MiniMax M2 vs GLM 4.5

MiniMax M2 leads llmrun Score 104.0 to 100.9 (ranges overlap); neither fits 24 GB.

Model A · MiniMax

MiniMax M2

104.0llmrun Score

228.7B · 11B active · 192K context · Other · Oct 2025

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Model B · Z.ai

GLM 4.5

100.9llmrun Score

358.3B · 35.6B active · 128K context · MIT · Jul 2025

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Which should you choose?

Choose MiniMax M2 if you want…

Higher llmrun Score
104.0 vs 100.9, ranges overlap
Fits a Mac 128 GB
Q3_K_L · 119.6 GB; GLM 4.5 needs 101.4 GB at its smallest quant
Lighter on memory
137.8 vs 215.6 GB at Q4_K_M
Longer context window
192K vs 128K tokens
Newer release
Oct 2025 vs Jul 2025

Choose GLM 4.5 if you want…

Ahead on the benchmarks
3 of 4 shared boards
More permissive license
MIT vs Other

On your hardware

Each model at its default quant (Q4_K_M), a smaller one when it must. Estimates, ±20%.

MemoryMiniMax M2GLM 4.5

8 GB

RTX 4060 · 8 GB tier

MiniMax M2

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 65.3 GB

GLM 4.5

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 101.4 GB

12 GB

RTX 3060 12GB · 12 GB tier

MiniMax M2

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 65.3 GB

GLM 4.5

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 101.4 GB

16 GB

RTX 5060 Ti 16GB · 16 GB tier

MiniMax M2

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 65.3 GB

GLM 4.5

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 101.4 GB

24 GBreference

RTX 4090 · 24 GB tier

MiniMax M2

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 65.3 GB

GLM 4.5

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 101.4 GB

32 GB

RTX 5090 · 32 GB tier

MiniMax M2

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 65.3 GB

GLM 4.5

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 101.4 GB

48 GB

RTX A6000 · 48 GB tier

MiniMax M2

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 65.3 GB

GLM 4.5

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 101.4 GB

Mac 32 GB

Mac Mini M4 · Macs

MiniMax M2

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 65.3 GB

GLM 4.5

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 101.4 GB

Mac 64 GB

Mac Studio M4 Max · Macs

MiniMax M2

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 65.3 GB

GLM 4.5

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 101.4 GB

Mac 128 GB

Mac Studio M4 Max · Macs

MiniMax M2

Q3_K_L · ~37 tok/s

119.6 GB · up to 32Kbetter quant

GLM 4.5

IQ2_M · ~20 tok/s

123.8 GB · up to 16K

Reference GPU: RTX 4090. Tinted cell = the better pick on that machine (fits, more headroom, or at least 10% faster).

llmrun Score

with its 90% range · bars share one scale

MiniMax M2 GLM 4.5

Overall

MiniMax M2

104.099–109

GLM 4.5

100.997–105

Coding

MiniMax M2

no data

GLM 4.5

98.789–108

Agents

MiniMax M2

104.6100–110

GLM 4.5

105.499–112

MiniMax M2 · #38 of 92 open models · #22 of 71 that fit ≤192 GB

GLM 4.5 · #44 of 92 open models · #31 of 77 that fit ≤256 GB

Benchmarks

4 shared boards: MiniMax M2 leads 1, GLM 4.5 leads 3 · Benchmarks imported Oct 2026

BoardMiniMax M2GLM 4.5

SWE-bench Verified

MiniMax M2

61.0%#11/20 open

IndependentSWE-bench · Nov 2025

GLM 4.5

64.2%#9/20 open

IndependentSWE-bench · Jul 2025

LMArena Text

MiniMax M2

1343.3#80/186 open

ArenaLMArena · Oct 2026

GLM 4.5

1411.0#42/186 open

ArenaLMArena · Oct 2026

MMLU-Pro

MiniMax M2

82.0%#18/144 open

IndependentTIGER-Lab

GLM 4.5

84.6%#10/144 open

IndependentTIGER-Lab

SWE-bench Bash Only

MiniMax M2

61.0%#2/9 open

IndependentSWE-bench · Nov 2025

GLM 4.5

54.2%#6/9 open

IndependentSWE-bench · Aug 2025

7 more boards (other shared and single-model boards)

Only MiniMax M2 (3)

Only GLM 4.5 (4)

VRAM by quantization

Memory to load the model and 2K context; below it, the total at 32K and 128K context. Lighter side in bold.

