MiniMax-M2.5 vs DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 21 September 2026.

MiniMaxAI · A
Params
228.7 B
Context
196,608
30d
324 K
deepseek-ai · B
Params
304.2 B
Context
1,048,576
30d
4.1 M
mit · commercial OK

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification MiniMax-M2.5 DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731
Parameters 228.7 B 304.2 B
Architecture MiniMaxM2ForCausalLM DeepseekV4ForCausalLM
Context length 196,608 1,048,576
Licence other mit
Commercial use Unknown Allowed
Languages
Downloads 30d 323,999 4,086,610
Downloads all time 4.9 M 7.0 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2026-02-12 2026-07-31

Download trend

Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)

4.7 M236 K
MiniMax-M2.5 DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731

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
❌ Won’t fit
DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731 · fp16 @ 1024K ctx 6,024.3 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit

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