# GPT-5.4 mini vs MiniMax M2.7

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-5.4 mini and MiniMax M2.7 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-5-4-mini-vs-minimax-m2-7
- Last updated: September 15, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.4 mini 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

- GPT-5.4 mini leads overall 61.13 to 55.14.
- The clearest category separation is in knowledge, where the averages are 55.6 for GPT-5.4 mini and 48.7 for MiniMax M2.7.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Vibe Code Bench in Coding, with scores of 47.97% and 27.04%.
- MiniMax M2.7 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- GPT-5.4 mini also has the larger context window at 400K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GPT-5.4 mini | MiniMax M2.7 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | MiniMax |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 400K | 200K |
| Overall Score | 61.13 | 55.14 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 19 | 23 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.75 / $4.50 | $0.30 / $1.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.4 mini public-lane score: 39.2 (Estimated · #119/153)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 41.1 (Estimated · #110/153)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 mini | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 60% | 57% | GPT-5.4 mini |
| OSWorld-Verified | 72.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 57.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | 42.9% | 46.3% | MiniMax M2.7 |
| τ²-bench results | 93.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 54.7% | 48.7% | GPT-5.4 mini |
| 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: Coming soon
- GPT-5.4 mini public-lane score: 42.8 (Supported · #104/152)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 48.6 (Estimated · #68/152)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 mini | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Vibe Code Bench | 47.97% | 27.04% | GPT-5.4 mini |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 27.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 81.5% | 79.9% | GPT-5.4 mini |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 73.0% | 73.8% | MiniMax M2.7 |
| SWE-bench Verified* | Coming soon | 75.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 56.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | Coming soon | 51.9% | 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 |
| React Native Evals | Coming soon | 71.4% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.4 mini public-lane score: 57.2 (#31/48)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 mini | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 76.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | 78% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.4 mini public-lane score: 73.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 74.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: GPT-5.4 mini
- GPT-5.4 mini public-lane score: 55.6 (Supported · #52/183)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 48.7 (Supported · #90/183)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 mini | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 88% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 41.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 28.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 83.1% | 86.6% | MiniMax M2.7 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 84.6% | 80.4% | GPT-5.4 mini |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 87.0% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Arcee) | Coming soon | 80.8% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.4 mini public-lane score: 89.8 (#23/123)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 93 (#10/123)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.4 mini public-lane score: 44.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 mini | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 28.280% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 2.080% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME25 (Arcee) | Coming soon | 80.0% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GPT-5.4 mini or MiniMax M2.7?

GPT-5.4 mini is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between GPT-5.4 mini and MiniMax M2.7?

The widest category gap is in knowledge, where the averages are 55.6 for GPT-5.4 mini and 48.7 for MiniMax M2.7.

### How many benchmarks does GPT-5.4 mini cover on BenchLM?

GPT-5.4 mini currently has 19 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.

## Related Comparisons

- [GPT-5.4 mini vs GPT-5.4](/compare/gpt-5-4-vs-gpt-5-4-mini)
- [MiniMax M2.7 vs GPT-5.4](/compare/gpt-5-4-vs-minimax-m2-7)
- [GPT-5.4 mini vs GPT-5.4 Pro](/compare/gpt-5-4-mini-vs-gpt-5-4-pro)
- [MiniMax M2.7 vs GPT-5.4 Pro](/compare/gpt-5-4-pro-vs-minimax-m2-7)

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