Data points: 62
Model compare
The readout for Mercury 2 and MiniMax M2.5, before the detailed comparison sheet.
Weighted outcome: Tie. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Decision read
Tie
Tie has the higher weighted result; Model A / B score 50 to 50.
Evidence depth
62 data points
Includes 9 benchmark rows, 0 audit samples, and 5 provider examples.
Selection signal
Tie
The charts below split 14 high-signal samples across speed, scores, and audit health.
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This report only uses LMSpeed data for Mercury 2 and MiniMax M2.5: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
| Model compare | Mercury 2 | MiniMax M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Overall leader | Tie | Tie |
| Weighted overall score | 50.0 pts | 50.0 pts |
| Benchmark category leads | 1 categories | 1 categories |
| Operational advantages | Average speed, First-token latency | Free providers, Provider coverage |
| Context window | 128K tokens | 204.8K tokens |
| Max output | 50K tokens | 196.6K tokens |
| Modalities | Input Text Output Text | Input Text Output Text |
| Features | Text inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning | Text inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning |
The overall result weights benchmark capability categories at 80% and price, API speed/latency, and availability at 20%. Recent test volume does not affect the winner, and missing benchmark categories are excluded.
| Model compare | Mercury 2 | MiniMax M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Inception | MiniMax |
| Released | Mar 2026 | Feb 2026 |
| Parameters | No data | No data |
| Tokenizer | Other | Other |
| Knowledge cutoff | No data | No data |
| OpenRouter ID | inception/mercury-2 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 |
| References | No data | No data |
This report only uses LMSpeed data for Mercury 2 and MiniMax M2.5: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
Mercury 2
Mercury 2 is stronger in benchmark categories (Coding) and operational dimensions (Average speed, First-token latency).
MiniMax M2.5
MiniMax M2.5 is stronger in benchmark categories (Reasoning) and operational dimensions (Free providers, Provider coverage).
Third-party benchmark profile synced into LMSpeed; only metrics available for both models are shown.
Compare benchmark category scores on a 0-100 scale. Select a category to inspect the gap.
Avg. score
Mercury 2
52.2
Avg. score
MiniMax M2.5
53
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Mercury 2 leads by 1.8
MiniMax M2.5 leads by 3.4
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Metric-level scores with benchmark source, rank depth, confidence, error, and evaluation date where available.
Mercury 2
winner1112.3 tok/s
Rank #1/139 · confidence 4
MiniMax M2.5
78.0 tok/s
Rank #78/139 · confidence 4
Mercury 2
winner3.58 s
Rank #58/139 · confidence 4
MiniMax M2.5
26.80 s
Rank #100/139 · confidence 4
Mercury 2
3.58 s
Rank #105/139 · confidence 4
MiniMax M2.5
winner1.15 s
Rank #71/139 · confidence 4
Mercury 2
winner$0.750/M
Rank #29/163 · confidence 4
MiniMax M2.5
$1.20/M
Rank #44/163 · confidence 4
Mercury 2
winner$0.375/M
Rank #33/163 · confidence 4
MiniMax M2.5
$0.525/M
Rank #42/163 · confidence 4
Mercury 2
winner$0.250/M
Rank #37/163 · confidence 4
MiniMax M2.5
$0.300/M
Rank #46/163 · confidence 4
Mercury 2
77.0%
Rank #88/187 · confidence 4
MiniMax M2.5
winner84.8%
Rank #45/187 · confidence 4
Mercury 2
15.5%
Rank #69/186 · confidence 4
MiniMax M2.5
winner19.1%
Rank #59/186 · confidence 4
Mercury 2
38.7%
Rank #83/184 · confidence 4
MiniMax M2.5
winner42.6%
Rank #45/184 · confidence 4
Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.
| Provider | Mercury 2 | MiniMax M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| No completed audits are available from shared providers yet. | ||
Speed aggregates and input/output pricing share each provider row for real API selection and migration cost checks.
| Provider | Mercury 2 | MiniMax M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
Koru API20 tests | Mercury 2 speed / latency 459 tok/s / 904ms input / output No data | MiniMax M2.5 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
OpenRouter5 tests | Mercury 2 speed / latency 618 tok/s / 847ms input / output No data | MiniMax M2.5 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
91VIP API0 tests | Mercury 2 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | MiniMax M2.5 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
AI API0 tests | Mercury 2 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | MiniMax M2.5 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
ChatST API0 tests | Mercury 2 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | MiniMax M2.5 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
Weighted outcome: Tie. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
