Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.
MiniMax M2.5 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 37 to 25. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
MiniMax M2.5's sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 68.9 against 24.9. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SimpleQA, 24.9% to 70%. DeepSeek V3 does hit back in mathematics, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.
MiniMax M2.5 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.30 input / $1.20 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.27 input / $1.10 output per 1M tokens for DeepSeek V3.
Pick MiniMax M2.5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DeepSeek V3 only becomes the better choice if mathematics is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.
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DeepSeek V3
42
MiniMax M2.5
65
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DeepSeek V3
24.9
MiniMax M2.5
68.9
DeepSeek V3
69.6
MiniMax M2.5
71
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DeepSeek V3
90.2
MiniMax M2.5
72
MiniMax M2.5 is ahead overall, 37 to 25. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SimpleQA, where the scores are 24.9% and 70%.
MiniMax M2.5 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 71 versus 69.6. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
MiniMax M2.5 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 65 versus 42. DeepSeek V3 stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.
DeepSeek V3 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 90.2 versus 72. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
MiniMax M2.5 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 68.9 versus 24.9. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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