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MiniMax-M2.1

MiniMax · 23 December 2025

Coding-polish update covering Rust, Java, Go, C++, Kotlin and mobile (Android and iOS) development, with more concise reasoning chains.

Targets multilingual and mobile programming and web/app design quality, and works with Claude Code, Cline, Kilo Code and Roo Code. MiniMax reports 88.6 on its own VIBE benchmark and says it beats Claude Sonnet 4.5 on multilingual scenarios.

Date
Tuesday, 23 December 2025
Lab
MiniMax
Kind
open-weights
Access
open weights

Figures

MeasureValueMeasured by
VIBE aggregate (MiniMax's own benchmark)88.6company

Release date 2025-12-23 per MiniMax (release notes page says 12-22). VIBE is MiniMax-authored, so treat comparisons as company claims.

Sources

  1. www.minimax.io/news/minimax-m21
  2. platform.minimax.io/docs/release-notes/models

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