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Company

MiniMax

5 models

Releases

MiniMax/Vision-LanguageMajor release

MiniMax Releases M3, a Multimodal MoE Model

The new open-weight model from MiniMax AI combines vision, coding, and reasoning using a Mixture-of-Experts architecture.

Jun 2, 2026
Vision-LanguageAny-to-Any
MiniMax-M3
MiniMax-M3
MiniMax/Text / LLM

MiniMax Releases M2.7, an MoE Model with FP8 Weights

The new conversational language model from the Chinese AI company uses a Mixture-of-Experts architecture and 8-bit weights, but is released under a restrictive custom license.

Apr 9, 2026
Text / LLMReasoning
MiniMax-M2.7
MiniMax-M2.7
MiniMax/Text / LLM

MiniMax Releases M2.5 Mixture-of-Experts Model

The Chinese AI company's first open-weight release uses an efficient FP8 data type but comes with a restrictive, non-commercial license.

Feb 12, 2026
Text / LLM
MiniMax-M2.5
MiniMax-M2.5
MiniMax/Text / LLM

MiniMax Debuts M2.1, an MoE Model Optimized with FP8

The new Mixture of Experts model from the Chinese AI firm uses 8-bit floating-point precision for a smaller memory footprint and faster inference.

Dec 20, 2025
Text / LLM
MiniMax-M2.1
MiniMax-M2.1
MiniMax/Text / LLMMajor release

MiniMax Releases M2, an Open-Weight MoE for Agents

The Shanghai-based AI startup has released a new Mixture-of-Experts model focused on complex reasoning, coding, and agentic tasks.

Oct 22, 2025
Text / LLMReasoning
MiniMax-M2
MiniMax-M2