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 * Cerebras — [https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.13999](https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.13999)  
 * Alibaba Cloud Computing — [https://arxiv.org/html/2511.01354v1](https://arxiv.org/html/2511.01354v1)  
-* QLoRA — [https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.02973](https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.02973)
+* QLoRA — [https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.02973](https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.02973)# THRIFT — Targeted Reduction for Inference and Fine-Tuning
+
+A performance-optimized variant of the base model that delivers faster responses and lower memory usage while preserving quality for everyday tasks, developed by VibeStud.io.
+
+## TLDR
+
+We, over-caffinated researchers at VibeStud.io wanted to create a 50% pruned version of the SOTA MiniMax M2 that is best suited for local/air-gapped coding. This version we achieved \~25%. A 50% pruned version is under development while a not so sucky team of ours is working on a  50% pruned version of Kimi K2 Thinking. Check back later, cheers\!
+
+## Why it’s useful
+
+* **Lower latency:** Snappier responses for interactive apps and chatbots.  
+* **Smaller memory footprint:** Runs on cheaper GPUs or with fewer resources per replica.  
+* **Higher throughput:** Serve more concurrent users at the same cost.  
+* **Deployment-friendly:** Drop-in replacement for the base model in most inference stacks.  
+* **Adaptable:** Supports light fine-tuning to match your domain and style guidelines.
+
+## Intended use
+
+* General chat and coding assistance  
+* Enterprise assistants with strict latency/VRAM budgets  
+* Batch or realtime serving in cloud and on-prem environments  
+* Edge or cost-sensitive deployments where efficiency matters
+
+## When to use it
+
+* You’re constrained by GPU memory or need shorter response times  
+* You want to increase QPS without scaling infrastructure  
+* You need a model that is “good enough” for most tasks at a better cost profile
+
+---
+
+# Model Comparison Report
+
+**Models Under Evaluation**
+
+| Model | Type |
+| :---- | :---- |
+| ModelCloud/MiniMax-M2-BF16 | Base Model |
+| VibeStudio/MiniMax-M2-THRIFT | Compressed/Optimized |
+
+**Evaluation Date: November 7, 2025**
+
+## 📊 Results Comparison
+
+### 1\) Multiple Choice Q\&A (lm-eval)
+
+**Overall MMLU Performance**
+
+| Model | MMLU Overall | Humanities | STEM | Social Sciences | Other |
+| :---- | ----: | ----: | ----: | ----: | ----: |
+| MiniMax-M2-BF16 | 83.16% | 77.45% | 80.91% | 90.02% | 87.29% |
+| MiniMax-M2-THRIFT | 77.72% | 70.14% | 77.61% | 86.84% | 80.27% |
+| **Δ (Difference)** | **\-5.44%** | **\-7.31%** | **\-3.30%** | **\-3.18%** | **\-7.02%** |
+
+**Individual Task Performance**
+
+| Task | BF16 (Base) | THRIFT-BF16 | Difference |
+| :---- | ----: | ----: | ----: |
+| arc\_challenge | 73.21% | 61.01% | \-12.20% ⬇️ |
+| arc\_easy | 88.30% | 83.08% | \-5.22% ⬇️ |
+| boolq | 87.95% | 84.95% | \-3.00% ⬇️ |
+| hellaswag | 83.00% | 77.09% | \-5.91% ⬇️ |
+| mmlu | 83.16% | 77.72% | \-5.44% ⬇️ |
+| openbookqa | 48.60% | 43.00% | \-5.60% ⬇️ |
+| rte | 75.45% | 80.14% | **\+4.69% ⬆️** |
+| winogrande | 76.48% | 74.90% | \-1.58% ⬇️ |
+
+**Average Accuracy Drop: \-4.28%**
+
+### 2\) Code Generation (EvalPlus)
+
+**MBPP Results**
+
+| Model | MBPP (base) | MBPP+ (extended) |
+| :---- | ----: | ----: |
+| MiniMax-M2-BF16 | 73.8% | 64.0% |
+| MiniMax-M2-THRIFT | 🔄 Coming Soon | 🔄 Coming Soon |
+
+**HumanEval Results**
+
+| Model | HumanEval (base) | HumanEval+ (extended) |
+| :---- | ----: | ----: |
+| MiniMax-M2-BF16 | ✅ Complete | ✅ Complete |
