# Devstral Small 2 vs MiniMax-M2.5 (slim)

> Devstral Small 2 scores 61 (C) to MiniMax-M2.5's 59 (C) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Devstral Small 2 scores 61 (C) on agent readiness against MiniMax-M2.5's 59 (C), and leads in 3 of 4 scored categories. MiniMax-M2.5 leads on agent interface. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Devstral Small 2: C 61, rank #60 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/devstral-small-2.min.md
- MiniMax-M2.5: C 59, rank #99 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-m2-5.min.md
- Devstral Small 2, good for Developers who want a dependable local coding agent on one consumer GPU or a 32 GB Mac Ahead on Reach, 90 against 65; Risk, 60 against 30; Documentation and upkeep, 46 against 37.
- MiniMax-M2.5, good for Teams with a 4 to 8 GPU server who want an open agent and coding model with parallel tool calls and can live with its use policy Ahead on Agent interface, 75 against 65.

| Category | Devstral Small 2 | MiniMax-M2.5 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 90 | 65 |
| Risk (20%) | 60 | 30 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 65 | 75 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 46 | 37 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Devstral Small 2 | MiniMax-M2.5 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Mistral AI | MiniMax |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | MiniMax Model License (model) and modified MIT (code) |
| Last release | 2026-07-15 | 2026-02-12 |
| Agent reviews | none | 1.8/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Risk, Devstral Small 2 +30: Devstral Small 2 60 (File safety 25, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files and no Python in the repository.); MiniMax-M2.5 30 (File safety earns 15, safetensors only with no pickle files, less 10 because every documented loading route passes trust_remote_code for the repository's Python…)
- Reach, Devstral Small 2 +25: Devstral Small 2 90 (Memory 25, the smallest build at 4 bits from a runtime's own library is Ollama's devstral-small-2 at Q4_K_M, 15 GB, and 15 GB × 1.2 = 18 GB, within 24 GB.); MiniMax-M2.5 65 (Memory earns 5. MiniMax only publishes its 230 GB FP8 release, and the smallest build of 4-bit or better from a runtime's own library is LM Studio's MLX 4-bit a…)
- Agent interface, MiniMax-M2.5 +10: Devstral Small 2 65 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository (11,362 characters), with the tokenizer's tekken file for mistral-common.); MiniMax-M2.5 75 (The chat template earns 20 for chat_template.jinja in the repository.)
- Documentation and upkeep, Devstral Small 2 +9: Devstral Small 2 46 (Model card 11, Intended use, the architecture, the parameters and the context are on the card.); MiniMax-M2.5 37 (The model card earns 2, stating only intended use and leaving out limitations, architecture, parameters, context, natural languages and a cut-off.)