MiniMax M2 model offers competitive performance at lower cost

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MiniMax has released M2 230BA10B, an open-source model that achieves state-of-the-art performance. This new model is priced at 8% of Claude Sonnet's cost and operates approximately twice as fast. The release positions M2 230BA10B as a highly competitive option in the open-source AI landscape. AI

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RANK_REASON Release of a new open-source model with performance claims and pricing details.

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Smol AINews TIER_1 · 2025-10-27 05:44

MiniMax M2 230BA10B — 8% of Claude Sonnet's price, ~2x faster, new SOTA open model

**MiniMax M2**, an open-weight sparse MoE model by **Hailuo AI**, launches with **≈200–230B parameters** and **10B active parameters**, offering strong performance near frontier closed models and ranking #5 overall on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v3.0. It supports c…

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MiniMax M2 230BA10B — 8% of Claude Sonnet's price, ~2x faster, new SOTA open model

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