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MiniMax M2 vs MiniMax M2.7

Updated October 21, 2026. 43 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.

Replace MiniMax M2 Replace MiniMax M2.7
MiniMax M2MiniMax
Coding
45.3
Overall
18.6
Output $/M
$1.02
1
MiniMax M2.7MiniMax
Coding
28.4
Overall
22.8
Output $/M
$1.20
42
vs boards won of 43 shared

Decision reading

Pick MiniMax M2 for coding: it scores 45.3 on the Vibe Coding Index against 28.4 for MiniMax M2.7.

Pick MiniMax M2.7 when a solved task costs $0.64 against $0.702, or when what matters is LMArena WebDev or Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run), where it leads.

Model AMiniMax M2MiniMax45.3/1002 independent benchmarks$0.702 per solved taskModel BMiniMax M2.7MiniMax28.4/1001 independent benchmark$0.64 per solved task
Shared results
43
MiniMax M2 only
6
MiniMax M2.7 only
31
Like-for-like categories
8 of 9

Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.

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.

At a glance

Coding index
MiniMax M2 45.3 from 2 benchmarks, MiniMax M2.7 28.4 from 1 benchmark.
Widest category
Coding, 14.2 points apart on average over 6 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
LMArena Text: expert: MiniMax M2 1338 against MiniMax M2.7 1443, 17.6 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
MiniMax M2 $1.02 against MiniMax M2.7 $1.20 per million output tokens, 1.2x apart.
Context window
Both take 205K tokens.

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.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryMiniMax M2BarsMiniMax M2.7Ties
Coding06
Intelligence01
Agentic work10
Reasoning05
Math02
Knowledge04
Web design07
General017
All shared boards142
CodingLike-for-likeFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index06
Coding benchmarks for MiniMax M2 and MiniMax M2.7
BenchmarkMiniMax M2MiniMax M2.7Leader
SWE-bench Verified61.0%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2 measured
LMArena WebDev12971399MiniMax M2.7
AA Coding IndexNot measured52.6Only MiniMax M2.7 measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured79.9%Only MiniMax M2.7 measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)Not measured73.8%Only MiniMax M2.7 measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)Not measured11.9%Only MiniMax M2.7 measured
Code migration (Vals AI)Not measured8.7%Only MiniMax M2.7 measured
ProgramBench (Vals AI)Not measured0.0%Only MiniMax M2.7 measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)Not measured48.7%Only MiniMax M2.7 measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)82.6%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2 measured
SciCodeNot measured50.1%Only MiniMax M2.7 measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)25.8%39.4%MiniMax M2.7
Terminal-Bench30.0%45.1%MiniMax M2.7
WeirdMLNot measured37.0%Only MiniMax M2.7 measured
ALE-BenchNot measured599.3Only MiniMax M2.7 measured
LMArena Text: coding13711454MiniMax M2.7
LMArena Text: software and IT13731446MiniMax M2.7
LMArena WebDev: ReactNot measured1388Only MiniMax M2.7 measured
LMArena WebDev: HTML13061401MiniMax M2.7
Neither model has a result on the other 19 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Intelligence benchmarks for MiniMax M2 and MiniMax M2.7
BenchmarkMiniMax M2MiniMax M2.7Leader
AA Intelligence Index18.622.8MiniMax M2.7
Epoch Capabilities IndexNot measured145.8Only MiniMax M2.7 measured
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Agentic work benchmarks for MiniMax M2 and MiniMax M2.7
BenchmarkMiniMax M2MiniMax M2.7Leader
AA Agentic IndexNot measured15.3Only MiniMax M2.7 measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)Not measured27.9%Only MiniMax M2.7 measured
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)Not measured6.9%Only MiniMax M2.7 measured
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)Not measured10.6%Only MiniMax M2.7 measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)Not measured28.4%Only MiniMax M2.7 measured
τ²-Bench Telecom86.8%84.8%MiniMax M2
Vending-Bench 2$161Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 32 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
Reasoning benchmarks for MiniMax M2 and MiniMax M2.7
BenchmarkMiniMax M2MiniMax M2.7Leader
GPQA DiamondNot measured86.6%Only MiniMax M2.7 measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)77.7%87.4%MiniMax M2.7
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)13.7%29.6%MiniMax M2.7
LMArena Text: hard prompts13571422MiniMax M2.7
LMArena Text: expert13381443MiniMax M2.7
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English13761441MiniMax M2.7
Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Math benchmarks for MiniMax M2 and MiniMax M2.7
BenchmarkMiniMax M2MiniMax M2.7Leader
AIMENot measured91.0%Only MiniMax M2.7 measured
AA Math Index78.3Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2 measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)78.3%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2 measured
ProofBenchNot measured3.0%Only MiniMax M2.7 measured
LMArena Text: math13511421MiniMax M2.7
LMArena Text: mathematical work13681437MiniMax M2.7
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
Knowledge benchmarks for MiniMax M2 and MiniMax M2.7
BenchmarkMiniMax M2MiniMax M2.7Leader
MMLU ProNot measured80.4%Only MiniMax M2.7 measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)Not measured84.0%Only MiniMax M2.7 measured
CaseLaw (Vals AI)Not measured60.9%Only MiniMax M2.7 measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured61.2%Only MiniMax M2.7 measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured66.6%Only MiniMax M2.7 measured
MedCode (Vals AI)Not measured34.4%Only MiniMax M2.7 measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)82.0%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2 measured
LMArena Text: science13481416MiniMax M2.7
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare13671409MiniMax M2.7
LMArena Text: legal and government13491403MiniMax M2.7
LMArena Text: business and finance13361407MiniMax M2.7
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index07
Web design benchmarks for MiniMax M2 and MiniMax M2.7
BenchmarkMiniMax M2MiniMax M2.7Leader
Design Arena: websites11441243MiniMax M2.7
Design Arena: UI components11361210MiniMax M2.7
Design Arena: game dev11191210MiniMax M2.7
Design Arena: data viz11401233MiniMax M2.7
Design Arena: 3D10981195MiniMax M2.7
Design Arena: all code categories11351233MiniMax M2.7
Design Arena: SVG10981136MiniMax M2.7
Design Arena: ASCII artNot measured1136Only MiniMax M2.7 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index017
General benchmarks for MiniMax M2 and MiniMax M2.7
BenchmarkMiniMax M2MiniMax M2.7Leader
MedScribe (Vals AI)Not measured79.9%Only MiniMax M2.7 measured
IFBench72.3%75.7%MiniMax M2.7
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)64.3%78.3%MiniMax M2.7
ExploitBenchNot measured13.3%Only MiniMax M2.7 measured
LMArena Text13401405MiniMax M2.7
LMArena Text: instruction following13291405MiniMax M2.7
LMArena Text: creative writing12861354MiniMax M2.7
LMArena Text: English13641426MiniMax M2.7
LMArena Text: non-English13131382MiniMax M2.7
LMArena Text: Chinese13661442MiniMax M2.7
LMArena Text: German13571398MiniMax M2.7
LMArena Text: JapaneseNot measured1260Only MiniMax M2.7 measured
LMArena Text: KoreanNot measured1314Only MiniMax M2.7 measured
LMArena Text: French13361424MiniMax M2.7
LMArena Text: Spanish13261402MiniMax M2.7
LMArena Text: Russian13301383MiniMax M2.7
LMArena Text: Polish13121387MiniMax M2.7
LMArena Text: multi-turn13611412MiniMax M2.7
LMArena Text: longer queries13311418MiniMax M2.7
LMArena Text: writing and language12951376MiniMax M2.7
LMArena Text: entertainment and media12981360MiniMax M2.7
Neither model has a result on the other 25 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for MiniMax M2 and MiniMax M2.7
BenchmarkMiniMax M2MiniMax M2.7Leader
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$0.0008Fits in one request
MiniMax M2.7$0.0009Fits in one request

