Noometry

Model comparison

Grok-3 mini vs MiniMax-M2.7

Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Grok-3 mini xAI

41.2

Rank #141 Confirmed

MiniMax-M2.7 MiniMax

37.7

Rank #196 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-3 mini scores higher in 3 categories and MiniMax-M2.7 in 5 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Grok-3 mini leads 42.1 to 25.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is WeirdML: 42.6% for Grok-3 mini and 37% for MiniMax-M2.7.
  • MiniMax-M2.7 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok-3 miniMiniMax-M2.7
ProviderxAIMiniMax
Noometry Index41.237.7
Released2025-04-092026-03-18
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—205K
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.30
Output $ / M tokens—$1.20
Results tracked3530

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Grok-3 mini: 40.8 (#131), MiniMax-M2.7: 41.8 (#120)

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniMiniMax-M2.7
WeirdML42.6%37%
LMArena Coding13791454
Aider Polyglot49.3%—
LMArena WebDev—1398
SciCode—47%
ALE-Bench—599.25

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok-3 mini: —, MiniMax-M2.7: 25.1 (#111)

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniMiniMax-M2.7
Terminal-Bench—45.1%
ExploitBench—13.3%
GBAEval—0%

Reasoning MiniMax-M2.7 leads

Grok-3 mini: 13.6 (#334), MiniMax-M2.7: 19.7 (#253)

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Hard Prompts13751422
Epoch Capabilities Index140.35145.85
ARC-AGI-20.4%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark61.3%—
NYT Connections (extended)—24.7%
ARC-AGI-116.5%—
CritPt—0.6%
Thematic Generalization—39.3%

Math Grok-3 mini leads

Grok-3 mini: 42.1 (#85), MiniMax-M2.7: 25.9 (#263)

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Math13861420
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202577.8%—
ProofBench—3%
Omni-MATH31.8%—
MATH Level 590.9%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)5.9%—

Knowledge Grok-3 mini leads

Grok-3 mini: 46.4 (#81), MiniMax-M2.7: 37.7 (#152)

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Expert13951444
GPQA Diamond76.3%—
MMLU-Pro79.9%—
Confabulations10.8%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—12.9%
GPQA (HELM)67.5%—

Multilingual MiniMax-M2.7 leads

Grok-3 mini: 48.1 (#145), MiniMax-M2.7: 50.3 (#123)

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Non-English13521382
LMArena Chinese13871441
LMArena French13571421
LMArena German13491398
LMArena Japanese13421262
LMArena Korean13351313
LMArena Russian13531383
LMArena Spanish13811403

Instruction Following Grok-3 mini leads

Grok-3 mini: 78.5 (#9), MiniMax-M2.7: 74.1 (#103)

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Instruction Following13571405
IFEval95.1%—

Long Context MiniMax-M2.7 leads

Grok-3 mini: 41.0 (#147), MiniMax-M2.7: 43.3 (#99)

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Longer Query13721419
Fiction.LiveBench66.7%—

Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2.7 leads

Grok-3 mini: 52.5 (#169), MiniMax-M2.7: 58.9 (#112)

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Text13701405
LMArena Creative Writing13421354
LMArena Multi-Turn13551412
Short-Story Creative Writing73.5%—
WildBench65.1%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok-3 mini better than MiniMax-M2.7?

Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok-3 mini or MiniMax-M2.7 better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (40.8 vs 41.8); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do Grok-3 mini and MiniMax-M2.7 share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-3 mini has 35 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.7 has 30.

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