Head-to-head comparison across 2benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Claude Opus 4.5
80
MiniMax M2.7
64
Verified leaderboard positions: Claude Opus 4.5 #5 · MiniMax M2.7 unranked
Pick Claude Opus 4.5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. MiniMax M2.7 only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.
Agentic
+5.5 difference
Coding
+9.7 difference
Claude Opus 4.5
MiniMax M2.7
$null / $null
$0.3 / $1.2
46 t/s
45 t/s
1.01s
2.53s
200K
200K
Pick Claude Opus 4.5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. MiniMax M2.7 only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.
Claude Opus 4.5 is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 80 to 64. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Claude Opus 4.5's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 65.9 against 56.2. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is NL2Repo, 43.2% to 39.8%.
Claude Opus 4.5 is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 80 to 64. The biggest single separator in this matchup is NL2Repo, where the scores are 43.2% and 39.8%.
Claude Opus 4.5 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 65.9 versus 56.2. Inside this category, NL2Repo is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Claude Opus 4.5 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 62.5 versus 57. Inside this category, Toolathlon is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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