MiniMax M2 costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

MiniMax M2$0.016Fits in one request
MiniMax M2.7$0.019Fits in one request

MiniMax M2 costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

MiniMax M2$0.061Exceeds the context window
MiniMax M2.7$0.072Exceeds the context window

MiniMax M2 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.

Specifications of MiniMax M2 and MiniMax M2.7
SpecificationMiniMax M2MiniMax M2.7
MakerMiniMaxMiniMax
WeightsOpen weightsOpen weights
ReleasedOctober 23, 2025March 18, 2026
Context window205K205K
Input $/Mtok$0.255$0.30
Output $/Mtok$1.02$1.20
Coding index45.328.4
Independent measurements behind it21
Cost per solved task$0.702$0.64
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is MiniMax M2 better than MiniMax M2.7 for coding?

Pick MiniMax M2 for coding: it scores 45.3 on the Vibe Coding Index against 28.4 for MiniMax M2.7. Pick MiniMax M2.7 when a solved task costs $0.64 against $0.702, or when what matters is LMArena WebDev or Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run), where it leads.

Which is cheaper, MiniMax M2 or MiniMax M2.7?

MiniMax M2 costs $0.255 per million input tokens and $1.02 per million output tokens; MiniMax M2.7 costs $0.30 and $1.20. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, MiniMax M2 costs $0.702 and MiniMax M2.7 $0.64.

Which has the bigger context window, MiniMax M2 or MiniMax M2.7?

Neither: both take 205K tokens.

How many benchmarks is the MiniMax M2 vs MiniMax M2.7 comparison based on?

43 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. MiniMax M2's coding index rests on 2 independent benchmarks and MiniMax M2.7's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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