K-Exaone vs MiniMax M2.7

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

MiniMax M2.7 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 61 to 49. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

MiniMax M2.7's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 64.4 against 49.4. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Verified, 49.4% to 78%.

K-Exaone is the reasoning model in the pair, while MiniMax M2.7 is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. K-Exaone gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 200K for MiniMax M2.7.

Quick Verdict

Pick MiniMax M2.7 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. K-Exaone only becomes the better choice if you need the larger 256K context window or you want the stronger reasoning-first profile.

Agentic

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Terminal-Bench 2.0
57%
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Toolathlon
46.3%
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MLE-Bench Lite
66.6%
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MM-ClawBench
62.7%

Coding

MiniMax M2.7

K-Exaone

49.4

MiniMax M2.7

64.4

49.4%
SWE-bench Verified
78%
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SWE-bench Pro
56.2%
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SWE Multilingual
76.5%
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Multi-SWE Bench
52.7%
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VIBE-Pro
55.6%
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NL2Repo
39.8%

Multimodal & Grounded

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GDPval-AA
1495

Reasoning

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Knowledge

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Artificial Analysis
50

Instruction Following

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Multilingual

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Mathematics

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, K-Exaone or MiniMax M2.7?

MiniMax M2.7 is ahead overall, 61 to 49. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Verified, where the scores are 49.4% and 78%.

Which is better for coding, K-Exaone or MiniMax M2.7?

MiniMax M2.7 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 64.4 versus 49.4. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 18, 2026

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