# Inkling 2 Small vs MiniMax M2.7

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Inkling 2 Small and MiniMax M2.7 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/inkling-2-small-vs-minimax-m2-7
- Last updated: November 7, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Inkling 2 Small 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.
- Inkling 2 Small has the lower published output-token price.
- Inkling 2 Small has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Inkling 2 Small | MiniMax M2.7 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Thinking Machines Lab | MiniMax |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Hybrid | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 200K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 59.06 | 47.89 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 25 | 29 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.30 / $1.00 | $0.30 / $1.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 59.9 (Supported · #26/131)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 32.9 (Supported · #95/131)

| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 85.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 90.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 90.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 85% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 70.5% | 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 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 48.7% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 59.7 (Supported · #20/157)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 35 (Supported · #87/157)

| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 82.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 81.2% | 76.5% | Inkling 2 Small |
| sweMarathon | 38.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 85.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 72.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PostTrainBench v1.2 | 31.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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 |
| 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
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 86.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 77.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | 70.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 86.6 (#12/59)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 87.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 85.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Chartography (no tools) | 36.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Chartography (tools) | 80.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | 68.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BabyVision w/ Python | 93.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | 83.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PerceptionBench | 64.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | 92.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 60.4 (Estimated · #46/178)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 45.9 (Supported · #93/178)

| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 93% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 93.0% | 87.0% | Inkling 2 Small |
| HLE | Coming soon | 28% | 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
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 93 (#14/157)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 85.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 46.6 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 95.8% | 72.7% | Inkling 2 Small |
| Apex | 63.5% | 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 |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Inkling 2 Small 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.

## Related Comparisons

- [Inkling 2 Small vs Inkling-Small](/compare/inkling-2-small-vs-inkling-small)
- [MiniMax M2.7 vs Inkling-Small](/compare/inkling-small-vs-minimax-m2-7)
- [Inkling 2 Small vs Inkling](/compare/inkling-vs-inkling-2-small)
- [MiniMax M2.7 vs Inkling](/compare/inkling-vs-minimax-m2-7)

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- [Inkling 2 Small profile](/models/inkling-2-small)
- [MiniMax M2.7 profile](/models/minimax-m2-7)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
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