Coding
Directional only- DeepSeek V3.2
- 50.0
- Estimated · #63/152
- MiniMax M2.7
- 48.6
- Estimated · #68/152
- Basis
- BenchAlign lane · 2 vs 11 public rows
- Reading
- Directional only
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Follow model changesUpdated September 15, 2026. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty. They are not guarantees for a specific workload.
Decision reading
DeepSeek V3.2 has the higher public score estimate, 56.87 versus 55.14, but the 90% score intervals overlap. Treat that as a lead, not a settled winner.
4 results are shared. Category rows resting on Estimated evidence or different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.
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Recommendations appear only when a shared evidence basis or an explicit operating constraint supports the call. Secondary and unsupported use cases stay disclosed below the initial list.
Prompts that approach the documented context limit
MiniMax M2.7
MiniMax M2.7 has the larger documented context window.
Confidence: documented
1K fresh input + 500 output tokens
DeepSeek V3.2
DeepSeek V3.2 has the lower estimated token cost for this stated workload. Costs use the listed standard API rates.
Confidence: listed-rates
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
DeepSeek V3.2
DeepSeek V3.2 has the lower estimated token cost for this stated workload. Costs use the listed standard API rates.
Confidence: listed-rates
Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks
Not enough matched evidence
DeepSeek V3.2 and MiniMax M2.7 are scored on Estimated evidence for coding, so the reading is directional rather than like-for-like.
Confidence: limited
Tool use, computer use, and multi-step task completion
Not enough matched evidence
DeepSeek V3.2 is not ranked on the public lane for agentic, so no winner is named for agentic.
Confidence: limited
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
Not enough matched evidence
The page does not recommend a cost winner because at least one model cannot fit the stated workload in one request. DeepSeek V3.2 does not fit this workload in one request. MiniMax M2.7 does not fit this workload in one request. MiniMax M2.7 has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate.
Confidence: rate-fallback
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results present for only one model describe coverage, not superiority.
3 categories rest on Estimated evidence or different evidence sets. Those rows remain visible for coverage context but do not name a winner.
Each row shows the public-lane category score for both models: the BenchAlign lane for agentic, coding, and knowledge, and the weighted public rows elsewhere, with the same rank each model page reports. A row is like-for-like only when both scores rest on Supported evidence or the same weighted set. Directional and not-comparable rows remain visible, but they never receive a winner.
| Category | DeepSeek V3.2 | MiniMax M2.7 | Basis | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 50.0Estimated · #63/152 | 48.6Estimated · #68/152 | Directional onlyBenchAlign lane · 2 vs 11 public rows | Directional only |
| Knowledge | 48.9Estimated · #89/183 | 48.7Supported · #90/183 | Directional onlyBenchAlign lane · 0 vs 4 public rows | Directional only |
| Instruction following | 58.3#73/123 | 93.0#10/123 | Directional onlyProvisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows | Directional only |
| Agentic | Not ranked | 41.1Estimated · #110/153 | Not comparableBenchAlign lane · 3 vs 7 public rows | Not comparable |
| Reasoning | 52.4Unranked · 2 rankable rows | 74.8Unranked · 2 rankable rows | Not comparableProvisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows | Not comparable |
| Math | 40.2Unranked · 2 rankable rows | Not ranked | Not comparableProvisional lane · 2 vs 0 weighted rows | Not comparable |
| Multilingual | Not ranked | Not ranked | Not comparableProvisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows | Not comparable |
| Multimodal | Not ranked | Not ranked | Not comparableProvisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows | Not comparable |
Ranks count the models scored in each category’s lane, so the agentic, coding, and knowledge denominators (BenchAlign) differ from the provisional-lane categories. Unranked scores sit on the lane’s scale but never name a winner. Like-for-like rows within 0.5 points read as a practical tie.
Only shared public evidence is shown. Sparse evidence stays a ruled list rather than being closed into a radar shape.
Too few matched category axes support a radar. The ruled list below shows only shared benchmark results; positions use each benchmark’s normalized display scale when available.
