--- title: MiniMax M2.5 (Fully Tested): I've been testing it for... description: MiniMax M2.5 is a 230 billion parameter language model that delivers performance comparable to Claude Opus at 1/30th the cost. The model excels at agentic... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/minimax-m2-5-fully-tested-i-ve-been-testing-it-for-the-last-4-days-and-it-is-amazing--szwgputma twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: MiniMax M2.5 (Fully Tested): I've been testing it for the last 4 days and it is AMAZING!!! | daily.dev og:description: MiniMax M2.5 is a 230 billion parameter language model that delivers performance comparable to Claude Opus at 1/30th the cost. The model excels at agentic... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/minimax-m2-5-fully-tested-i-ve-been-testing-it-for-the-last-4-days-and-it-is-amazing--szwgputma og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/SzWGpuTMA.png og:image:alt: MiniMax M2.5 (Fully Tested): I've been testing it for the last 4 days and it is AMAZING!!! og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # MiniMax M2.5 (Fully Tested): I've been testing it for the last 4 days and it is AMAZING!!! **[AICodeKing](https://daily.dev/sources/aicodeking)** · 8 min read · 29 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary MiniMax M2.5 is a 230 billion parameter language model that delivers performance comparable to Claude Opus at 1/30th the cost. The model excels at agentic coding tasks, costs $1 per hour at 100 tokens/second, and successfully completed multiple complex development projects including Expo apps, Go terminal calculators, and full-stack web applications. Testing showed it performs particularly well in code generation workflows with planning mode enabled, completing tasks in minutes with proper error correction. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@burcovschidavid** · 0 upvotes > Is not like opus... at all.. **@tomerredlich82** · 0 upvotes > Nice ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [MiniMax M2.1: Significantly Enhanced Multi-Language Programming, Built for Real-World Complex Tasks](https://daily.dev/posts/minimax-m2-1-significantly-enhanced-multi-language-programming-built-for-real-world-complex-tasks-zx03qgysi) · Hacker News · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#llm](https://daily.dev/tags/llm), [#agentic-ai](https://daily.dev/tags/agentic-ai) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/minimax-m2-5-fully-tested-i-ve-been-testing-it-for-the-last-4-days-and-it-is-amazing--szwgputma) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"MiniMax M2.5 (Fully Tested): I've been testing it for the last 4 days and it is AMAZING!!!","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/minimax-m2-5-fully-tested-i-ve-been-testing-it-for-the-last-4-days-and-it-is-amazing--szwgputma","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/minimax-m2-5-fully-tested-i-ve-been-testing-it-for-the-last-4-days-and-it-is-amazing--szwgputma"},"datePublished":"2026-02-13T09:47:26.421Z","dateModified":"2026-02-13T09:47:44.401Z","description":"MiniMax M2.5 is a 230 billion parameter language model that delivers performance comparable to Claude Opus at 1/30th the cost. 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