# Cosmos-Reason2-2B vs MiniMax-M3.1-Flash (slim)

> Cosmos-Reason2-2B scores 59.5 (C) to MiniMax-M3.1-Flash's 50.5 (D) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Cosmos-Reason2-2B scores 59.5 (C) on agent readiness against MiniMax-M3.1-Flash's 50.5 (D), and leads in 2 of 4 scored categories. MiniMax-M3.1-Flash leads on agent interface. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Cosmos-Reason2-2B: C 59.5, rank #63 of 110 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cosmos-reason2-2b.min.md
- MiniMax-M3.1-Flash: D 50.5, rank #99 of 110 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-m3-1-flash.min.md
- Cosmos-Reason2-2B, good for Agents that need a small local model to reason over camera footage and images for robotics, driving or smart spaces Ahead on Reach, 65 against 40; Risk, 60 against 35.
- MiniMax-M3.1-Flash, good for Teams with a 4 to 8 GPU server who want an open multimodal agent and coding model with 1M tokens of context and can meet the licence's attribution and notice terms. Ahead on Agent interface, 70 against 65.

| Category | Cosmos-Reason2-2B | MiniMax-M3.1-Flash |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 65 | 40 |
| Risk (20%) | 60 | 35 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 65 | 70 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 39 | 41 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Cosmos-Reason2-2B | MiniMax-M3.1-Flash |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | NVIDIA | MiniMax |
| Licence | NVIDIA Open Model License (custom, commercial use allowed, not an OSI licence); built on Qwen3-VL-2B-Instruct under Apache 2.0 | MiniMax Community License (custom; commercial use needs a "Built with MiniMax M3.1-Flash" line and a one-time notice to MiniMax, and MiniMax's written authorisation above $20M yearly revenue) |
| Last release | 2026-03-10 | 2026-10-23 |
| Terms last updated |  | no document linked |
| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (4) | 2.3/5 (4) |