MiniMax M2.7 vs Phi-4

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

MiniMax M2.7 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 57 to 46. 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 agentic, where it averages 57 against 38.3. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is Terminal-Bench 2.0, 57% to 44%.

MiniMax M2.7 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.30 input / $1.20 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Phi-4. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. MiniMax M2.7 gives you the larger context window at 200K, compared with 16K for Phi-4.

Quick Verdict

Pick MiniMax M2.7 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Phi-4 only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill.

Agentic

MiniMax M2.7

MiniMax M2.7

57

Phi-4

38.3

57%
Terminal-Bench 2.0
44%
46.3%
Toolathlon
Coming soon
66.6%
MLE-Bench Lite
Coming soon
62.7%
MM-ClawBench
Coming soon
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BrowseComp
35%
Coming soon
OSWorld-Verified
34%

Coding

MiniMax M2.7

MiniMax M2.7

56.2

Phi-4

55

56.2%
SWE-bench Pro
55%
76.5%
SWE Multilingual
Coming soon
52.7%
Multi-SWE Bench
Coming soon
55.6%
VIBE-Pro
Coming soon
39.8%
NL2Repo
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HumanEval
82.6%

Multimodal & Grounded

Coming soon

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

1495
GDPval-AA
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MMMU-Pro
54%
Coming soon
OfficeQA Pro
38%

Reasoning

Coming soon

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

Coming soon
LongBench v2
30%
Coming soon
MRCRv2
33%

Knowledge

Coming soon

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

50
Artificial Analysis
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MMLU
84.8%
Coming soon
GPQA
56.1%
Coming soon
FrontierScience
52%

Instruction Following

Coming soon

Benchmark data for this category is coming soon.

Multilingual

Coming soon

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

Coming soon
MGSM
80.6%
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MMLU-ProX
60%

Mathematics

Coming soon

Benchmark data for this category is coming soon.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, MiniMax M2.7 or Phi-4?

MiniMax M2.7 is ahead overall, 57 to 46. The biggest single separator in this matchup is Terminal-Bench 2.0, where the scores are 57% and 44%.

Which is better for coding, MiniMax M2.7 or Phi-4?

MiniMax M2.7 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 56.2 versus 55. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, MiniMax M2.7 or Phi-4?

MiniMax M2.7 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 57 versus 38.3. 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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