Model comparison

MiniMax-M2.7 vs Sonar

MiniMax-M2.7 and Sonar score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.7 vs 38.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 0 shared benchmarks.

MiniMax-M2.7

MiniMax

37.7

Rank #196 Confirmed

Sonar

Perplexity

38.5

Rank #187 Confirmed

Summary

The widest gap is in math, where Sonar leads 33.7 to 25.9.
MiniMax-M2.7 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $1 / $1 for Sonar.
MiniMax-M2.7 accepts more context: 205K tokens versus 128K.
MiniMax-M2.7 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

MiniMax-M2.7 and Sonar specifications
	MiniMax-M2.7	Sonar
Provider	MiniMax	Perplexity
Noometry Index	37.7	38.5
Released	2026-03-18	2024-01-01
Weights	Open	Proprietary
Context window	205K	128K
Max output	131K	4K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.30	$1
Output $ / M tokens	$1.20	$1
Results tracked	30	7

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Category by category

Coding MiniMax-M2.7 leads

MiniMax-M2.7: 41.8 (#120), Sonar: 35.7 (#221)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.7	Sonar
LMArena WebDev	1398	—
SciCode	47%	—
WeirdML	37%	—
LiveBench Coding	—	35.1%
LMArena Coding	1454	—
ALE-Bench	599.25	—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

MiniMax-M2.7: 25.1 (#111), Sonar: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.7	Sonar
Terminal-Bench	45.1%	—
ExploitBench	13.3%	—
GBAEval	0%	—

Reasoning Sonar leads

MiniMax-M2.7: 19.7 (#253), Sonar: 21.1 (#227)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.7	Sonar
NYT Connections (extended)	24.7%	—
CritPt	0.6%	—
Thematic Generalization	39.3%	—
LiveBench Reasoning	—	46.3%
LMArena Hard Prompts	1422	—
LiveBench Data Analysis	—	37.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index	145.85	—
LiveBench	—	46.9%

Math Sonar leads

MiniMax-M2.7: 25.9 (#263), Sonar: 33.7 (#200)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.7	Sonar
ProofBench	3%	—
LiveBench Math	—	41.6%
LMArena Math	1420	—

Knowledge Not comparable

MiniMax-M2.7: 37.7 (#152), Sonar: —

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.7	Sonar
Vectara Hallucination Rate	12.9%	—
LMArena Expert	1444	—

Multilingual Not comparable

MiniMax-M2.7: 50.3 (#123), Sonar: —

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.7	Sonar
LMArena Non-English	1382	—
LMArena Chinese	1441	—
LMArena French	1421	—
LMArena German	1398	—
LMArena Japanese	1262	—
LMArena Korean	1313	—
LMArena Russian	1383	—
LMArena Spanish	1403	—

Instruction Following MiniMax-M2.7 leads

MiniMax-M2.7: 74.1 (#103), Sonar: 71.4 (#150)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.7	Sonar
LiveBench Instruction Following	—	76.2%
LMArena Instruction Following	1405	—

Long Context Not comparable

MiniMax-M2.7: 43.3 (#99), Sonar: —

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.7	Sonar
LMArena Longer Query	1419	—

Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2.7 leads

MiniMax-M2.7: 58.9 (#112), Sonar: 52.6 (#167)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.7	Sonar
LMArena Text	1405	—
LMArena Creative Writing	1354	—
LMArena Multi-Turn	1412	—
LiveBench Language	—	44.1%

Frequently asked questions

Is MiniMax-M2.7 better than Sonar?

MiniMax-M2.7 and Sonar score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.7 vs 38.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Which is cheaper, MiniMax-M2.7 or Sonar?

MiniMax-M2.7 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Sonar lists at $1 and $1.

Is MiniMax-M2.7 or Sonar better for coding?

MiniMax-M2.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 35.7 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

MiniMax-M2.7 does, with 205K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M2.7 and Sonar share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax-M2.7 has 30 scored results on Noometry and Sonar has 7.