Trinity Nano Preview vs MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed vs Ministral 14B
Ministral 14B comes out ahead, 45 to 34 and 25 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.
Arcee AITrinity Nano Preview
25/100- ECI—
- Price—
- Context131K
MiniMaxMiniMax-M2.5-highspeed
34/100- ECI—
- Price$0.60 / $2.40
- Context205K
- Our pick
Mistral AIMinistral 14B
45/100- ECI—
- Price$0.20 / $0.20
- Context262K
Ministral 14B is our pick
Ministral 14B is the better all-round choice, scoring 45/100 against MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed (34) and Trinity Nano Preview (25). It leads on inputs & features and context window. The score weighs inputs & features 60%, context window 40%. 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) · Trinity Nano Preview unpriced
- Longest contextMinistral 14BMinistral 14B 262,144 · MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed 204,800 · Trinity Nano Preview 131,072 tokens
- Widest inputsMinistral 14BTrinity Nano Preview: Text · MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed: Text · Ministral 14B: Text, Images
- Self-hostingAll open weightsEvery model here can be downloaded and run on your own hardware
| Measure | Weight | Trinity Nano Preview | MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed | Ministral 14B |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inputs & features | 60% | 25 | 35 | 50 |
| Context window | 40% | 24 | 32 | 37 |
| Overall | 100% | 25/100 | 34/100 | 45/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability and price. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.
| Specification | Trinity Nano PreviewArcee AI | MiniMax-M2.5-highspeedMiniMax | Ministral 14BMistral AI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | — | — |
| ECI rank | — | — | — |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | — | $0.60 | $0.20 (best) |
| Output | — | $2.40 | $0.20 (best) |
| Cached input | — | $0.06 | — |
| Blended (3:1) | — | $1.05 | $0.20 (best) |
| Long-context rate | — | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | — | Official MiniMax (minimax.io) API | Median of 1 providers |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 131,072 tokens | 204,800 tokens | 262,144 tokens (best) |
| Max output | 131,072 tokens | 131,072 tokens | 262,144 tokens (best) |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | No | No | Yes |
| PDFs | No | No | No |
| Audio | No | No | No |
| Video | No | No | No |
| Reasoning | No | Yes | No |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | No | No | No |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | OpenOpenMDW-1.1 | Open | OpenApache-2.0 |
| API model ID | — | MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed | — |
| API providers | — | 7 (best) | 1 |
| Released | Dec 1, 2025 | Feb 13, 2026 | Dec 2, 2025 |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | — | — |
What would a month cost?
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- Trinity Nano Preview—
- MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed$10.80
- Ministral 14B$2.40
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Trinity Nano Preview, MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed or Ministral 14B?
Ministral 14B is the better all-round choice, scoring 45/100 against MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed (34) and Trinity Nano Preview (25). It leads on inputs & features and context window. The score weighs inputs & features 60%, context window 40%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
Which is cheaper, Trinity Nano Preview, MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed or Ministral 14B?
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). Trinity Nano Preview has no published per-token price.
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. Trinity Nano Preview has not been scored yet, MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed has not been scored yet and Ministral 14B has not been scored yet.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Trinity Nano Preview, MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed and Ministral 14B yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. All three 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 and 131,072 for Trinity Nano Preview. Maximum output per response: Trinity Nano Preview up to 131,072, MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed up to 131,072, Ministral 14B up to 262,144 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Trinity Nano Preview accepts text; MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed accepts text; Ministral 14B accepts text and images. Ministral 14B handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
Yes, all three publish their weights (OpenMDW-1.1 and 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; Trinity Nano Preview came out Dec 1, 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.
