# Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs MiniMax M2.7

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and MiniMax M2.7 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-sonnet-4-6-vs-minimax-m2-7
- Last updated: September 15, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 11
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Claude Sonnet 4.6 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 Sonnet 4.6 leads overall 62.95 to 55.14.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 48.2 for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and 93 for MiniMax M2.7.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Vibe Code Bench in Coding, with scores of 51.48% and 27.04%.
- MiniMax M2.7 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | MiniMax M2.7 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | MiniMax |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 200K |
| Overall Score | 62.95 | 55.14 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 26 | 23 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $3.00 / $15.00 | $0.30 / $1.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 43.9 (Supported · #93/153)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 41.1 (Estimated · #110/153)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 59.1% | 57% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| OSWorld-Verified | 72.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 67.8% | 48.7% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| CyberGym | 65.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 62.92% | 40.40% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 8.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 36.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 57.3% | 48.7% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| ApprenticeBench | 2% | Coming soon | 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 |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 52.3 (Supported · #48/152)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 48.6 (Estimated · #68/152)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 79.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | 60.7% | 51.9% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| React Native Evals | 80.6% | 71.4% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| Vibe Code Bench | 51.48% | 27.04% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| cursorBench31 | 48.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 24.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 82.1% | 79.9% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 77.4% | 73.8% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| SWE-bench Verified* | Coming soon | 75.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 56.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 76.5% | 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 |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 54.1 (#33/48)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 77.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 67.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 74.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Claude Sonnet 4.6
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 55.8 (Supported · #51/183)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 48.7 (Supported · #90/183)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 89.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | 95% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 79.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 49% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 85.6% | 86.6% | MiniMax M2.7 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 87.3% | 80.4% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 87.0% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Arcee) | Coming soon | 80.8% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 48.2 (#86/123)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 93 (#10/123)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 49 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 32.400% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 8.300% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME25 (Arcee) | Coming soon | 80.0% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Sonnet 4.6 or MiniMax M2.7?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Sonnet 4.6 and MiniMax M2.7?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 48.2 for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and 93 for MiniMax M2.7.

### How many benchmarks does Claude Sonnet 4.6 cover on BenchLM?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 currently has 26 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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

MiniMax M2.7 currently has 23 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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