# MiniMax M2.7 vs ZAYA1-VL-8B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for MiniMax M2.7 and ZAYA1-VL-8B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/minimax-m2-7-vs-zaya1-vl-8b
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for MiniMax M2.7 and ZAYA1-VL-8B.

## Summary

- MiniMax M2.7 and ZAYA1-VL-8B do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | MiniMax M2.7 | ZAYA1-VL-8B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | MiniMax | Zyphra |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 131K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 55.19 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 23 | 5 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.30 / $1.20 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 41.2 (Estimated · #111/152)
- ZAYA1-VL-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M2.7 | ZAYA1-VL-8B | 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: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 48.7 (Estimated · #67/151)
- ZAYA1-VL-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M2.7 | ZAYA1-VL-8B | 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% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 73.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-VL-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M2.7 | ZAYA1-VL-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AI2D_TEST | Coming soon | 87.5% | Coming soon |
| MMMU | Coming soon | 46.0% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 65.0% | Coming soon |
| CountBench | Coming soon | 88.1% | Coming soon |
| RefCOCO (avg) | Coming soon | 84.3% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 74.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- ZAYA1-VL-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 48.7 (Supported · #90/183)
- ZAYA1-VL-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M2.7 | ZAYA1-VL-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | 87.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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 |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 93 (#10/123)
- ZAYA1-VL-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-VL-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M2.7 | ZAYA1-VL-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME25 (Arcee) | 80.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Can I compare MiniMax M2.7 and ZAYA1-VL-8B on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

## Related Comparisons

- [MiniMax M2.7 vs ZAYA1-8B](/compare/minimax-m2-7-vs-zaya1-8b)
- [ZAYA1-VL-8B vs ZAYA1-8B](/compare/zaya1-8b-vs-zaya1-vl-8b)
- [MiniMax M2.7 vs ZAYA1-74B-Preview](/compare/minimax-m2-7-vs-zaya1-74b-preview)
- [ZAYA1-VL-8B vs ZAYA1-74B-Preview](/compare/zaya1-74b-preview-vs-zaya1-vl-8b)

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