DeepSeek-V4-Flash vs MiniMax-M2.5
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 21 September 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | DeepSeek-V4-Flash | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 158.1 B | 228.7 B |
| Architecture | DeepseekV4ForCausalLM | MiniMaxM2ForCausalLM |
| Context length | 1,048,576 | 196,608 |
| Licence | mit | other |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Unknown |
| Languages | — | — |
| Downloads 30d | 1,559,750 | 323,999 |
| Downloads all time | 12.0 M | 4.9 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2026-04-22 | 2026-02-12 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)
3.1 M324 K
DeepSeek-V4-Flash
MiniMax-M2.5
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
MiniMax-M2.5 · fp16 @ 192K ctx
1,077.0 GB / 24 GB
DeepSeek-V4-Flash · fp16 @ 1024K ctx
3,211.0 GB / 24 GB