MiniMax M2 vs Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
MiniMax M2 and Mistral Medium 3.5 128B match in llmrun Score, with values of 104.0 versus 102.1; neither fits 24 GB.
Model A · MiniMax
MiniMax M2228.7B · 11B active · 192K context · Other · Oct 2025
Model B · Mistral AI
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B127.7B · 256K context · Other · Mar 2026
Choose Mistral Medium 3.5 128B if you want…
Fits a Mac 64 GB
IQ3_S · 60.5 GB; MiniMax M2 needs 65.3 GB at its smallest quant
Lighter on memory
77.7 vs 137.8 GB at Q4_K_M
Longer context window
256K vs 192K tokens
Newer release
Mar 2026 vs Oct 2025
MiniMax M2: no clear edge over Mistral Medium 3.5 128B in the data we have.
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
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 65.3 GB
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 41.3 GB
12 GB
RTX 3060 12GB · 12 GB tier
MiniMax M2
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 65.3 GB
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 41.3 GB
16 GB
RTX 5060 Ti 16GB · 16 GB tier
MiniMax M2
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 65.3 GB
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 41.3 GB
24 GBreference
RTX 4090 · 24 GB tier
MiniMax M2
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 65.3 GB
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 41.3 GB
32 GB
RTX 5090 · 32 GB tier
MiniMax M2
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 65.3 GB
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 41.3 GB
48 GB
RTX A6000 · 48 GB tier
MiniMax M2
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 65.3 GB
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
IQ2_S · ~12 tok/s
46.1 GB · up to 16Kfits
Mac 32 GB
Mac Mini M4 · Macs
MiniMax M2
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 65.3 GB
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 41.3 GB
Mac 64 GB
Mac Studio M4 Max · Macs
MiniMax M2
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 65.3 GB
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
IQ3_S · ~7 tok/s
60.5 GB · up to 16Kfits
Mac 128 GB
Mac Studio M4 Max · Macs
MiniMax M2
Q3_K_L · ~37 tok/s
119.6 GB · up to 32K
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
Q4_K_M · ~5 tok/s
82.8 GB · up to 128Kmore headroom
Reference GPU: RTX 4090. Tinted cell = the better pick on that machine (fits, more headroom, or at least 10% faster).
Overall
MiniMax M2
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
Coding
MiniMax M2
no data
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
Agents
MiniMax M2
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
no data
Science
MiniMax M2
no data
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
Reasoning
MiniMax M2
no data
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
MiniMax M2 · #46 of 106 open models · #26 of 82 that fit ≤192 GB
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B · #53 of 106 open models · #20 of 62 that fit ≤96 GB
16 more boards (other shared and single-model boards)
MiniMax M2
1343.5#81/188 open
ArenaLMArena · Oct 2026
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
1426.4#28/188 open
ArenaLMArena · Oct 2026
MiniMax M2
1297.1#47/55 open
ArenaLMArena · Oct 2026
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
1264.0#50/55 open
ArenaLMArena · Oct 2026
Only MiniMax M2 (5)
- SWE-bench Verified61.0%
- Terminal-Bench30.0%
- MMLU-Pro82.0%
- SWE-bench Bash Only61.0%
- Vending-Bench 2160.6
Only Mistral Medium 3.5 128B (9)
- SciCode40.2%
- WeirdML43.7%
- FrontierCode8.0%
- CritPt0.0%
- DTBench75.5%
- LMCA26.1%
- ALE-Bench764.0
- Surface Evolver Bench26.9%
- ProofBench9.0%
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
97.8 GB83.3 GB file
32K 102 GB · 128K 114 GB
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
55.3 GB46.6 GB file
32K 66.4 GB · 128K 102 GB
Q3_K_S
MiniMax M2
101 GB98.7 GB file
32K 105 GB · 128K 117 GB
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
56.9 GB54.4 GB file
32K 68.0 GB · 128K 103 GB
Q3_K_M
MiniMax M2
112 GB109.3 GB file
32K 116 GB · 128K 128 GB
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
63.3 GB60.6 GB file
32K 74.4 GB · 128K 110 GB
Q4_0
MiniMax M2
115 GB129.5 GB file
32K 119 GB · 128K 131 GB
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
64.9 GB71.0 GB file
32K 76.0 GB · 128K 111 GB
Q4_K_M
MiniMax M2
138 GB138.3 GB file
32K 142 GB · 128K 154 GB
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
77.7 GB74.9 GB file
32K 88.7 GB · 128K 124 GB
Q5_K_M
MiniMax M2
164 GB162.3 GB file
32K 167 GB · 128K 180 GB
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
92.0 GB88.3 GB file
32K 103 GB · 128K 139 GB
Q6_K