QuantMiniMax M2GLM 4.5

Q2_K

MiniMax M2

97.8 GB83.3 GB file

32K 102 GB · 128K 114 GB

GLM 4.5

153 GB131.2 GB file

32K 158 GB · 128K 173 GB

Q3_K_S

MiniMax M2

101 GB98.7 GB file

32K 105 GB · 128K 117 GB

GLM 4.5

157 GB155.0 GB file

32K 162 GB · 128K 178 GB

Q3_K_M

MiniMax M2

112 GB109.3 GB file

32K 116 GB · 128K 128 GB

GLM 4.5

175 GB171.3 GB file

32K 180 GB · 128K 196 GB

Q4_0

MiniMax M2

115 GB129.5 GB file

32K 119 GB · 128K 131 GB

GLM 4.5

180 GB203.0 GB file

32K 185 GB · 128K 200 GB

Q4_K_M

MiniMax M2

138 GB138.3 GB file

32K 142 GB · 128K 154 GB

GLM 4.5

216 GB216.5 GB file

32K 220 GB · 128K 236 GB

Q5_K_M

MiniMax M2

164 GB162.3 GB file

32K 167 GB · 128K 180 GB

GLM 4.5

256 GB254.2 GB file

32K 261 GB · 128K 276 GB

Q6_K

MiniMax M2

189 GB187.8 GB file

32K 193 GB · 128K 206 GB

GLM 4.5

296 GB294.4 GB file

32K 301 GB · 128K 317 GB

Q8_0

MiniMax M2

229 GB243.1 GB file

32K 233 GB · 128K 246 GB

GLM 4.5

359 GB381.0 GB file

32K 364 GB · 128K 379 GB

15 more quants

IQ2_XXS

MiniMax M2

63.5 GB74.0 GB file

32K 67.4 GB · 128K 79.8 GB

GLM 4.5

99.2 GB115.9 GB file

32K 104 GB · 128K 119 GB

IQ2_XS

MiniMax M2

69.2 GB63.1 GB file

32K 73.1 GB · 128K 85.6 GB

GLM 4.5

108 GB101.8 GB file

32K 113 GB · 128K 128 GB

IQ2_S

MiniMax M2

72.0 GB63.4 GB file

32K 75.9 GB · 128K 88.4 GB

GLM 4.5

113 GB102.7 GB file

32K 117 GB · 128K 133 GB

IQ2_M

MiniMax M2

77.7 GB78.1 GB file

32K 81.6 GB · 128K 94.1 GB

GLM 4.5

122 GB122.4 GB file

32K 126 GB · 128K 142 GB

IQ3_XXS

MiniMax M2

89.2 GB93.6 GB file

32K 93.1 GB · 128K 106 GB

GLM 4.5

139 GB145.2 GB file

32K 144 GB · 128K 160 GB

IQ3_XS

MiniMax M2

94.9 GB93.8 GB file

32K 98.8 GB · 128K 111 GB

GLM 4.5

148 GB148.9 GB file

32K 153 GB · 128K 169 GB

IQ3_S

MiniMax M2

97.8 GB98.7 GB file

32K 102 GB · 128K 114 GB

GLM 4.5

not listed

IQ3_M

MiniMax M2

103 GB104.0 GB file

32K 107 GB · 128K 120 GB

GLM 4.5

162 GB164.9 GB file

32K 167 GB · 128K 182 GB

Q3_K_L

MiniMax M2

118 GB108.2 GB file

32K 122 GB · 128K 134 GB

GLM 4.5

184 GB170.6 GB file

32K 189 GB · 128K 205 GB

IQ4_XS

MiniMax M2

123 GB121.9 GB file

32K 127 GB · 128K 140 GB

GLM 4.5

193 GB191.6 GB file

32K 198 GB · 128K 213 GB

IQ4_NL

MiniMax M2

129 GB129.0 GB file

32K 133 GB · 128K 146 GB

GLM 4.5

202 GB202.5 GB file

32K 207 GB · 128K 222 GB

Q4_1

MiniMax M2

129 GB143.2 GB file

32K 133 GB · 128K 146 GB

GLM 4.5

202 GB224.6 GB file

32K 207 GB · 128K 222 GB

Q4_K_S

MiniMax M2

129 GB130.0 GB file

32K 133 GB · 128K 146 GB

GLM 4.5

202 GB203.7 GB file

32K 207 GB · 128K 222 GB

Q5_K_S

MiniMax M2

158 GB157.5 GB file

32K 162 GB · 128K 174 GB

GLM 4.5

247 GB247.0 GB file

32K 252 GB · 128K 267 GB

BF16

MiniMax M2

458 GB457.5 GB file

32K 462 GB · 128K 474 GB

GLM 4.5

717 GB716.8 GB file

32K 722 GB · 128K 738 GB

How to run each

MiniMax M2

Ollama · Q4_K_M

$ollama run hf.co/unsloth/MiniMax-M2-GGUF:Q4_K_M

All ways to run MiniMax M2 →

GLM 4.5

Ollama · Q4_K_M

$ollama run hf.co/unsloth/GLM-4.5-GGUF:Q4_K_M

All ways to run GLM 4.5 →

Specifications

Specifications of MiniMax M2 and GLM 4.5
Spec	MiniMax M2	GLM 4.5
Publisher	MiniMax	Z.ai
Parameters	228.7B	358.3B
Active parameters	11B per token	36B per token
Architecture	MiniMaxM2ForCausalLM	Glm4MoeForCausalLM
Context	192K tokens	128K tokens
Modalities	Chat, Function-calling	Chat, Function-calling
License	Other	MIT
Released	Oct 2025	Jul 2025

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, MiniMax M2 or GLM 4.5?

MiniMax M2 leads llmrun Score 104.0 to 100.9 (ranges overlap); neither fits 24 GB. Choose MiniMax M2 for higher llmrun Score and fits a Mac 128 GB; choose GLM 4.5 for ahead on the benchmarks and more permissive license.

Which needs less VRAM, MiniMax M2 or GLM 4.5?

At Q4_K_M, MiniMax M2 requires 137.8 GB while GLM 4.5 needs 215.6 GB, making MiniMax M2 the easier model to run on your local setup.

Can I run MiniMax M2 or GLM 4.5 on a 16 GB GPU?

MiniMax M2 does not fit (smallest quant needs 65.3 GB); GLM 4.5 does not fit (smallest quant needs 101.4 GB).

Which has a longer context window, MiniMax M2 or GLM 4.5?

MiniMax M2 supports 196,608 tokens and GLM 4.5 supports 131,072 tokens.