Model comparison
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 vs MiniMax-M2.7
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and MiniMax-M2.7 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.7 vs 37.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
MiniMaxSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 scores higher in 2 categories and MiniMax-M2.7 in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where MiniMax-M2.7 leads 58.9 to 47.3.
- MiniMax-M2.7 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | MiniMax-M2.7 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 37.7 | 37.7 |
| Released | 2024-08-13 | 2026-03-18 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 205K |
| Max output | — | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 30 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax-M2.7 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 37.0 (#199), MiniMax-M2.7: 41.8 (#120)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1269 | 1454 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1398 |
| SciCode | — | 47% |
| WeirdML | — | 37% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 599.25 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —, MiniMax-M2.7: 25.1 (#111)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 45.1% |
| ExploitBench | — | 13.3% |
| GBAEval | — | 0% |
Reasoning Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 24.8 (#159), MiniMax-M2.7: 19.7 (#253)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1255 | 1422 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 24.7% |
| CritPt | — | 0.6% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 39.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 145.85 |
Math Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 35.4 (#185), MiniMax-M2.7: 25.9 (#263)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1265 | 1420 |
| ProofBench | — | 3% |
Knowledge MiniMax-M2.7 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.9 (#200), MiniMax-M2.7: 37.7 (#152)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1238 | 1444 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 12.9% |
Multilingual MiniMax-M2.7 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.4 (#208), MiniMax-M2.7: 50.3 (#123)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1257 | 1382 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1262 | 1441 |
| LMArena French | 1286 | 1421 |
| LMArena German | 1273 | 1398 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1213 | 1262 |
| LMArena Korean | 1195 | 1313 |
| LMArena Russian | 1261 | 1383 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1279 | 1403 |
Instruction Following MiniMax-M2.7 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.5 (#220), MiniMax-M2.7: 74.1 (#103)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1245 | 1405 |
Long Context MiniMax-M2.7 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#196), MiniMax-M2.7: 43.3 (#99)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1266 | 1419 |
Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2.7 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.3 (#211), MiniMax-M2.7: 58.9 (#112)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1281 | 1405 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1242 | 1354 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1265 | 1412 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 better than MiniMax-M2.7?
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and MiniMax-M2.7 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.7 vs 37.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 or MiniMax-M2.7 better for coding?
MiniMax-M2.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 37.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and MiniMax-M2.7 share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.7 has 30.