 128K 71.9 GB
Q4_1
MiniMax M2.5
129 GB143.2 GB file
32K 133 GB · 128K 146 GB
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
70.7 GB79.7 GB file
32K 71.0 GB · 128K 71.9 GB
Q4_K_S
MiniMax M2.5
129 GB130.0 GB file
32K 133 GB · 128K 146 GB
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
70.7 GB71.7 GB file
32K 71.0 GB · 128K 71.9 GB
Q4_K_L
MiniMax M2.5
not listed
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
77.0 GB78.2 GB file
32K 77.2 GB · 128K 78.1 GB
Q5_K_S
MiniMax M2.5
158 GB157.5 GB file
32K 162 GB · 128K 174 GB
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
86.4 GB86.4 GB file
32K 86.6 GB · 128K 87.5 GB
Q5_K_L
MiniMax M2.5
not listed
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
91.1 GB90.9 GB file
32K 91.3 GB · 128K 92.2 GB
BF16
MiniMax M2.5
458 GB457.5 GB file
32K 462 GB · 128K 474 GB
Qwen3.5 122B A10B
251 GB244.3 GB file
32K 251 GB · 128K 252 GB
MiniMax M2.5
Ollama · Q4_K_M
ollama run hf.co/unsloth/MiniMax-M2.5-GGUF:Q4_K_MQwen3.5 122B A10B
Ollama · Q4_K_M
ollama run hf.co/unsloth/Qwen3.5-122B-A10B-GGUF:Q4_K_M| Spec | MiniMax M2.5 | Qwen3.5 122B A10B |
|---|---|---|
| Publisher | MiniMax | Alibaba |
| Parameters | 228.7B | 125.1B |
| Active parameters | 11B per token | 13B per token |
| Architecture | MiniMaxM2ForCausalLM | Qwen3_5MoeForConditionalGeneration |
| Context | 192K tokens | 256K tokens |
| Modalities | Chat, Function-calling | Vision, Function-calling |
| License | Other | Apache 2.0 |
| Released | Feb 2026 | Feb 2026 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Which is better, MiniMax M2.5 or Qwen3.5 122B A10B?
MiniMax M2.5 leads llmrun Score 111.8 to 109.4 (ranges overlap); neither fits 24 GB. Choose MiniMax M2.5 for higher llmrun Score and also does chat; choose Qwen3.5 122B A10B for fits a Mac 64 GB and lighter on memory.
Which needs less VRAM, MiniMax M2.5 or Qwen3.5 122B A10B?
At Q4_K_M, MiniMax M2.5 requires 137.8 GB while Qwen3.5 122B A10B needs 75.4 GB, making Qwen3.5 122B A10B the easier model to run on your local setup.
Can I run MiniMax M2.5 or Qwen3.5 122B A10B on a 16 GB GPU?
MiniMax M2.5 does not fit (smallest quant needs 65.3 GB); Qwen3.5 122B A10B does not fit (smallest quant needs 34.9 GB).
Which has a longer context window, MiniMax M2.5 or Qwen3.5 122B A10B?
MiniMax M2.5 supports 196,608 tokens and Qwen3.5 122B A10B supports 262,144 tokens.