GPT-4.1 mini vs MiniMax M2.7

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

GPT-4.1 mini has the cleaner overall profile here, landing at 60 versus 57. It is a real lead, but still close enough that category-level strengths matter more than the headline number.

GPT-4.1 mini is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.40 input / $1.60 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.30 input / $1.20 output per 1M tokens for MiniMax M2.7. GPT-4.1 mini gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 200K for MiniMax M2.7.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-4.1 mini if you want the stronger benchmark profile. MiniMax M2.7 only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.

Agentic

MiniMax M2.7

GPT-4.1 mini

56.5

MiniMax M2.7

57

54%
Terminal-Bench 2.0
57%
71%
BrowseComp
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49%
OSWorld-Verified
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Toolathlon
46.3%
Coming soon
MLE-Bench Lite
66.6%
Coming soon
MM-ClawBench
62.7%

Coding

MiniMax M2.7

GPT-4.1 mini

28.3

MiniMax M2.7

56.2

23.6%
SWE-bench Verified
Coming soon
30%
SWE-bench Pro
56.2%
Coming soon
SWE Multilingual
76.5%
Coming soon
Multi-SWE Bench
52.7%
Coming soon
VIBE-Pro
55.6%
Coming soon
NL2Repo
39.8%

Multimodal & Grounded

Coming soon

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66%
MMMU-Pro
Coming soon
74%
OfficeQA Pro
Coming soon
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GDPval-AA
1495

Reasoning

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Comparable scores for this category are coming soon. One or both models do not have sourced results here yet.

80%
LongBench v2
Coming soon
82%
MRCRv2
Coming soon

Knowledge

Coming soon

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87.5%
MMLU
Coming soon
64.2%
GPQA
Coming soon
61%
FrontierScience
Coming soon
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Artificial Analysis
50

Instruction Following

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Comparable scores for this category are coming soon. One or both models do not have sourced results here yet.

88.5%
IFEval
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Multilingual

Coming soon

Comparable scores for this category are coming soon. One or both models do not have sourced results here yet.

72%
MMLU-ProX
Coming soon

Mathematics

Coming soon

Comparable scores for this category are coming soon. One or both models do not have sourced results here yet.

23.1%
AIME 2024
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-4.1 mini or MiniMax M2.7?

GPT-4.1 mini is ahead overall, 60 to 57. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Pro, where the scores are 30% and 56.2%.

Which is better for coding, GPT-4.1 mini or MiniMax M2.7?

MiniMax M2.7 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 56.2 versus 28.3. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-4.1 mini or MiniMax M2.7?

MiniMax M2.7 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 57 versus 56.5. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 18, 2026

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