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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

Ministral 14B vs MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed

Ministral 14B comes out ahead, 64 to 41 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.

  1. Our pick

    Mistral AI

    Ministral 14B

    Released Dec 2, 2025

    64/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.20 / $0.20
    • Context262K
    Full specs Remove Ministral 14B

  2. MiniMax

    MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed

    Released Feb 13, 2026

    41/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.60 / $2.40
    • Context205K
    Full specs Remove MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed

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01 — Verdict

Ministral 14B is our pick

Ministral 14B is the better all-round choice, scoring 64/100 against MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed (41). It leads on price, inputs & features and context window. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

  • CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
  • Lowest priceMinistral 14BMinistral 14B $0.20 · MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed $1.05 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextMinistral 14BMinistral 14B 262,144 · MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed 204,800 tokens
  • Widest inputsMinistral 14BMinistral 14B: Text, Images · MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed: Text
  • Self-hostingAll open weightsEvery model here can be downloaded and run on your own hardware
How the score is built
MeasureWeightMinistral 14BMiniMax-M2.5-highspeed
Price50%8349
Inputs & features30%5035
Context window20%3732
Overall100%64/10041/100

Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.

02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

Ministral 14B vs MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed specifications side by side
SpecificationMinistral 14BMistral AIMiniMax-M2.5-highspeedMiniMax
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)——
ECI rank——
Price per million tokens
Input$0.20 (best)$0.60
Output$0.20 (best)$2.40
Cached input—$0.06
Blended (3:1)$0.20 (best)$1.05
Long-context rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceMedian of 1 providersOfficial MiniMax (minimax.io) API
Limits
Context window262,144 tokens (best)204,800 tokens
Max output262,144 tokens (best)131,072 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesYesNo
PDFsNoNo
AudioNoNo
VideoNoNo
ReasoningNoYes
Tool callingYesYes
Structured outputNoNo
Availability
WeightsOpenApache-2.0Open
API model ID—MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed
API providers17 (best)
ReleasedDec 2, 2025Feb 13, 2026
Knowledge cutoff——
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.

  • Ministral 14B$2.40
  • MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed$10.80
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Ministral 14B or MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed?

Ministral 14B is the better all-round choice, scoring 64/100 against MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed (41). It leads on price, inputs & features and context window. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

Which is cheaper, Ministral 14B or MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed?

Ministral 14B is cheaper at $0.20 input / $0.20 output per million tokens (median across 1 API provider). MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed costs $0.60 input / $2.40 output per million tokens (official MiniMax (minimax.io) API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.20 per million tokens for Ministral 14B versus $1.05 for MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed (5.3× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

There is no independent benchmark that covers both models yet. Ministral 14B has not been scored yet and MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed has not been scored yet.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Ministral 14B and MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Both support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

Ministral 14B has the largest context window at 262,144 tokens, against 204,800 for MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed. Maximum output per response: Ministral 14B up to 262,144, MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed up to 131,072 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Ministral 14B accepts text and images; MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed accepts text. Ministral 14B handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

Yes, both publish their weights (Apache-2.0), so you can self-host them.

Which is newer?

MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed is the newest, released Feb 13, 2026. Ministral 14B came out Dec 2, 2025.

How do you decide the winner?

Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.

05 — Keep comparing

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