+| MiniMax-M2-THRIFT | 🔄 Coming Soon | 🔄 Coming Soon |
+
+### 3\) Math Benchmarks
+
+**GSM8K Results**
+
+| Model | Accuracy | Problems |
+| :---- | ----: | ----: |
+| MiniMax-M2-BF16 | 92.72% | 1,319 |
+| MiniMax-M2-THRIFT | 🔄 Coming Soon | 1,319 |
+
+**MATH-500 Results**
+
+| Model | Overall | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Level 4 | Level 5 |
+| :---- | ----: | ----: | ----: | ----: | ----: | ----: |
+| MiniMax-M2-BF16 | 87.2% | 90.7% | 95.56% | 82.86% | 85.16% | 85.82% |
+| MiniMax-M2-THRIFT | 🔄 Coming Soon | 🔄 | 🔄 | 🔄 | 🔄 | 🔄 |
+
+### 4\) LiveCodeBench (Live Coding Problems)
+
+| Model | pass@1 | Problems | Status |
+| :---- | ----: | ----: | :---- |
+| **MiniMax-M2-BF16** | **35.71%** | 182 | ✅ Complete |
+| **MiniMax-M2-THRIFT** | 🔄 Coming Soon | 182 | ⏳ Not Started Yet |
+
+---
+
+## 📈 Analysis (Preliminary)
+
+### Key Findings
+
+**MMLU Performance Drop**
+
+* THRIFT-BF16 shows **\-5.44%** overall MMLU drop  
+* Largest drop: **arc\_challenge (-12.20%)**  
+* Smallest drop: **winogrande (-1.58%)**  
+* **RTE improved by \+4.69%** 🎉
+
+**Subject-Specific Performance**
+
+* Best preservation: **Social Sciences (-3.18%)**  
+* Most degraded: **Other (-7.02%)**  
+* STEM: **Moderate drop (-3.30%)**
+
+**Compression Trade-off**
+
+* THRIFT-BF16 (compressed) vs BF16 (base)  
+* Average accuracy loss: **\~4–5%**  
+* Expected for compressed/quantized models
+
+**MMLU Category Breakdown**
+
+| Category | BF16 (Base) | THRIFT-BF16 | Difference | Status |
+| :---- | ----: | ----: | ----: | :---- |
+| High School Government | 97.93% | 94.82% | \-3.11% | ✅ Still Excellent |
+| High School Psychology | 95.41% | 93.58% | \-1.83% | ✅ Well Preserved |
+| Marketing | 95.73% | 91.88% | \-3.85% | ✅ Good |
+| Professional Medicine | 92.28% | 79.78% | \-12.50% | ⚠️ Notable Drop |
+| Clinical Knowledge | 92.83% | 85.66% | \-7.17% | ⚠️ Moderate Drop |
+
+---
+
+## Benchmarks
+
+Coming soon.
+
+## Research paper
+
+Coming soon.
+
+---
+
+## License
+
+This model is derived from MiniMax-M2 and distributed under the MIT License [http://github.com/MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-M2/blob/main/LICENSE](http://github.com/MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-M2/blob/main/LICENSE)
+
+---
+
+## Credits
+
+Model conversion and HF Transformers code by @Qubitum at ModelCloud.
+
+Positive references to related work:
+
+* Alibaba Cloud Computing — [https://arxiv.org/html/2511.01354v1](https://arxiv.org/html/2511.01354v1)
+* Cerebras — [https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.13999](https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.13999)
+* QLoRA — [https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.02973](https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.02973)  
+* SparseGPT ([https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.00774](https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.00774))  
+* Wanda ([https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.11695](https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.11695))  
+* LLM-Pruner ([https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.11627](https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.11627))  
+* Sheared-LLaMA ([https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.06694](https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.06694))  
+* Wanda++ (2025):([https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.04992](https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.04992))  
+* Týr-the-Pruner ([https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.09657](https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.09657))