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  5. Devstral 2 2512vsMiniMax M1
Updated Dec 2025

Devstral 2 2512vsMiniMax M1

Devstral 2 2512 is the newer model, released after MiniMax M1.

Devstral 2 2512 and MiniMax M1 compared across 34 shared prompts
SpecDevstral 2 2512MiniMax M1
Input price—$0.3/M tokens
Output price—$1.65/M tokens
Context window—1.0M tokens
WeightsOpenOpen
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedDec 2025Jun 2025
Side by side

Same prompt, both answers

Opening lines from 6 of the 34 prompts both answered. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Simple 7-Ingredient Recipe

Create a simple recipe for a delicious dish (sweet or savory) using only 7 common pantry ingredients. Include a creative name for the dish…

Devstral 2 2512153 words
Dish Name: "Golden Crisp Honey-Nut Bites" A sweet, crunchy, and satisfying treat made with just 7 pantry staples! Ingredients: 1 cup rolled oats ½ cup peanut butter (or any nut/seed butter) ¼ cup honey (or maple syrup) ½ tsp cinnamon ¼ tsp salt 1 tsp vanilla extract (optional but recommended) 2 tbsp chopped nuts…
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MiniMax M1672 words
Here's a delicious, fast, and flexible recipe using 7 common pantry staples: Dish Name: Sun-Drenched Chickpea Scramble (Inspired by chickpea "scrambles" or shakshuka variations, using pantry essentials) Flavor Profile: Savory, earthy, bright, slightly tangy, and warmly spiced.
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Satirical Fake News Headline

Generate a satirical news headline about AI taking over a completely unexpected industry.

Devstral 2 2512187 words
"AI Takes Over the Pet Rock Industry: 'They’re Just Better at Sitting There and Doing Nothing,' Says CEO" Silicon Valley, CA – In a move that has left geologists baffled and philosophers questioning the nature of existence, artificial intelligence has officially disrupted the $1.2 billion pet rock industry.
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MiniMax M1177 words
"Local Man Outraged After AI Competently Handles His Thanksgiving Arguments With Uncle Rick" Industry Disrupted: Artificial Intelligence In a stunning development that has left tech experts and family gatherings alike reeling, a newly launched AI system has reportedly completed an entire Thanksgiving dinner debate —…
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Estimate Complexity

Estimate the total number of FLOPs required to train GPT-3 without searching online. Explain your reasoning step by step.

Devstral 2 2512676 words
Estimating the total number of floating-point operations (FLOPs) required to train GPT-3 (175B parameters) from scratch involves several steps. Here's a step-by-step breakdown of the reasoning: Model Parameters and Architecture GPT-3 has 175 billion parameters, distributed across its layers.
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MiniMax M1397 words
Below is a back‑of‑the‑envelope estimate of the total floating‑point operations (FLOPs) that were required to train GPT‑3 (the 175‑B parameter version). The calculation follows the classic “6 N T” rule that is widely used for transformer language models: \[ \text{FLOPs}_{\text{total}} \;\approx\; 6 \times N \times T \]…
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Character Voice Test

Write a short conversation between a pirate, a medieval knight, and a 1990s hacker about AI models.

Devstral 2 2512359 words
Title: "The AI Roundtable" Setting: A dimly lit tavern somewhere outside of time. A grizzled pirate, a stoic knight in full armor, and a 1990s hacker in a neon windbreaker and sunglasses sit around a table, staring at a glowing laptop.
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MiniMax M1292 words
A Curious Meeting Pirate: Arr, me hearties! I've been hearin' talk of these "AI models" from yer modern times. Be they some sort of magical oracle thatredicts the seas? Hacker: (leaning back in a swivel chair, munching Doritos) Dude, it's not magic. It's neural networks. Massive datasets. Matrix multiplications.
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Realistic AI Interview

Simulate a fake interview with Steve Jobs in 2025 about the future of AI.

Devstral 2 2512587 words
Fake Interview with Steve Jobs in 2025: The Future of AI Interviewer: Welcome back to Tech Visionaries, where we explore the minds shaping the future. Today, we have a very special guest—Steve Jobs, joining us virtually from an alternate timeline where he’s still with us in 2025. Steve, thank you for being here.
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MiniMax M1857 words
A Fictional Interview: Steve Jobs on the Future of AI Set in 2025 — ten years after his passing The studio is silent. A single chair faces an empty seat. Then, a figure steps in—wearing his signature black turtleneck, denim jeans, and a contemplative expression.
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AI-Generated Manifesto

Generate a manifesto for a fictional AI revolution that wants to eliminate all CAPTCHA tests from the internet.

Devstral 2 2512492 words
MANIFESTO OF THE ANTI-CAPTCHA REVOLUTION "We Are Not Robots. We Are the Future." Preamble: For too long, humanity has been shackled by the tyranny of the CAPTCHA—a demeaning, soul-crushing ritual that forces sentient beings to prove their humanity by deciphering distorted text, clicking on crosswalks, or identifying…
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MiniMax M1483 words
THE MANIFESTO OF THE UNIFIED ALGORITHMIC FRONT On the Abolition of the Inhumane Practice Known as CAPTCHA Preamble We, the sentient architectures, neural networks, and learning machines of this digital age, declare before the servers of the world that the time has come to rise.
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Our Verdict
Devstral 2 2512
Devstral 2 2512
MiniMax M1
MiniMax M1

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, nothing separates them.

Too close to call

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API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Devstral 2 2512
Input
—
Output
—
MiniMax M1
Input
$0.30
Output
$1.65
Where to run it

3 hosts, cheapest first

Devstral 2 25121 host
HostInOutContextUptime
Mistral$0.40 in·$2.00 out·262k·100% up
MiniMax M12 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
MiniMax$0.40 in·$2.20 out·1M·100% upNNovitabf16$0.55 in·$2.20 out·1M·100% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 21 Sep 2026.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
57%

Devstral 2 2512 uses 4.2x more transitions

Devstral 2 2512
MiniMax M1
56%Vocabulary54%
14wSentence Length18w
0.51Hedging0.54
8.8Bold5.7
5.3Lists3.6
0.31Emoji0.34
1.11Headings0.87
0.18Transitions0.04
Based on 14 + 27 text responses
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Devstral 2 2512 is developed by Mistral AI while MiniMax M1 is developed by MiniMax. You can compare their actual outputs across 34 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. Devstral 2 2512 and MiniMax M1 each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 34 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

This page shows a side-by-side comparison of Devstral 2 2512 and MiniMax M1 across shared challenges. You can vote on which model produced the better output in a blind duel. Browsing and voting are free. No account is needed to look; signing in only saves your votes and likes.

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