Model comparison

GLM-4.7-Flash vs MiniMax-M2.5

GLM-4.7-Flash and MiniMax-M2.5 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (38.8 vs 38.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.7-Flash Z.ai (Zhipu)

38.8

Rank #180 Confirmed

MiniMax-M2.5 MiniMax

38.3

Rank #188 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.7-Flash scores higher in 3 categories and MiniMax-M2.5 in 5 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GLM-4.7-Flash leads 36.1 to 26.9.
  • GLM-4.7-Flash is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.40 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $1.20 for MiniMax-M2.5.
  • MiniMax-M2.5 accepts more context: 205K tokens versus 200K.

Side by side

GLM-4.7-Flash and MiniMax-M2.5 specifications
GLM-4.7-FlashMiniMax-M2.5
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)MiniMax
Noometry Index38.838.3
Released2026-01-192026-02-12
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window200K205K
Max output131K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.06$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$0.40$1.20
Results tracked2133

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Category by category

Coding MiniMax-M2.5 leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 40.6 (#135), MiniMax-M2.5: 48.1 (#58)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Coding13831381
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—75.8%
LMArena WebDev—1387
SWE-bench Multilingual—68.3%
ALE-Bench—618.17

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-4.7-Flash: —, MiniMax-M2.5: 30.4 (#77)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashMiniMax-M2.5
Terminal-Bench—42.7%
Vending-Bench 2—-23.16

Reasoning GLM-4.7-Flash leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 20.9 (#229), MiniMax-M2.5: 17.5 (#292)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Hard Prompts13561372
ARC-AGI-2—4.9%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—55.2%
NYT Connections (extended)—16.8%
ARC-AGI-1—63.7%
Chess Puzzles0%—
Epoch Capabilities Index—146.68

Math GLM-4.7-Flash leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 36.1 (#173), MiniMax-M2.5: 26.9 (#253)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Math13551378
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202558.3%—
ProofBench—4%

Knowledge MiniMax-M2.5 leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 35.5 (#184), MiniMax-M2.5: 39.2 (#135)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashMiniMax-M2.5
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.3%9.1%
LMArena Expert13571379
GPQA Diamond60.5%—

Multilingual Too close to call

GLM-4.7-Flash: 46.5 (#158), MiniMax-M2.5: 47.1 (#152)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Non-English13301338
LMArena Chinese14031393
LMArena French13321362
LMArena German13371362
LMArena Korean12831232
LMArena Russian13321358
LMArena Spanish13501354
LMArena Japanese—1171

Instruction Following MiniMax-M2.5 leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 70.1 (#167), MiniMax-M2.5: 71.5 (#148)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Instruction Following13271353

Long Context GLM-4.7-Flash leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 40.9 (#148), MiniMax-M2.5: 37.5 (#216)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Longer Query13451366
CL-bench—11.4%
CL-bench Life—6.3%

Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2.5 leads

GLM-4.7-Flash: 47.4 (#210), MiniMax-M2.5: 53.9 (#153)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.7-FlashMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Text13511359
LMArena Creative Writing12971331
EQ-Bench Creative Writing11251361
LMArena Multi-Turn13421364

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.7-Flash better than MiniMax-M2.5?

GLM-4.7-Flash and MiniMax-M2.5 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (38.8 vs 38.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Which is cheaper, GLM-4.7-Flash or MiniMax-M2.5?

GLM-4.7-Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens; MiniMax-M2.5 lists at $0.30 and $1.20.

Is GLM-4.7-Flash or MiniMax-M2.5 better for coding?

MiniMax-M2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.1 versus 40.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

MiniMax-M2.5 does, with 205K tokens against 200K.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.7-Flash and MiniMax-M2.5 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.7-Flash has 21 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.5 has 33.

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