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Inkling vs MiniMax M2.5

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 0 shared benchmark results across 0 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

No sourced benchmark result is currently shared by both models. This page therefore compares only the available metadata, pricing, and runtime rows; it does not name a quality winner.
Thinking Machines Lab
67.54/100
Margin
8.0pts
← winning
59.52/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Inkling #20 (Supported); MiniMax M2.5 #55 (Supported). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Inkling and MiniMax M2.5 share 0 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 32 results are unique to Inkling; 1 to MiniMax M2.5.

Updated July 21, 2026
Shared results
0
Inkling only
32
MiniMax M2.5 only
1
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for Inkling and MiniMax M2.5 is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 0 shared benchmark results across 0 evidence categories; 0 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

BenchLM has partial data for these models, but not enough overlapping benchmark coverage to produce a fair score-level comparison yet.

Inkling is priced at $1.87 input / $4.68 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.30 input / $1.20 output per 1M tokens for MiniMax M2.5. Inkling has the larger context window at 1M, compared with 128K for MiniMax M2.5.

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricInklingMiniMax M2.5Comparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensInkling$1.87 input / $4.68 outputMiniMax M2.5$0.3 input / $1.2 outputMiniMax M2.5 has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondInklingNot availableMiniMax M2.546 tok/sA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenInklingNot availableMiniMax M2.52.12 sA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensInkling1MMiniMax M2.5128KInkling lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkInklingMiniMax M2.5Result
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 63.8%Not comparable
BrowseCompSource 77.1%Not comparable
MCP AtlasSource 74.1%Not comparable
Design Arena Agentic Web DevSource 1257Not comparable
AA Agentic IndexSource 32.3%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 36.9%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 1239Not comparable
AA BriefcaseSource 836Not comparable
AA Tau3 BankingSource 23.7%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkInklingMiniMax M2.5Result
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 77.6%Not comparable
SWE-bench ProSource 54.3%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 63.8%Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 52.1%Not comparable
AA-SciCodeSource 46.1%Not comparable
Vibe Code BenchSource 14.85%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkInklingMiniMax M2.5Result
AA-LCRSource 63.3%Not comparable
CritPtSource 5.4%Not comparable
Knowledge
BenchmarkInklingMiniMax M2.5Result
GPQASource 87.9%Not comparable
GPQA-DSource 87.9%Not comparable
HLESource 46%Not comparable
HLE w/o toolsSource 30%Not comparable
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 40.7%Not comparable
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 87.2%Not comparable
AA-HLESource 29.7%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience IndexSource 2.1%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 40.0%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 63.1%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkInklingMiniMax M2.5Result
AIME26Source 97.1%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkInklingMiniMax M2.5Result
MMMU-ProSource 73.5%Not comparable
CharXivSource 82%Not comparable
CharXiv w/o toolsSource 78.1%Not comparable
AA-MMMU-ProSource 73.5%Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkInklingMiniMax M2.5Result
IFBenchSource 79.8%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare Inkling and MiniMax M2.5 on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but the sourced benchmark breakdown for this comparison is still coming soon.

Why does this comparison show “coming soon”?

BenchLM only shows category winners and benchmark-level calls when we have sourced results that can be compared fairly. For these models, the public benchmark coverage is not complete enough yet.

What data is available for Inkling and MiniMax M2.5 today?

Inkling: $1.87 input / $4.68 output per 1M tokens MiniMax M2.5: $0.30 input / $1.20 output per 1M tokens Both model pages still include creator, context window, reasoning mode, and other metadata while benchmark coverage fills in.

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Last updated: July 21, 2026

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