# Claude Fable 5.1 vs MiniMax M2.7

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Fable 5.1 and MiniMax M2.7 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-fable-5-1-vs-minimax-m2-7
- Last updated: October 17, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 7
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Claude Fable 5.1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. MiniMax M2.7 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Claude Fable 5.1 leads overall 83.18 to 48.17.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 80.9 for Claude Fable 5.1 and 32.3 for MiniMax M2.7.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HLE in Knowledge, with scores of 65% and 28%.
- MiniMax M2.7 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Claude Fable 5.1 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Fable 5.1 | MiniMax M2.7 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | MiniMax |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 200K |
| Overall Score | 83.18 | 48.17 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 33 | 29 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $10.00 / $50.00 | $0.30 / $1.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Claude Fable 5.1
- Claude Fable 5.1 public-lane score: 80.9 (Supported · #2/128)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 32.3 (Supported · #90/128)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | 55.80% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench-Science 0.1 | 52.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 41.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | 31.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 77.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon Verified Pass@3 | 81.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon Verified Pass³ | 73.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon Verified avg. turns | 23.7 turns | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 85.0% | 48.7% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| ApprenticeBench | 72% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CWE-bench v1 | 58.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MazeBench | 10% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 57% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 67.6% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 46.3% | Coming soon |
| MLE-Bench Lite | Coming soon | 66.6% | Coming soon |
| MM-ClawBench | Coming soon | 62.7% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 48.7% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 40.40% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Claude Fable 5.1
- Claude Fable 5.1 public-lane score: 76.8 (Supported · #3/150)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 34.4 (Supported · #80/150)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Bug Hunt Bench | 43.0 fixes | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 81.2% | 56.2% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| SWE Multilingual | 89.1% | 76.5% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| SWE Multimodal | 54.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 67.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 56.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench | 87.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 3.2 | 73.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 90.5% | 79.9% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| CursorBench 4.0 | 51.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PostTrainBench v1.1 | 40.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified* | Coming soon | 75.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | Coming soon | 51.9% | Coming soon |
| Multi-SWE Bench | Coming soon | 52.7% | Coming soon |
| VIBE-Pro | Coming soon | 55.6% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 39.8% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 57.0% | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 27.04% | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | Coming soon | 71.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 73.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Fable 5.1 public-lane score: 85.2 (#4/28)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 79.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-1 | 97.50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 90% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GraphWalks BFS 256K–1M | 65.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Claude Fable 5.1
- Claude Fable 5.1 public-lane score: 86.9 (Supported · #2/184)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 46.1 (Supported · #93/184)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE | 65% | 28% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| HLE w/o tools | 60.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 93.4% | 86.6% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 92.4% | 80.4% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 87.0% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Arcee) | Coming soon | 80.8% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Fable 5.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 93 (#13/148)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gray Swan IPI (15 attempts) | 1.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Fable 5.1 public-lane score: 96.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 70.5 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 90.175% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 87.805% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME25 (Arcee) | Coming soon | 80.0% | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 89.8% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | Coming soon | 81.0% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 72.7% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Fable 5.1 or MiniMax M2.7?

Claude Fable 5.1 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Fable 5.1 and MiniMax M2.7?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 80.9 for Claude Fable 5.1 and 32.3 for MiniMax M2.7.

### How many benchmarks does Claude Fable 5.1 cover on BenchLM?

Claude Fable 5.1 currently has 33 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does MiniMax M2.7 cover on BenchLM?

MiniMax M2.7 currently has 29 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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