GLM 5V Turbo vs MiniMax M2.7
GLM 5V Turbo leads MiniMax M2.7 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 23.5 to 22.8, and MiniMax M2.7 costs 3.3x less per output token ($1.20 vs $4.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 45 benchmarks have a result for both.
GLM 5V Turbo or MiniMax M2.7: which to pick
Only MiniMax M2.7 has a coding score, 36.2 on the Vibe Coding Index; GLM 5V Turbo has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick GLM 5V Turbo for work measured by LMArena WebDev or LMArena Text: coding, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 45
- GLM 5V Turbo only
- 20
- MiniMax M2.7 only
- 29
- Like-for-like categories
- 8 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Only MiniMax M2.7 has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
GLM 5V Turbo
GLM 5V Turbo leads, 23.5 against 22.8.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only MiniMax M2.7 has a AA Agentic Index result, 15.3.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only MiniMax M2.7 has a GPQA Diamond result, 86.6%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only MiniMax M2.7 has a AIME result, 91.0%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only MiniMax M2.7 has a MMLU Pro result, 80.4%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
MiniMax M2.7
MiniMax M2.7 leads, 1242 against 1230.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
MiniMax M2.7
MiniMax M2.7 takes 205K tokens against 203K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
MiniMax M2.7
GLM 5V Turbo $0.0032, MiniMax M2.7 $0.0009 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only MiniMax M2.7 has the number, $0.64.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- GLM 5V Turbo not benchmarked, MiniMax M2.7 36.2 from 3 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Agentic work, 13.7 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- IFBench: GLM 5V Turbo 61.1% against MiniMax M2.7 75.7%, 14.6 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- GLM 5V Turbo $4.00 against MiniMax M2.7 $1.20 per million output tokens, 3.3x apart.
- Context window
- GLM 5V Turbo takes 203K tokens, MiniMax M2.7 205K.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | GLM 5V Turbo | Bars | MiniMax M2.7 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 3 | 3 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 3 | 2 | ||
| Math | 2 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 4 | 0 | ||
| Web design | 4 | 4 | ||
| General | 16 | 2 | ||
| All shared boards | 34 | 11 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index33
| Benchmark | GLM 5V Turbo | MiniMax M2.7 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1402 | 1399 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 52.6 | Only MiniMax M2.7 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 79.9% | Only MiniMax M2.7 measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | Not measured | 73.8% | Only MiniMax M2.7 measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 11.9% | Only MiniMax M2.7 measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 8.7% | Only MiniMax M2.7 measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.0% | Only MiniMax M2.7 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 48.7% | Only MiniMax M2.7 measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 50.1% | Only MiniMax M2.7 measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 32.6% | 39.4% | MiniMax M2.7 |
| Terminal-Bench | Not measured | 45.1% | Only MiniMax M2.7 measured |
| WeirdML | Not measured | 37.0% | Only MiniMax M2.7 measured |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 599.3 | Only MiniMax M2.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1466 | 1454 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1460 | 1446 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1386 | 1388 | MiniMax M2.7 |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1356 | 1401 | MiniMax M2.7 |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1425 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 25 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | GLM 5V Turbo | MiniMax M2.7 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 23.5 | 22.8 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 145.8 | Only MiniMax M2.7 measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | GLM 5V Turbo | MiniMax M2.7 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | Not measured | 15.3 | Only MiniMax M2.7 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | 1124 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | 1149 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | 1134 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | 1267 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | 957 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: agents building games | 1102 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: HTML slides | 1060 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | 1126 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 27.9% | Only MiniMax M2.7 measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 6.9% | Only MiniMax M2.7 measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 10.6% | Only MiniMax M2.7 measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 28.4% | Only MiniMax M2.7 measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 98.5% | 84.8% | GLM 5V Turbo |
| Neither model has a result on the other 28 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index32
| Benchmark | GLM 5V Turbo | MiniMax M2.7 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | Not measured | 86.6% | Only MiniMax M2.7 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 80.9% | 87.4% | MiniMax M2.7 |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 17.1% | 29.6% | MiniMax M2.7 |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1443 | 1422 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1453 | 1443 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1456 | 1441 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1286 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1273 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | GLM 5V Turbo | MiniMax M2.7 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | Not measured | 91.0% | Only MiniMax M2.7 measured |
| ProofBench | Not measured | 3.0% | Only MiniMax M2.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1442 | 1421 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1447 | 1437 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | GLM 5V Turbo | MiniMax M2.7 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | Not measured | 80.4% | Only MiniMax M2.7 measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 84.0% | Only MiniMax M2.7 measured |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | Not measured | 60.9% | Only MiniMax M2.7 measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | Not measured | 61.2% | Only MiniMax M2.7 measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | Not measured | 66.6% | Only MiniMax M2.7 measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | Not measured | 34.4% | Only MiniMax M2.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1448 | 1416 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1433 | 1409 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1436 | 1403 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1435 | 1407 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index44
| Benchmark | GLM 5V Turbo | MiniMax M2.7 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1230 | 1242 | MiniMax M2.7 |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1210 | 1207 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1218 | 1209 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1202 | 1233 | MiniMax M2.7 |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1208 | 1194 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1227 | 1233 | MiniMax M2.7 |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1150 | 1137 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1116 | 1136 | MiniMax M2.7 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index162
| Benchmark | GLM 5V Turbo | MiniMax M2.7 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | Not measured | 79.9% | Only MiniMax M2.7 measured |
| IFBench | 61.1% | 75.7% | MiniMax M2.7 |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 70.3% | 78.3% | MiniMax M2.7 |
| ExploitBench | Not measured | 13.3% | Only MiniMax M2.7 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1437 | 1405 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1423 | 1405 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1417 | 1354 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| LMArena Vision | 1264 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1454 | 1426 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1420 | 1382 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1491 | 1442 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| LMArena Text: German | 1422 | 1398 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1260 | Only MiniMax M2.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1397 | 1314 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| LMArena Text: French | 1443 | 1424 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1452 | 1402 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1432 | 1383 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1432 | 1387 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1431 | 1412 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1438 | 1418 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1420 | 1376 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1407 | 1360 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1274 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1329 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1270 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1268 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: captioning | 1264 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | 1241 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1252 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Document | 1416 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 18 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GLM 5V Turbo | MiniMax M2.7 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
MiniMax M2.7 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
MiniMax M2.7 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
MiniMax M2.7 costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Z.ai GLM 5V Turbo | MiniMax M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Z.ai | MiniMax |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | April 1, 2026 | March 18, 2026 |
| Context window | 203K | 205K |
| Input $/Mtok | $1.20 | $0.30 |
| Output $/Mtok | $4.00 | $1.20 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | 36.2 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 3 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | $0.64 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is GLM 5V Turbo better than MiniMax M2.7 for coding?
Only MiniMax M2.7 has a coding score, 36.2 on the Vibe Coding Index; GLM 5V Turbo has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick GLM 5V Turbo for work measured by LMArena WebDev or LMArena Text: coding, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, GLM 5V Turbo or MiniMax M2.7?
GLM 5V Turbo costs $1.20 per million input tokens and $4.00 per million output tokens; MiniMax M2.7 costs $0.30 and $1.20. Cost per solved task is known for MiniMax M2.7 only.
Which has the bigger context window, GLM 5V Turbo or MiniMax M2.7?
MiniMax M2.7, with 205K tokens against 203K.
How many benchmarks is the GLM 5V Turbo vs MiniMax M2.7 comparison based on?
45 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. GLM 5V Turbo's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and MiniMax M2.7's on 3. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.