Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 4 Argon vs MiniMax-M2.7

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 4 Argon Google

56.5

Rank #24 Confirmed

MiniMax-M2.7 MiniMax

37.7

Rank #196 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 4 Argon 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 Gemini 4 Argon leads 73.9 to 25.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 99% for Gemini 4 Argon and 3% for MiniMax-M2.7.
  • MiniMax-M2.7 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 4 ArgonMiniMax-M2.7
ProviderGoogleMiniMax
Noometry Index56.537.7
Released2026-09-302026-03-18
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—205K
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.30
Output $ / M tokens—$1.20
Results tracked2130

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9), MiniMax-M2.7: 41.8 (#120)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena WebDev16781398
SciCode61.8%47%
LMArena Coding15501454
FrontierSWE55%—
WeirdML—37%
ALE-Bench—599.25

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8), MiniMax-M2.7: 25.1 (#111)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMiniMax-M2.7
Terminal-Bench—45.1%
APEX-Agents82.2%—
ExploitBench—13.3%
GBAEval—0%
Vending-Bench 213,718—

Reasoning Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47), MiniMax-M2.7: 19.7 (#253)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMiniMax-M2.7
CritPt27.1%0.6%
LMArena Hard Prompts15481422
NYT Connections (extended)—24.7%
Thematic Generalization—39.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index—145.85

Math Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17), MiniMax-M2.7: 25.9 (#263)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMiniMax-M2.7
ProofBench99%3%
LMArena Math15361420

Knowledge Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89), MiniMax-M2.7: 37.7 (#152)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Expert15531444
Vectara Hallucination Rate—12.9%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14), MiniMax-M2.7: —

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMiniMax-M2.7
Blueprint-Bench 254.4%—

Multilingual Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1), MiniMax-M2.7: 50.3 (#123)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Non-English15231382
LMArena Chinese16101441
LMArena Russian15371383
LMArena Spanish14971403
LMArena French—1421
LMArena German—1398
LMArena Japanese—1262
LMArena Korean—1313

Instruction Following Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2), MiniMax-M2.7: 74.1 (#103)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Instruction Following15381405

Long Context Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15), MiniMax-M2.7: 43.3 (#99)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Longer Query15491419

Writing & Preference Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19), MiniMax-M2.7: 58.9 (#112)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Text15341405
LMArena Creative Writing15311354
LMArena Multi-Turn15571412

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 4 Argon better than MiniMax-M2.7?

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 4 Argon or MiniMax-M2.7 better for coding?

Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 41.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 4 Argon and MiniMax-M2.7 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 4 Argon has 21 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.7 has 30.

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