Minimax 2.5 anyone tried ?

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Hi, I’ve seen lots of topics on the internet about how good and cheap this open-source AI is. There are comparisons saying the performance is similar to Opus 4.6 but way cheaper than that. Has anyone tried it? I’d like to hear your experiences and honest reviews.

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Sam @samantha.io · Feb 15

I’ve been reading the hype too, so I asked Opus 4.6 about it. I’ve been building an app for the last two months and I had doubts about refactoring, since I don’t really know if the code is truly optimized or not. Opus told me not to touch it, saying I understand the context but MiniMax wouldn’t, and that the current code is already in a good place. It also warned me that a blind refactor could easily introduce messy complications. I didn’t want to risk it, so I haven’t tried MiniMax 2.5 yet.

Chloe @chloeee · Feb 16

@Sam :) I tried M2.5 for a few hours, and when it confidently broke a simple refactor by inventing APIs that don’t exist, I realized whatever you save on price you pay back in babysitting, which makes it hard to take seriously.

Tommyyy @tomhello · Feb 17

Yeah I tried it and honestly, it’s not even close to ChatGPT-5.3 Codex or Claude Opus 4.6 level

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