Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 76 to 57. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Claude Sonnet 4.6's sharpest advantage is in agentic, where it averages 68.3 against 57. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Pro, 64% to 56.2%.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 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 4.6 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. MiniMax M2.7 only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill.
Claude Sonnet 4.6
68.3
MiniMax M2.7
57
Claude Sonnet 4.6
62.1
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.
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.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 is ahead overall, 76 to 57. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Pro, where the scores are 64% and 56.2%.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 62.1 versus 56.2. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 68.3 versus 57. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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