Side-by-side comparison of MiMo-V2.5 (Xiaomi (MiMo)) and MiniMax M2 (MiniMax · China) for self-hosted deployment of the open-weight model. MiMo-V2.5 is rated conditional; MiniMax M2 is conditional. They part ways on licence: MiMo-V2.5 is "MIT", MiniMax M2 is "Modified MIT".
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| Summary | ||
| Verdict | Conditional MiMo-V2.5 is the omnimodal sibling of MiMo-V2.5-Pro — text, vision, audio, and video on a single sparse-MoE backbone, also under MIT. Same posture as the Pro: deployable weights, but the China origin and stage-level training disclosure mean any EU rollout needs self-hosting plus a deployer-prepared GPAI compliance file, with extra attention to Article 50 transparency for synthetic and biometric outputs. | Conditional 229B agent-focused model from MiniMax, Modified MIT. Strong software-engineering and tool-use benchmarks. Family has iterated fast (M2 / M2.1 / M2.5 / M2.7 across 2025-2026). Same Chinese-origin alignment and supply-chain considerations as DeepSeek, Qwen, Kimi. |
| Last reviewed | 2026-04-28 | 2026-04-16 |
| Open-weight | ||
| Licence | MIT | Modified MIT |
| Commercial use | Unrestricted | Yes |
| Training data | Categories only | Undisclosed |
| Origin | China | China |
| Performance & pricing? | ||
| Quality index | 49/100 | 36/100 |
| Speed | — | 72 tok/s |
| Blended price | — | $0.53/M |
| Context window | — | — |
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