SWE-Rebench
Coding
Three fixed token mixes turn per-token rates into comparable decisions. Each scenario states context fit and whether cached input had to fall back to the published list-input rate.
1K fresh input + 500 output tokens
DeepSeek V3.2 has the lower modeled cost
Costs use the listed standard API rates.
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
DeepSeek V3.2 has the lower modeled cost
Costs use the listed standard API rates.
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
DeepSeek V3.2 does not fit this workload in one request. MiniMax M2.7 does not fit this workload in one request. MiniMax M2.7 has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate.
Sourced differences are shown directly. Missing facts stay explicit instead of being inferred from a model name or family.
Maximum documented context; output-token limits may be lower.
DeepSeek V3.2
128K
MiniMax M2.7
200K
DeepSeek V3.2
Not sourced
MiniMax M2.7
Not sourced
A missing cached-input rate falls back to the listed input rate only in the stated workload estimate.
DeepSeek V3.2
$0.028 per 1M cached input tokens
MiniMax M2.7
Not published
DeepSeek V3.2
Not sourced
MiniMax M2.7
Not sourced
DeepSeek V3.2
Not sourced
MiniMax M2.7
Not sourced
DeepSeek V3.2
Not sourced
MiniMax M2.7
Not sourced
DeepSeek V3.2
Non-Reasoning
MiniMax M2.7
Non-Reasoning
DeepSeek V3.2
Open Weight
MiniMax M2.7
Open Weight
DeepSeek V3.2
Open Weight
MiniMax M2.7
Open Weight
DeepSeek V3.2
2025-12-01
MiniMax M2.7
2026-03-18
Run the same representative tasks against both endpoints before changing production traffic.
The full public result ledger is available for audit without forcing a wide desktop table onto a phone.
Claw-Eval
Shared sourceMiniMax M2.7 leads this result
VITA-Bench
Not directly comparable
Gert Labs
Shared sourceMiniMax M2.7 leads this result
Terminal-Bench 2.0
Not directly comparable
Toolathlon
Not directly comparable
MLE-Bench Lite
Not directly comparable
MM-ClawBench
Not directly comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals)
Not directly comparable
SWE-Rebench
Shared sourceDeepSeek V3.2 leads this result
React Native Evals
Shared sourceDeepSeek V3.2 leads this result
SWE-bench Verified*
Not directly comparable
SWE-bench Pro
Not directly comparable
SWE Multilingual
Not directly comparable
Multi-SWE Bench
Not directly comparable
VIBE-Pro
Not directly comparable
NL2Repo
Not directly comparable
Vibe Code Bench
Not directly comparable
LiveCodeBench (Vals)
Not directly comparable
SWE-bench (Vals)
Not directly comparable
GPQA-D
Not directly comparable
MMLU-Pro (Arcee)
Not directly comparable
GPQA Diamond (Vals)
Not directly comparable
MMLU-Pro (Vals)
Not directly comparable
DeepSeek V3.2 has the higher public score estimate, 56.87 versus 55.14, but the 90% score intervals overlap. The higher estimate is not a decisive winner because the uncertainty ranges overlap.
DeepSeek V3.2 scores higher for coding on the public lane, 50 to 48.6. DeepSeek V3.2 and MiniMax M2.7 are scored on Estimated evidence for coding, so the reading is directional rather than like-for-like. BenchLM does not name a winner for coding from a directional reading; read the shared benchmark rows directly and test the models on the same task set.
DeepSeek V3.2 is not ranked on the public lane for agentic tasks, so no winner is named for agentic tasks.
For the stated presets, chat costs $0.00049 on DeepSeek V3.2 and $0.0009 on MiniMax M2.7; repository review costs $0.01526 and $0.0186; the cache-heavy agent loop costs $0.0154 and $0.078. DeepSeek V3.2 does not fit this workload in one request. MiniMax M2.7 does not fit this workload in one request. MiniMax M2.7 has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate.
MiniMax M2.7 has the larger documented context window: 200K, compared with 128K.
Last updated September 15, 2026
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