# Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) vs MiniMax M2.7

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) and MiniMax M2.7 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/kimi-k2-5-reasoning-vs-minimax-m2-7
- Last updated: September 15, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) 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.
- MiniMax M2.7 has the lower published output-token price.
- MiniMax M2.7 has the larger published context window at 200K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) | MiniMax M2.7 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Moonshot AI | MiniMax |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 200K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 57.17 | 55.14 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 9 | 23 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.60 / $3.00 | $0.30 / $1.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) public-lane score: 48.3 (Estimated · #66/153)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 41.1 (Estimated · #110/153)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 50.8% | 57% | MiniMax M2.7 |
| BrowseComp | 60.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 32.58% | 40.40% | MiniMax M2.7 |
| 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 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 48.7% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) public-lane score: 50.8 (Estimated · #53/152)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 48.6 (Estimated · #68/152)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 76.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 17.54% | 27.04% | 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 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 79.9% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 73.8% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) public-lane score: 63.2 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 78.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 74.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) public-lane score: 50.8 (Estimated · #75/183)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 48.7 (Supported · #90/183)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 87.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 87.1% | Coming soon | 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
- Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 93 (#10/123)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 96.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME25 (Arcee) | Coming soon | 80.0% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) 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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