Model comparison

Claude Haiku 5.5 vs MiniMax-M2.7

Claude Haiku 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.5 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 12, 2026. 2 shared benchmarks.

Claude Haiku 5.5 Anthropic

49.5

Rank #52 Confirmed

MiniMax-M2.7

MiniMax

37.7

Rank #196 Confirmed

Summary

They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Haiku 5.5 scores higher in 4 categories and MiniMax-M2.7 in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in math, where Claude Haiku 5.5 leads 73.6 to 25.9.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 65.7% for Claude Haiku 5.5 and 24.7% for MiniMax-M2.7.
Claude Haiku 5.5 is cheaper at $0.10 / $0.50 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $1.20 for MiniMax-M2.7.
Claude Haiku 5.5 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 205K.
MiniMax-M2.7 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude Haiku 5.5 and MiniMax-M2.7 specifications
	Claude Haiku 5.5	MiniMax-M2.7
Provider	Anthropic	MiniMax
Noometry Index	49.5	37.7
Released	2026-10-07	2026-03-18
Weights	Proprietary	Open
Context window	1M	205K
Max output	128K	131K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.10	$0.30
Output $ / M tokens	$0.50	$1.20
Results tracked	9	30

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Category by category

Coding Claude Haiku 5.5 leads

Claude Haiku 5.5: 49.2 (#50), MiniMax-M2.7: 41.8 (#120)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Claude Haiku 5.5	MiniMax-M2.7
LMArena WebDev	1587	1398
SciCode	—	47%
WeirdML	—	37%
LMArena Coding	—	1454
ALE-Bench	—	599.25

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Haiku 5.5: —, MiniMax-M2.7: 25.1 (#111)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Claude Haiku 5.5	MiniMax-M2.7
Terminal-Bench	—	45.1%
ExploitBench	—	13.3%
GBAEval	—	0%

Reasoning Claude Haiku 5.5 leads

Claude Haiku 5.5: 35.2 (#69), MiniMax-M2.7: 19.7 (#253)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Claude Haiku 5.5	MiniMax-M2.7
NYT Connections (extended)	65.7%	24.7%
CritPt	—	0.6%
Thematic Generalization	—	39.3%
LMArena Hard Prompts	—	1422
Mystery Game Puzzles	30%	—
Epoch Capabilities Index	—	145.85

Math Claude Haiku 5.5 leads

Claude Haiku 5.5: 73.6 (#18), MiniMax-M2.7: 25.9 (#263)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Claude Haiku 5.5	MiniMax-M2.7
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)	75.1%	—
FrontierMath Tier 4	46.3%	—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	98.9%	—
ProofBench	—	3%
LMArena Math	—	1420

Knowledge Claude Haiku 5.5 leads

Claude Haiku 5.5: 50.8 (#70), MiniMax-M2.7: 37.7 (#152)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Claude Haiku 5.5	MiniMax-M2.7
GPQA Diamond	89.6%	—
SimpleQA Verified	23.8%	—
Vectara Hallucination Rate	—	12.9%
LMArena Expert	—	1444

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Haiku 5.5: 43.7 (#21), MiniMax-M2.7: —

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	Claude Haiku 5.5	MiniMax-M2.7
Furniture Assembly	47.5%	—

Multilingual Not comparable

Claude Haiku 5.5: —, MiniMax-M2.7: 50.3 (#123)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Claude Haiku 5.5	MiniMax-M2.7
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 Not comparable

Claude Haiku 5.5: —, MiniMax-M2.7: 74.1 (#103)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Claude Haiku 5.5	MiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Instruction Following	—	1405

Long Context Not comparable

Claude Haiku 5.5: —, MiniMax-M2.7: 43.3 (#99)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Claude Haiku 5.5	MiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Longer Query	—	1419

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Claude Haiku 5.5: —, MiniMax-M2.7: 58.9 (#112)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Claude Haiku 5.5	MiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Text	—	1405
LMArena Creative Writing	—	1354
LMArena Multi-Turn	—	1412

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Haiku 5.5 better than MiniMax-M2.7?

Claude Haiku 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.5 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Claude Haiku 5.5 or MiniMax-M2.7?

Claude Haiku 5.5 is cheaper. It lists at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.50 per million output tokens; MiniMax-M2.7 lists at $0.30 and $1.20.

Is Claude Haiku 5.5 or MiniMax-M2.7 better for coding?

Claude Haiku 5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.2 versus 41.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Claude Haiku 5.5 does, with 1M tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks do Claude Haiku 5.5 and MiniMax-M2.7 share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Haiku 5.5 has 9 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.7 has 30.