Model comparison
Claude Fable 5 vs MiniMax-M2.7
Claude Fable 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 66.8 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax-M2.7 costs 38× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Fable 5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 26 shared benchmarks.
MiniMaxSummary
- They share 26 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Fable 5 scores higher in 9 categories and MiniMax-M2.7 in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Claude Fable 5 leads 88.5 to 25.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 95% for Claude Fable 5 and 3% for MiniMax-M2.7.
- MiniMax-M2.7 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $10 / $50 for Claude Fable 5.
- Claude Fable 5 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 205K.
- MiniMax-M2.7 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude Fable 5 | MiniMax-M2.7 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 66.8 | 37.7 |
| Released | 2026-06-07 | 2026-03-18 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1M | 205K |
| Max output | 128K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $10 | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $50 | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 62 | 30 |
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Category by category
Coding Claude Fable 5 leads
Claude Fable 5: 70.6 (#4), MiniMax-M2.7: 41.8 (#120)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1625 | 1398 |
| SciCode | 61% | 47% |
| WeirdML | 91.9% | 37% |
| LMArena Coding | 1519 | 1454 |
| ALE-Bench | 2,041 | 599.25 |
| DeepSWE | 69.9% | — |
| FrontierCode | 53.5% | — |
| FrontierSWE | 47% | — |
| GSO | 78.4% | — |
| MirrorCode | 63.9% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Claude Fable 5 leads
Claude Fable 5: 54.0 (#2), MiniMax-M2.7: 25.1 (#111)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| GBAEval | 74.5% | 0% |
| Terminal-Bench | — | 45.1% |
| APEX-Agents | 63.6% | — |
| Remote Labor Index | 16.1% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 39.7% | — |
| PostTrainBench | 41.8% | — |
| ExploitBench | — | 13.3% |
| GDP.pdf | 30% | — |
| LMArena Search | 1230 | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 5,680 | — |
Reasoning Claude Fable 5 leads
Claude Fable 5: 76.8 (#6), MiniMax-M2.7: 19.7 (#253)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 92.7% | 24.7% |
| CritPt | 28.6% | 0.6% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1508 | 1422 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 162.06 | 145.85 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 89.2% | — |
| SimpleBench | 81.9% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 91.4% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 98.5% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 41% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 39.3% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 39.3% |
| EBR-Bench | 39.5% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 52% | — |
| DTBench | 98.4% | — |
| LMCA | 61.1% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 95% | — |
| Bench to the Future 3 | 0.13 | — |
Math Claude Fable 5 leads
Claude Fable 5: 88.5 (#5), MiniMax-M2.7: 25.9 (#263)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | 95% | 3% |
| LMArena Math | 1519 | 1420 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 87% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 90.2% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 100% | — |
| FrontierMath Erdős | 0% | — |
Knowledge Claude Fable 5 leads
Claude Fable 5: 62.2 (#25), MiniMax-M2.7: 37.7 (#152)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1534 | 1444 |
| GPQA Diamond | 85.9% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 70.7% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 12.9% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude Fable 5: 45.3 (#17), MiniMax-M2.7: —
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1324 | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 38.6% | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 35.8% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1496 | — |
Multilingual Claude Fable 5 leads
Claude Fable 5: 57.3 (#9), MiniMax-M2.7: 50.3 (#123)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1481 | 1382 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1543 | 1441 |
| LMArena French | 1505 | 1421 |
| LMArena German | 1486 | 1398 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1506 | 1262 |
| LMArena Korean | 1488 | 1313 |
| LMArena Russian | 1504 | 1383 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1498 | 1403 |
Instruction Following Claude Fable 5 leads
Claude Fable 5: 78.6 (#8), MiniMax-M2.7: 74.1 (#103)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1502 | 1405 |
Long Context Claude Fable 5 leads
Claude Fable 5: 46.3 (#23), MiniMax-M2.7: 43.3 (#99)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1509 | 1419 |
Writing & Preference Claude Fable 5 leads
Claude Fable 5: 75.9 (#5), MiniMax-M2.7: 58.9 (#112)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1491 | 1405 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1494 | 1354 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1504 | 1412 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1943 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1340 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude Fable 5 better than MiniMax-M2.7?
Claude Fable 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 66.8 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax-M2.7 costs 38× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Fable 5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Claude Fable 5 or MiniMax-M2.7?
MiniMax-M2.7 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Claude Fable 5 lists at $10 and $50.
Is Claude Fable 5 or MiniMax-M2.7 better for coding?
Claude Fable 5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 70.6 versus 41.8 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Claude Fable 5 does, with 1M tokens against 205K.
How many benchmarks do Claude Fable 5 and MiniMax-M2.7 share?
26 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Fable 5 has 62 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.7 has 30.