Head-to-head comparison across 2benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
MiniMax M2.7
54
MiniMax M3
76
Verified leaderboard positions: MiniMax M2.7 unranked · MiniMax M3 #12
Pick MiniMax M3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. MiniMax M2.7 only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.
Agentic
+14.9 difference
Coding
+13.3 difference
MiniMax M2.7
MiniMax M3
$0.3 / $1.2
$0.3 / $1.2
45 t/s
N/A
2.53s
N/A
200K
1M
Pick MiniMax M3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. MiniMax M2.7 only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.
MiniMax M3 is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 76 to 54. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
MiniMax M3's sharpest advantage is in agentic, where it averages 71.9 against 57. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is Terminal-Bench 2.0, 57% to 66%.
MiniMax M3 gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 200K for MiniMax M2.7.
MiniMax M3 is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 76 to 54. The biggest single separator in this matchup is Terminal-Bench 2.0, where the scores are 57% and 66%.
MiniMax M3 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 67 versus 53.7. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
MiniMax M3 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 71.9 versus 57. Inside this category, Claw-Eval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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