Noometry

Model comparison

MiniMax-M2.7 vs Step 3.7 Flash

MiniMax-M2.7 and Step 3.7 Flash score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.4 vs 36.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

MiniMax-M2.7 MiniMax

37.4

Rank #188 Confirmed

Step 3.7 Flash StepFun

36.5

Rank #207 Reported

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. MiniMax-M2.7 scores higher in 1 category and Step 3.7 Flash in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Step 3.7 Flash leads 40.9 to 24.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 24.7% for MiniMax-M2.7 and 39.7% for Step 3.7 Flash.
  • Step 3.7 Flash is cheaper at $0.18 / $1.11 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $1.20 for MiniMax-M2.7.
  • Step 3.7 Flash accepts more context: 256K tokens versus 205K.

Side by side

MiniMax-M2.7Step 3.7 Flash
ProviderMiniMaxStepFun
Noometry Index37.436.5
Released2026-03-182026-05-29
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window205K256K
Max output131K256K
Input $ / M tokens$0.30$0.18
Output $ / M tokens$1.20$1.11
Results tracked305

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Category by category

Coding MiniMax-M2.7 leads

MiniMax-M2.7: 41.4 (#115), Step 3.7 Flash: 39.4 (#147)

BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.7Step 3.7 Flash
SciCode47%40%
ALE-Bench599.25694.12
LMArena WebDev1397—
WeirdML37%—
LMArena Coding1454—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

MiniMax-M2.7: 24.9 (#103), Step 3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.7Step 3.7 Flash
Terminal-Bench45.1%—
ExploitBench13.3%—
GBAEval0%—

Reasoning Step 3.7 Flash leads

MiniMax-M2.7: 19.0 (#248), Step 3.7 Flash: 20.9 (#211)

BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.7Step 3.7 Flash
NYT Connections (extended)24.7%39.7%
CritPt0.6%2.3%
Thematic Generalization39.3%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1422—
Epoch Capabilities Index145.84—

Math Step 3.7 Flash leads

MiniMax-M2.7: 24.9 (#254), Step 3.7 Flash: 40.9 (#74)

BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.7Step 3.7 Flash
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—68.5%
ProofBench3%—
LMArena Math1420—

Knowledge Not comparable

MiniMax-M2.7: 37.1 (#151), Step 3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.7Step 3.7 Flash
Vectara Hallucination Rate12.9%—
LMArena Expert1443—

Multilingual Not comparable

MiniMax-M2.7: 50.5 (#120), Step 3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.7Step 3.7 Flash
LMArena Non-English1382—
LMArena Chinese1439—
LMArena French1422—
LMArena German1398—
LMArena Japanese1261—
LMArena Korean1313—
LMArena Russian1383—
LMArena Spanish1403—

Instruction Following Not comparable

MiniMax-M2.7: 74.2 (#101), Step 3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.7Step 3.7 Flash
LMArena Instruction Following1404—

Long Context Not comparable

MiniMax-M2.7: 43.3 (#94), Step 3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.7Step 3.7 Flash
LMArena Longer Query1419—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

MiniMax-M2.7: 59.1 (#107), Step 3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.7Step 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text1404—
LMArena Creative Writing1354—
LMArena Multi-Turn1413—

Frequently asked questions

Is MiniMax-M2.7 better than Step 3.7 Flash?

MiniMax-M2.7 and Step 3.7 Flash score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.4 vs 36.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Which is cheaper, MiniMax-M2.7 or Step 3.7 Flash?

Step 3.7 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.18 per million input tokens and $1.11 per million output tokens; MiniMax-M2.7 lists at $0.30 and $1.20.

Is MiniMax-M2.7 or Step 3.7 Flash better for coding?

MiniMax-M2.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.4 versus 39.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Step 3.7 Flash does, with 256K tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M2.7 and Step 3.7 Flash share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax-M2.7 has 30 scored results on Noometry and Step 3.7 Flash has 5.

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