MiniMax M2.5 vs MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL leads llmrun Score 131.9 to 111.8; neither fits 24 GB.
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Model A · MiniMax
MiniMax M2.5228.7B · 11B active · 192K context · Other · Feb 2026
Model B · Xiaomi
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL309B · 15B active · 1M context · MIT · Sep 2026
Choose MiniMax M2.5 if you want…
Fits a Mac 128 GB
Q3_K_L · 119.6 GB; MiMo V2.6 Flash RL needs 93.8 GB at its smallest quant
Lighter on memory
137.8 vs 185.8 GB at Q4_K_M
Choose MiMo V2.6 Flash RL if you want…
Higher llmrun Score
131.9 vs 111.8
Stronger at coding
123.6 vs 108.5
Longer context window
1M vs 192K tokens
More permissive license
MIT vs Other
Newer release
Sep 2026 vs Feb 2026
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
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 93.8 GB
12 GB
RTX 3060 12GB · 12 GB tier
MiniMax M2.5
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 65.3 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 93.8 GB
16 GB
RTX 5060 Ti 16GB · 16 GB tier
MiniMax M2.5
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 65.3 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 93.8 GB
24 GBreference
RTX 4090 · 24 GB tier
MiniMax M2.5
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 65.3 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 93.8 GB
32 GB
RTX 5090 · 32 GB tier
MiniMax M2.5
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 65.3 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 93.8 GB
48 GB
RTX A6000 · 48 GB tier
MiniMax M2.5
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 65.3 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 93.8 GB
Mac 32 GB
Mac Mini M4 · Macs
MiniMax M2.5
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 65.3 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 93.8 GB
Mac 64 GB
Mac Studio M4 Max · Macs
MiniMax M2.5
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 65.3 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 93.8 GB
Mac 128 GB
Mac Studio M4 Max · Macs
MiniMax M2.5
Q3_K_L · ~37 tok/s
119.6 GB · up to 32Kbetter quant
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
IQ2_M · ~44 tok/s
105.4 GB · up to 256K
Reference GPU: RTX 4090. Tinted cell = the better pick on that machine (fits, more headroom, or at least 10% faster).
Overall
MiniMax M2.5
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
Coding
MiniMax M2.5
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
Agents
MiniMax M2.5
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
no data
Science
MiniMax M2.5
no data
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
Reasoning
MiniMax M2.5
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
no data
MiniMax M2.5 · #28 of 106 open models · #11 of 82 that fit ≤192 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL · #5 of 106 open models · #1 of 82 that fit ≤192 GB
Benchmarks
2 shared boards: MiniMax M2.5 leads 0, MiMo V2.6 Flash RL leads 2 · Benchmarks imported Nov 2026
MiniMax M2.5
618.2#31/48 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Feb 2026
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
1244.2#8/48 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Sep 2026
MiniMax M2.5
4.0%#26/31 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Feb 2026
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
63.0%#5/31 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Sep 2026
13 more boards (other shared and single-model boards)
MiniMax M2.5
1390.6#58/188 open
ArenaLMArena · Oct 2026
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
1447.6#16/188 open
ArenaLMArena · Oct 2026
MiniMax M2.5
1386.2#33/55 open
ArenaLMArena · Oct 2026
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
1637.2#3/55 open
ArenaLMArena · Oct 2026
Only MiniMax M2.5 (9)
- 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
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
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
132 GB126.4 GB file
32K 133 GB · 128K 138 GB
Q3_K_S
MiniMax M2.5
101 GB98.7 GB file
32K 105 GB · 128K 117 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
not listed
Q3_K_M
MiniMax M2.5
112 GB109.3 GB file
32K 116 GB · 128K 128 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
151 GB~150.6 GB file
32K 153 GB · 128K 157 GB
Q4_0
MiniMax M2.5
115 GB129.5 GB file
