Head-to-head comparison across 1benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Grok Code Fast 1
40
MiniMax M2.7
62
Pick MiniMax M2.7 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Grok Code Fast 1 only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority or you need the larger 256K context window.
Coding
+17.1 difference
Grok Code Fast 1
MiniMax M2.7
$0.2 / $1.5
$0.3 / $1.2
172 t/s
45 t/s
2.81s
2.53s
256K
200K
Pick MiniMax M2.7 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Grok Code Fast 1 only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority or you need the larger 256K context window.
MiniMax M2.7 is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 62 to 40. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Grok Code Fast 1 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.20 input / $1.50 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.30 input / $1.20 output per 1M tokens for MiniMax M2.7. Grok Code Fast 1 gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 200K for MiniMax M2.7.
MiniMax M2.7 is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 62 to 40.
Grok Code Fast 1 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 70.8 versus 53.7. MiniMax M2.7 stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.
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