Model comparison

Gemma 1.1 7b IT vs MiniMax-M2.7

MiniMax-M2.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 1.1 7b IT Google

31.3

Rank #277 Confirmed

MiniMax-M2.7 MiniMax

37.7

Rank #196 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 1.1 7b IT scores higher in 2 categories and MiniMax-M2.7 in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where MiniMax-M2.7 leads 58.9 to 30.4.

Side by side

Gemma 1.1 7b IT and MiniMax-M2.7 specifications
Gemma 1.1 7b ITMiniMax-M2.7
ProviderGoogleMiniMax
Noometry Index31.337.7
Released—2026-03-18
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—205K
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.30
Output $ / M tokens—$1.20
Results tracked1930

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Category by category

Coding MiniMax-M2.7 leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 31.5 (#284), MiniMax-M2.7: 41.8 (#120)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Coding10841454
LMArena WebDev—1398
SciCode—47%
WeirdML—37%
ALE-Bench—599.25
HumanEval+35.4%—
MBPP+45%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: —, MiniMax-M2.7: 25.1 (#111)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITMiniMax-M2.7
Terminal-Bench—45.1%
ExploitBench—13.3%
GBAEval—0%

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 20.5 (#238), MiniMax-M2.7: 19.7 (#253)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Hard Prompts10711422
NYT Connections (extended)—24.7%
CritPt—0.6%
Thematic Generalization—39.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index—145.85

Math Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 32.0 (#220), MiniMax-M2.7: 25.9 (#263)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Math11071420
ProofBench—3%

Knowledge MiniMax-M2.7 leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 28.3 (#247), MiniMax-M2.7: 37.7 (#152)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Expert10391444
Vectara Hallucination Rate—12.9%

Multilingual MiniMax-M2.7 leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 28.1 (#273), MiniMax-M2.7: 50.3 (#123)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Non-English10521382
LMArena Chinese10611441
LMArena French10651421
LMArena German10541398
LMArena Japanese9711262
LMArena Korean9881313
LMArena Russian10461383
LMArena Spanish10491403

Instruction Following MiniMax-M2.7 leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 54.0 (#283), MiniMax-M2.7: 74.1 (#103)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Instruction Following10571405

Long Context MiniMax-M2.7 leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 32.1 (#272), MiniMax-M2.7: 43.3 (#99)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Longer Query10561419

Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2.7 leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 30.4 (#288), MiniMax-M2.7: 58.9 (#112)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Text10941405
LMArena Creative Writing10601354
LMArena Multi-Turn10401412

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 1.1 7b IT better than MiniMax-M2.7?

MiniMax-M2.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 1.1 7b IT or MiniMax-M2.7 better for coding?

MiniMax-M2.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 31.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 7b IT and MiniMax-M2.7 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 7b IT has 19 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.7 has 30.

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