32K 119 GB · 128K 131 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
155 GB~154.5 GB file
32K 156 GB · 128K 161 GB
Q4_K_M
MiniMax M2.5
138 GB138.3 GB file
32K 142 GB · 128K 154 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
186 GB~185.4 GB file
32K 187 GB · 128K 192 GB
Q5_K_M
MiniMax M2.5
164 GB162.3 GB file
32K 167 GB · 128K 180 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
221 GB~220.2 GB file
32K 222 GB · 128K 227 GB
Q6_K
MiniMax M2.5
189 GB187.8 GB file
32K 193 GB · 128K 206 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
255 GB~254.9 GB file
32K 257 GB · 128K 262 GB
Q8_0
MiniMax M2.5
229 GB243.1 GB file
32K 233 GB · 128K 246 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
309 GB~309.0 GB file
32K 311 GB · 128K 316 GB
16 more quants
IQ2_XXS
MiniMax M2.5
63.5 GB74.1 GB file
32K 67.4 GB · 128K 79.8 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
not listed
IQ2_XS
MiniMax M2.5
69.2 GB67.0 GB file
32K 73.1 GB · 128K 85.6 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
93.1 GB98.7 GB file
32K 94.6 GB · 128K 99.4 GB
IQ2_S
MiniMax M2.5
72.0 GB68.0 GB file
32K 75.9 GB · 128K 88.4 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
not listed
IQ2_M
MiniMax M2.5
77.7 GB78.2 GB file
32K 81.6 GB · 128K 94.1 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
105 GB107.8 GB file
32K 106 GB · 128K 111 GB
IQ3_XXS
MiniMax M2.5
89.2 GB93.3 GB file
32K 93.1 GB · 128K 106 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
not listed
Q2_K_S
MiniMax M2.5
92.0 GB77.6 GB file
32K 95.9 GB · 128K 108 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
not listed
IQ3_XS
MiniMax M2.5
94.9 GB93.3 GB file
32K 98.8 GB · 128K 111 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
not listed
IQ3_S
MiniMax M2.5
97.8 GB98.7 GB file
32K 102 GB · 128K 114 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
132 GB146.8 GB file
32K 133 GB · 128K 138 GB
IQ3_M
MiniMax M2.5
103 GB100.0 GB file
32K 107 GB · 128K 120 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
139 GB148.6 GB file
32K 141 GB · 128K 146 GB
Q3_K_L
MiniMax M2.5
118 GB118.4 GB file
32K 122 GB · 128K 134 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
not listed
IQ4_XS
MiniMax M2.5
123 GB121.9 GB file
32K 127 GB · 128K 140 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
not listed
IQ4_NL
MiniMax M2.5
129 GB129.0 GB file
32K 133 GB · 128K 146 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
not listed
Q4_1
MiniMax M2.5
129 GB143.2 GB file
32K 133 GB · 128K 146 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
not listed
Q4_K_S
MiniMax M2.5
129 GB130.0 GB file
32K 133 GB · 128K 146 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
not listed
Q5_K_S
MiniMax M2.5
158 GB157.5 GB file
32K 162 GB · 128K 174 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
not listed
BF16
MiniMax M2.5
458 GB457.5 GB file
32K 462 GB · 128K 474 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
618 GB~618.0 GB file
32K 620 GB · 128K 625 GB
MiniMax M2.5
Ollama · Q4_K_M
ollama run hf.co/unsloth/MiniMax-M2.5-GGUF:Q4_K_MMiMo V2.6 Flash RL
Ollama · Q4_K_M
ollama run hf.co/vultr/MiMo-V2.6-Flash-RL-GGUF| Spec | MiniMax M2.5 | MiMo V2.6 Flash RL |
|---|---|---|
| Publisher | MiniMax | Xiaomi |
| Parameters | 228.7B | 309B |
| Active parameters | 11B per token | 15B per token |
| Architecture | MiniMaxM2ForCausalLM | MiMoV2ForCausalLM |
| Context | 192K tokens | 1M tokens |
| Modalities | Chat, Function-calling | Chat, Function-calling |
| License | Other | MIT |
| Released | Feb 2026 | Sep 2026 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Which is better, MiniMax M2.5 or MiMo V2.6 Flash RL?
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL leads llmrun Score 131.9 to 111.8; neither fits 24 GB. Choose MiniMax M2.5 for fits a Mac 128 GB and lighter on memory; choose MiMo V2.6 Flash RL for higher llmrun Score and stronger at coding.
Which needs less VRAM, MiniMax M2.5 or MiMo V2.6 Flash RL?
At Q4_K_M, MiniMax M2.5 requires 137.8 GB while MiMo V2.6 Flash RL needs 185.8 GB, making MiniMax M2.5 the easier model to run on your local setup.
Can I run MiniMax M2.5 or MiMo V2.6 Flash RL on a 16 GB GPU?
MiniMax M2.5 does not fit (smallest quant needs 65.3 GB); MiMo V2.6 Flash RL does not fit (smallest quant needs 93.8 GB).
Which has a longer context window, MiniMax M2.5 or MiMo V2.6 Flash RL?
MiniMax M2.5 supports 196,608 tokens and MiMo V2.6 Flash RL supports 1,048,576 tokens.