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Grok 4.7 vs MiniMax-M2

Grok 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.6 to 36.9 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax-M2 costs 5.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.7's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.7 xAI

46.6

Rank #56 Confirmed

MiniMax-M2 MiniMax

36.9

Rank #201 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.7 scores higher in 8 categories and MiniMax-M2 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.7 leads 40.1 to 18.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 76.8% for Grok 4.7 and 14.8% for MiniMax-M2.
  • MiniMax-M2 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Grok 4.7.
  • Grok 4.7 accepts more context: 500K tokens versus 205K.
  • MiniMax-M2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 4.7MiniMax-M2
ProviderxAIMiniMax
Noometry Index46.636.9
Released2026-09-212025-10-27
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window500K205K
Max output500K131K
Input $ / M tokens$2$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$6$1.20
Results tracked2121

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 55.0 (#23), MiniMax-M2: 39.1 (#151)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7MiniMax-M2
LMArena WebDev16361297
LMArena Coding14231370
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—61%
CursorBench46.3%—
FrontierSWE29.5%—
SciCode57.4%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 4.7: —, MiniMax-M2: 24.9 (#102)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7MiniMax-M2
Terminal-Bench—30%
Vending-Bench 2—160.6

Reasoning Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 40.1 (#49), MiniMax-M2: 18.6 (#256)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7MiniMax-M2
NYT Connections (extended)76.8%14.8%
LMArena Hard Prompts14091357
Kagi LLM Benchmark—57.8%
CritPt17.7%—

Math Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 41.1 (#73), MiniMax-M2: 34.6 (#158)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7MiniMax-M2
LMArena Math13931350
ProofBench34%—

Knowledge Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 38.7 (#130), MiniMax-M2: 36.3 (#160)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7MiniMax-M2
LMArena Expert14131336

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.7: 28.8 (#107), MiniMax-M2: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.7MiniMax-M2
Furniture Assembly20.8%—

Multilingual Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 51.2 (#108), MiniMax-M2: 45.6 (#165)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7MiniMax-M2
LMArena Non-English13921314
LMArena Chinese14761367
LMArena Russian13961332
LMArena French—1336
LMArena German—1366
LMArena Spanish—1326

Instruction Following Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 74.3 (#98), MiniMax-M2: 70.4 (#160)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7MiniMax-M2
LMArena Instruction Following14061329

Long Context Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 43.2 (#97), MiniMax-M2: 40.5 (#148)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7MiniMax-M2
LMArena Longer Query14161332

Writing & Preference Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 70.1 (#23), MiniMax-M2: 53.3 (#157)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7MiniMax-M2
LMArena Text13971340
LMArena Creative Writing13911288
LMArena Multi-Turn13891362
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2007—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.7 better than MiniMax-M2?

Grok 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.6 to 36.9 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax-M2 costs 5.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.7's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Grok 4.7 or MiniMax-M2?

MiniMax-M2 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Grok 4.7 lists at $2 and $6.

Is Grok 4.7 or MiniMax-M2 better for coding?

Grok 4.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.0 versus 39.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Grok 4.7 does, with 500K tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.7 and MiniMax-M2 share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.7 has 21 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2 has 21.

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