# Devstral Small 2 vs MiniMax-M3.1-Flash (slim)

> Devstral Small 2 scores 61 (C) to MiniMax-M3.1-Flash's 54.3 (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-M3.1-Flash's 54.3 (C), and leads in 3 of 4 scored categories. MiniMax-M3.1-Flash 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-M3.1-Flash: C 54.3, rank #131 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-m3-1-flash.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 55; Risk, 60 against 35; Documentation and upkeep, 46 against 41.
- 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 | Devstral Small 2 | MiniMax-M3.1-Flash |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 90 | 55 |
| Risk (20%) | 60 | 35 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 65 | 70 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 46 | 41 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Devstral Small 2 | MiniMax-M3.1-Flash |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Mistral AI | MiniMax |
| Licence | 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 | 2026-07-15 | 2026-10-23 |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.3/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Reach, Devstral Small 2 +35: 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-M3.1-Flash 55 (Memory earns nothing.)
- Risk, Devstral Small 2 +25: Devstral Small 2 60 (File safety 25, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files and no Python in the repository.); MiniMax-M3.1-Flash 35 (File safety earns 15, safetensors only, less 10 because the SGLang route the card links passes trust_remote_code for the repository's configuration and processo…)
- Agent interface, MiniMax-M3.1-Flash +5: 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-M3.1-Flash 70 (The chat template earns 20 for chat_template.jinja in the repository.)
- Documentation and upkeep, Devstral Small 2 +5: Devstral Small 2 46 (Model card 11, Intended use, the architecture, the parameters and the context are on the card.); MiniMax-M3.1-Flash 41 (The model card earns 11, missing limitations, languages and a knowledge cut-off.)