# MiniMax M2.7 vs Ornith-1.5-9B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for MiniMax M2.7 and Ornith-1.5-9B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/minimax-m2-7-vs-ornith-1-5-9b
- Last updated: October 2, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

MiniMax M2.7 leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- MiniMax M2.7 has the higher overall point estimate 48.56 to 28.63. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in knowledge, where the averages are 43.5 for MiniMax M2.7 and 30.6 for Ornith-1.5-9B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE Multilingual in Coding, with scores of 76.5% and 54.4%.
- Ornith-1.5-9B is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Ornith-1.5-9B also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | MiniMax M2.7 | Ornith-1.5-9B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | MiniMax | Ornith AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 48.56 | 28.63 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 23 | 16 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.30 / $1.20 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 29.2 (Supported · #82/119)
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: 18 (Estimated · #101/119)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M2.7 | Ornith-1.5-9B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 57% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | 46.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MLE-Bench Lite | 66.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MM-ClawBench | 62.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 48.7% | 66.5% | Ornith-1.5-9B |
| Gert Labs | 40.40% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 48.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 46.2% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 30.5% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 54.2% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 41.2% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 59.5% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 56.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 36 (Supported · #76/144)
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M2.7 | Ornith-1.5-9B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified* | 75.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 56.2% | 47.5% | MiniMax M2.7 |
| SWE-Rebench | 51.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 76.5% | 54.4% | MiniMax M2.7 |
| Multi-SWE Bench | 52.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VIBE-Pro | 55.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 39.8% | 32.4% | MiniMax M2.7 |
| Vibe Code Bench | 27.04% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | 71.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 79.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 73.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 46.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 70.6% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 76.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 43.5 (Supported · #88/171)
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: 30.6 (Estimated · #134/171)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M2.7 | Ornith-1.5-9B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | 87.0% | 86.4% | MiniMax M2.7 |
| MMLU-Pro (Arcee) | 80.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 86.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 80.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 86.4% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 20.2% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 20.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 91.6 (#10/125)
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M2.7 | Ornith-1.5-9B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME25 (Arcee) | 80.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, MiniMax M2.7 or Ornith-1.5-9B?

MiniMax M2.7 has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between MiniMax M2.7 and Ornith-1.5-9B?

The widest category gap is in knowledge, where the averages are 43.5 for MiniMax M2.7 and 30.6 for Ornith-1.5-9B.

### How many benchmarks does MiniMax M2.7 cover on BenchLM?

MiniMax M2.7 currently has 23 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Ornith-1.5-9B cover on BenchLM?

Ornith-1.5-9B currently has 16 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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