Head-to-head comparison across 1benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Claude 4 Sonnet
51
MiniMax M2.7
62
Pick MiniMax M2.7 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Claude 4 Sonnet only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority.
Coding
+19.0 difference
Claude 4 Sonnet
MiniMax M2.7
$3 / $15
$0.3 / $1.2
40 t/s
45 t/s
1.33s
2.53s
200K
200K
Pick MiniMax M2.7 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Claude 4 Sonnet only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority.
MiniMax M2.7 is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 62 to 51. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Claude 4 Sonnet is also the more expensive model on tokens at $3.00 input / $15.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.30 input / $1.20 output per 1M tokens for MiniMax M2.7. That is roughly 12.5x on output cost alone.
MiniMax M2.7 is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 62 to 51.
Claude 4 Sonnet has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 72.7 versus 53.7. MiniMax M2.7 stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.
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