Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.
Claude Sonnet 4.5 finishes one point ahead overall, 58 to 57. That is enough to call, but not enough to treat as a blowout. This matchup comes down to a few meaningful edges rather than one model dominating the board.
Claude Sonnet 4.5's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 77.2 against 56.2. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is Terminal-Bench 2.0, 50% to 57%. MiniMax M2.7 does hit back in agentic, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.
Claude Sonnet 4.5 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.
Pick Claude Sonnet 4.5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. MiniMax M2.7 only becomes the better choice if agentic is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.
Claude Sonnet 4.5
55.3
MiniMax M2.7
57
Claude Sonnet 4.5
77.2
MiniMax M2.7
56.2
Comparable scores for this category are coming soon. One or both models do not have sourced results here yet.
Comparable scores for this category are coming soon. One or both models do not have sourced results here yet.
Comparable scores for this category are coming soon. One or both models do not have sourced results here yet.
Benchmark data for this category is coming soon.
Benchmark data for this category is coming soon.
Benchmark data for this category is coming soon.
Claude Sonnet 4.5 is ahead overall, 58 to 57. The biggest single separator in this matchup is Terminal-Bench 2.0, where the scores are 50% and 57%.
Claude Sonnet 4.5 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 77.2 versus 56.2. MiniMax M2.7 stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.
MiniMax M2.7 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 57 versus 55.3. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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