Model comparison

GLM-5.2 vs MiniMax-M2.7

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax-M2.7 costs 4.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5.2's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 26 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5.2 Z.ai (Zhipu)

51.1

Rank #44 Confirmed

MiniMax-M2.7 MiniMax

37.7

Rank #196 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 26 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.2 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 GLM-5.2 leads 55.7 to 25.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 74.3% for GLM-5.2 and 24.7% for MiniMax-M2.7.
  • MiniMax-M2.7 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $1.40 / $4.40 for GLM-5.2.
  • GLM-5.2 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 205K.

Side by side

GLM-5.2 and MiniMax-M2.7 specifications
GLM-5.2MiniMax-M2.7
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)MiniMax
Noometry Index51.137.7
Released2026-06-132026-03-18
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M205K
Max output131K131K
Input $ / M tokens$1.40$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$4.40$1.20
Results tracked5130

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 51.3 (#41), MiniMax-M2.7: 41.8 (#120)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2MiniMax-M2.7
LMArena WebDev16031398
SciCode50.5%47%
WeirdML70.1%37%
LMArena Coding14851454
ALE-Bench1,047599.25
SWE-bench Verified78.7%—
DeepSWE43.8%—
FrontierCode24.5%—

Agentic & Tool Use GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 32.4 (#63), MiniMax-M2.7: 25.1 (#111)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2MiniMax-M2.7
GBAEval0%0%
Terminal-Bench—45.1%
APEX-Agents45.2%—
τ²-bench Banking37.1%—
PostTrainBench31.7%—
ExploitBench—13.3%
Vending-Bench 28,314—

Reasoning GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 42.3 (#52), MiniMax-M2.7: 19.7 (#253)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2MiniMax-M2.7
NYT Connections (extended)74.3%24.7%
CritPt20.9%0.6%
LMArena Hard Prompts14801422
Epoch Capabilities Index151.78145.85
ARC-AGI-222.8%—
SimpleBench58.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark62.6%—
ARC-AGI-177%—
Chess Puzzles21%—
Thematic Generalization—39.3%
EBR-Bench9.5%—
Mystery Game Puzzles19%—
DTBench93.6%—
LMCA45.8%—
Surface Evolver Bench55.6%—

Math GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 55.7 (#43), MiniMax-M2.7: 25.9 (#263)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2MiniMax-M2.7
ProofBench35%3%
LMArena Math14821420
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)59.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 429.3%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions67.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202586.4%—

Knowledge GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 57.1 (#40), MiniMax-M2.7: 37.7 (#152)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2MiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Expert14861444
GPQA Diamond91.9%—
SimpleQA Verified34.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—12.9%

Multilingual GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 55.8 (#26), MiniMax-M2.7: 50.3 (#123)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2MiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Non-English14591382
LMArena Chinese15191441
LMArena French14791421
LMArena German14681398
LMArena Japanese14511262
LMArena Korean14451313
LMArena Russian14661383
LMArena Spanish14771403

Instruction Following GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 76.9 (#34), MiniMax-M2.7: 74.1 (#103)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2MiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Instruction Following14651405

Long Context GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 45.3 (#43), MiniMax-M2.7: 43.3 (#99)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2MiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Longer Query14791419

Writing & Preference GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 70.4 (#21), MiniMax-M2.7: 58.9 (#112)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2MiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Text14701405
LMArena Creative Writing14621354
LMArena Multi-Turn14691412
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1757—
EQ-Bench 41222—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5.2 better than MiniMax-M2.7?

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax-M2.7 costs 4.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5.2's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GLM-5.2 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; GLM-5.2 lists at $1.40 and $4.40.

Is GLM-5.2 or MiniMax-M2.7 better for coding?

GLM-5.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.3 versus 41.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GLM-5.2 does, with 1M tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5.2 and MiniMax-M2.7 share?

26 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.2 has 51 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.7 has 30.

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