Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Minimax M 2.5 leads with 2.1% higher average benchmark score. Minimax M 2.5 offers 68.1K more tokens in context window than DeepSeek-V3.2. Both models have similar pricing. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V3.2, released by DeepSeek on December 1, 2025, is a large language model with 685 billion total parameters featuring integrated thinking in tool-use and support for both reasoning and direct generation modes. It features a 128K token context window and introduced large-scale agent training across 1,800+ environments. DeepSeek-V3.2 targets agentic workflows, complex instruction following, and coding tasks under an open MIT license.
MiniMax
MiniMax M2.5 is a large language model from MiniMax extensively trained with reinforcement learning across hundreds of thousands of complex real-world environments. It targets agentic tool use, coding automation, and office productivity tasks, with strong results on software engineering and web browsing benchmarks. M2.5 represents the next generation of MiniMax's M-series models optimized for production agentic workloads.
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DeepSeek-V3.2
DeepSeek
2025-12-01
Minimax M 2.5
MiniMax
2026-02-13
Cost per million tokens (USD)
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Minimax M 2.5
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks
DeepSeek-V3.2
Minimax M 2.5
Performance comparison across key benchmark categories
DeepSeek-V3.2
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Available providers and their performance metrics
DeepSeek-V3.2
DeepSeek
Minimax M 2.5
DeepSeek-V3.2
Minimax M 2.5
DeepSeek-V3.2
Minimax M 2.5
MiniMax