MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 โ€” AI Model

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openrouter/minimax-minimax-m2.5
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What is MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5?

MiniMax M2.5 is a SOTA large language model designed for real-world productivity, available free on OpenRouter. It builds on M2.1's coding strengths and extends into general office tasks โ€” handling Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files, switching between software environments, and working across teams. Achieved 80.2% on SWE-Bench Verified, 51.3% on Multi-SWE-Bench, and 76.3% on BrowseComp. 197K context window. Text-only. OpenAI-compatible via OpenRouter. Free tier: 200 RPD.

Model ID
minimax/minimax-m2.5
Base URL
https://openrouter.ai/api/v1

MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 API Code Example

Paste your API key and run. See the config generator for Claude Code, Cursor, and more tools.

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="minimax/minimax-m2.5",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)
import OpenAI from "openai";

const openai = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
  apiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY",
});

const completion = await openai.chat.completions.create({
  model: "minimax/minimax-m2.5",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
});

console.log(completion.choices[0].message.content);
curl https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "model": "minimax/minimax-m2.5",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
  }'

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