# Granite 4.2 8B vs MiniMax M2.7

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Granite 4.2 8B and MiniMax M2.7 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/granite-4-2-8b-vs-minimax-m2-7
- Last updated: October 15, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Granite 4.2 8B and MiniMax M2.7 share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Granite 4.2 8B has the lower published output-token price.
- MiniMax M2.7 has the larger published context window at 200K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Granite 4.2 8B | MiniMax M2.7 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | IBM | MiniMax |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 200K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 33.4 | 48.18 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 14 | 29 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.30 / $1.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 15.7 (Estimated · #113/127)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 32.4 (Supported · #89/127)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 20.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | 58.1% | 67.6% | MiniMax M2.7 |
| BFCL v4 | 52.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 57% | 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 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 48.7% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 17.2 (Estimated · #125/150)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 34.4 (Supported · #80/150)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 47.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 19.1% | 56.2% | MiniMax M2.7 |
| SWE Multilingual | 30.8% | 76.5% | MiniMax M2.7 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 20.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 73.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | 36.1% | 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 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 79.9% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 73.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 56.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 79.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 30.6 (Supported · #154/184)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 46 (Supported · #93/184)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 64.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 74.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 28% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 87.0% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Arcee) | Coming soon | 80.8% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.6% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 80.4% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 86.5 (#41/146)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 93 (#13/146)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 79.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 70.5 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 86.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | 78.3% | 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

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Granite 4.2 8B and MiniMax M2.7?

Not yet. The models share only 3 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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