MiniMax M2
189 GB187.8 GB file
32K 193 GB · 128K 206 GB
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
106 GB102.6 GB file
32K 117 GB · 128K 153 GB
Q8_0
MiniMax M2
229 GB243.1 GB file
32K 233 GB · 128K 246 GB
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
129 GB132.9 GB file
32K 140 GB · 128K 175 GB
18 more quants
IQ2_XXS
MiniMax M2
63.5 GB74.0 GB file
32K 67.4 GB · 128K 79.8 GB
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
36.2 GB34.9 GB file
32K 47.2 GB · 128K 82.7 GB
IQ2_XS
MiniMax M2
69.2 GB63.1 GB file
32K 73.1 GB · 128K 85.6 GB
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
39.4 GB43.4 GB file
32K 50.4 GB · 128K 85.9 GB
IQ2_S
MiniMax M2
72.0 GB63.4 GB file
32K 75.9 GB · 128K 88.4 GB
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
41.0 GB46.1 GB file
32K 52.0 GB · 128K 87.5 GB
IQ2_M
MiniMax M2
77.7 GB78.1 GB file
32K 81.6 GB · 128K 94.1 GB
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
44.1 GB44.1 GB file
32K 55.2 GB · 128K 90.7 GB
IQ3_XXS
MiniMax M2
89.2 GB93.6 GB file
32K 93.1 GB · 128K 106 GB
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
50.5 GB49.3 GB file
32K 61.6 GB · 128K 97.0 GB
Q2_K_S
MiniMax M2
not listed
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
52.1 GB43.0 GB file
32K 63.2 GB · 128K 98.6 GB
IQ3_XS
MiniMax M2
94.9 GB93.8 GB file
32K 98.8 GB · 128K 111 GB
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
53.7 GB54.9 GB file
32K 64.8 GB · 128K 100 GB
IQ3_S
MiniMax M2
97.8 GB98.7 GB file
32K 102 GB · 128K 114 GB
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
55.3 GB54.5 GB file
32K 66.4 GB · 128K 102 GB
IQ3_M
MiniMax M2
103 GB104.0 GB file
32K 107 GB · 128K 120 GB
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
58.5 GB59.5 GB file
32K 69.6 GB · 128K 105 GB
Q3_K_L
MiniMax M2
118 GB108.2 GB file
32K 122 GB · 128K 134 GB
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
66.5 GB67.0 GB file
32K 77.6 GB · 128K 113 GB
IQ4_XS
MiniMax M2
123 GB121.9 GB file
32K 127 GB · 128K 140 GB
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
69.7 GB67.1 GB file
32K 80.8 GB · 128K 116 GB
IQ4_NL
MiniMax M2
129 GB129.0 GB file
32K 133 GB · 128K 146 GB
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
72.9 GB70.9 GB file
32K 83.9 GB · 128K 119 GB
Q4_1
MiniMax M2
129 GB143.2 GB file
32K 133 GB · 128K 146 GB
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
72.9 GB78.5 GB file
32K 83.9 GB · 128K 119 GB
Q4_K_S
MiniMax M2
129 GB130.0 GB file
32K 133 GB · 128K 146 GB
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
72.9 GB71.2 GB file
32K 83.9 GB · 128K 119 GB
Q4_K_L
MiniMax M2
not listed
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
79.3 GB79.6 GB file
32K 90.3 GB · 128K 126 GB
Q5_K_S
MiniMax M2
158 GB157.5 GB file
32K 162 GB · 128K 174 GB
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
88.8 GB86.2 GB file
32K 99.9 GB · 128K 135 GB
Q5_K_L
MiniMax M2
not listed
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
93.6 GB92.1 GB file
32K 105 GB · 128K 140 GB
BF16
MiniMax M2
458 GB457.5 GB file
32K 462 GB · 128K 474 GB
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
256 GB250.1 GB file
32K 268 GB · 128K 303 GB
MiniMax M2
Ollama · Q4_K_M
ollama run hf.co/unsloth/MiniMax-M2-GGUF:Q4_K_MMistral Medium 3.5 128B
Ollama · Q4_K_M
ollama run hf.co/unsloth/Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B-GGUF:Q4_K_M| Spec | MiniMax M2 | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B |
|---|---|---|
| Publisher | MiniMax | Mistral AI |
| Parameters | 228.7B | 127.7B |
| Active parameters | 11B per token | — |
| Architecture | MiniMaxM2ForCausalLM | Mistral3ForConditionalGeneration |
| Context | 192K tokens | 256K tokens |
| Modalities | Chat, Function-calling | Chat, Function-calling |
| License | Other | Other |
| Released | Oct 2025 | Mar 2026 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Which is better, MiniMax M2 or Mistral Medium 3.5 128B?
MiniMax M2 and Mistral Medium 3.5 128B match in llmrun Score, with values of 104.0 versus 102.1; neither fits 24 GB. Choose Mistral Medium 3.5 128B for fits a Mac 64 GB and lighter on memory.
Which needs less VRAM, MiniMax M2 or Mistral Medium 3.5 128B?
At Q4_K_M, MiniMax M2 requires 137.8 GB while Mistral Medium 3.5 128B needs 77.7 GB, making Mistral Medium 3.5 128B the easier model to run on your local setup.
Can I run MiniMax M2 or Mistral Medium 3.5 128B on a 16 GB GPU?
MiniMax M2 does not fit (smallest quant needs 65.3 GB); Mistral Medium 3.5 128B does not fit (smallest quant needs 41.3 GB).
Which has a longer context window, MiniMax M2 or Mistral Medium 3.5 128B?
MiniMax M2 supports 196,608 tokens and Mistral Medium 3.5 128B supports 262,144 tokens.