# MiniMax M2.7 vs Qwen3.5 Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for MiniMax M2.7 and Qwen3.5 Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/minimax-m2-7-vs-qwen3-5-flash
- Last updated: September 29, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick MiniMax M2.7 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.5 Flash 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 47.85 to 45.47.
- The clearest category separation is in coding, where the averages are 36 for MiniMax M2.7 and 26.5 for Qwen3.5 Flash.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE-bench (Vals) in Coding, with scores of 73.8% and 64.4%.
- Qwen3.5 Flash is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Qwen3.5 Flash also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | MiniMax M2.7 | Qwen3.5 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | MiniMax | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 47.85 | 45.47 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 23 | 6 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.30 / $1.20 | $0.10 / $0.40 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 29.1 (Supported · #82/117)
- Qwen3.5 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M2.7 | Qwen3.5 Flash | 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% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 40.40% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 48.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 36 (Supported · #77/143)
- Qwen3.5 Flash public-lane score: 26.5 (Estimated · #103/143)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M2.7 | Qwen3.5 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified* | 75.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 56.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | 51.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 76.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Multi-SWE Bench | 52.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VIBE-Pro | 55.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 39.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 27.04% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | 71.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 79.9% | 83.3% | Qwen3.5 Flash |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 73.8% | 64.4% | MiniMax M2.7 |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 76.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.5 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 43 (Supported · #86/169)
- Qwen3.5 Flash public-lane score: 43.1 (Estimated · #85/169)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M2.7 | Qwen3.5 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | 87.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Arcee) | 80.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 86.6% | 82.8% | MiniMax M2.7 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 80.4% | 84.1% | Qwen3.5 Flash |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 91.6 (#10/124)
- Qwen3.5 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5 Flash public-lane score: 28.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M2.7 | Qwen3.5 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME25 (Arcee) | 80.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 6.207% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 0.000% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, MiniMax M2.7 or Qwen3.5 Flash?

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

### Where is the biggest gap between MiniMax M2.7 and Qwen3.5 Flash?

The widest category gap is in coding, where the averages are 36 for MiniMax M2.7 and 26.5 for Qwen3.5 Flash.

### 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 Qwen3.5 Flash cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.5 Flash currently has 6 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

## Related Comparisons

- [MiniMax M2.7 vs GPT-6 Astra](/compare/gpt-6-astra-vs-minimax-m2-7)
- [Qwen3.5 Flash vs GPT-6 Astra](/compare/gpt-6-astra-vs-qwen3-5-flash)
- [MiniMax M2.7 vs Claude Opus 5.5](/compare/claude-opus-5-5-vs-minimax-m2-7)
- [Qwen3.5 Flash vs Claude Opus 5.5](/compare/claude-opus-5-5-vs-qwen3-5-flash)

## Explore More

- [MiniMax M2.7 profile](/models/minimax-m2-7)
- [Qwen3.5 Flash profile](/models/qwen3-5-flash)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
- [Alternative Finder](/tools/alternative-finder)
- [LLM Selector](/tools/llm-selector)
- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)