# Inkling vs MiniMax M2.5

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Inkling and MiniMax M2.5 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/inkling-vs-minimax-m2-5
- Last updated: September 29, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for Inkling and MiniMax M2.5.

## Summary

- Inkling and MiniMax M2.5 do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Inkling | MiniMax M2.5 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Thinking Machines Lab | MiniMax |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Hybrid | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 54.09 | 49.68 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 21 | 1 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.87 / $4.68 | $0.30 / $1.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling public-lane score: 36.2 (Supported · #62/117)
- MiniMax M2.5 public-lane score: 28.6 (Estimated · #84/117)

| Benchmark | Inkling | MiniMax M2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 63.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 77.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 74.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 47.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling public-lane score: 36.6 (Supported · #73/143)
- MiniMax M2.5 public-lane score: 35.8 (Estimated · #78/143)

| Benchmark | Inkling | MiniMax M2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 54.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 63.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 4.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 85.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 77.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 14.85% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling public-lane score: 75.5 (#12/27)
- MiniMax M2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling public-lane score: 49.9 (#40/50)
- MiniMax M2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | MiniMax M2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 73.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 82% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 78.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling public-lane score: 54.1 (Supported · #48/169)
- MiniMax M2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | MiniMax M2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 87.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 87.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 46% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 30% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 87.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling public-lane score: 83.9 (#44/124)
- MiniMax M2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | MiniMax M2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 79.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling public-lane score: 78.5 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- MiniMax M2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | MiniMax M2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 97.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

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

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

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