# Laguna XS.2 vs MiniMax M2.7

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/laguna-xs-2-vs-minimax-m2-7
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick MiniMax M2.7 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Laguna XS.2 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- MiniMax M2.7 leads overall 55.19 to 1.53.
- The clearest category separation is in knowledge, where the averages are 17.7 for Laguna XS.2 and 48.7 for MiniMax M2.7.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond (Vals) in Knowledge, with scores of 55.1% and 86.6%.
- Laguna XS.2 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Laguna XS.2 also has the larger context window at 256K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Laguna XS.2 | MiniMax M2.7 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Poolside | MiniMax |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 200K |
| Overall Score | 1.53 | 55.19 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 10 | 23 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.30 / $1.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Laguna XS.2 public-lane score: 22.4 (Estimated · #149/152)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 41.2 (Estimated · #111/152)

| Benchmark | Laguna XS.2 | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 35.7% | 57% | MiniMax M2.7 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 25.8% | 48.7% | 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 |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 40.40% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Laguna XS.2 public-lane score: 24.7 (Supported · #148/151)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 48.7 (Estimated · #67/151)

| Benchmark | Laguna XS.2 | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 69.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 57.7% | 76.5% | MiniMax M2.7 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 46.3% | 56.2% | MiniMax M2.7 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 35.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 67.8% | 79.9% | MiniMax M2.7 |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 55.2% | 73.8% | MiniMax M2.7 |
| 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 |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 27.04% | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | Coming soon | 71.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Laguna XS.2 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 74.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Laguna XS.2 public-lane score: 17.7 (Estimated · #183/183)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 48.7 (Supported · #90/183)

| Benchmark | Laguna XS.2 | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 55.1% | 86.6% | MiniMax M2.7 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 69.1% | 80.4% | MiniMax M2.7 |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 87.0% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Arcee) | Coming soon | 80.8% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Laguna XS.2 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 93 (#10/123)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Laguna XS.2 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Laguna XS.2 | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME25 (Arcee) | Coming soon | 80.0% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Laguna XS.2 or MiniMax M2.7?

MiniMax M2.7 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Laguna XS.2 and MiniMax M2.7?

The widest category gap is in knowledge, where the averages are 17.7 for Laguna XS.2 and 48.7 for MiniMax M2.7.

### How many benchmarks does Laguna XS.2 cover on BenchLM?

Laguna XS.2 currently has 10 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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