Model comparison

GPT-5.4 vs MiniMax-M2.7

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.4 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax-M2.7 costs 11× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 29 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 OpenAI

59.4

Rank #16 Confirmed

MiniMax-M2.7 MiniMax

37.7

Rank #196 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 29 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 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 GPT-5.4 leads 73.5 to 25.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 91.3% for GPT-5.4 and 24.7% for MiniMax-M2.7.
  • MiniMax-M2.7 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $15 for GPT-5.4.
  • GPT-5.4 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 205K.
  • MiniMax-M2.7 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 and MiniMax-M2.7 specifications
GPT-5.4MiniMax-M2.7
ProviderOpenAIMiniMax
Noometry Index59.437.7
Released2026-03-052026-03-18
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M205K
Max output128K131K
Input $ / M tokens$2.50$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$15$1.20
Results tracked6830

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 52.6 (#33), MiniMax-M2.7: 41.8 (#120)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4MiniMax-M2.7
LMArena WebDev14651398
SciCode56.6%47%
WeirdML77.7%37%
LMArena Coding14971454
ALE-Bench1,607599.25
SWE-bench Verified76.9%—
DeepSWE51.8%—
GSO31.4%—
MirrorCode15.6%—
AlgoTune1.85—

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 46.5 (#13), MiniMax-M2.7: 25.1 (#111)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4MiniMax-M2.7
Terminal-Bench81.8%45.1%
GBAEval45.1%0%
APEX-Agents52.4%—
τ²-bench Banking39.4%—
DeepResearch Bench35.1%—
PostTrainBench19%—
ExploitBench—13.3%
LMArena Search1197—
METR Time Horizons74.3%—
Vending-Bench 26,144—

Reasoning GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 61.8 (#19), MiniMax-M2.7: 19.7 (#253)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4MiniMax-M2.7
NYT Connections (extended)91.3%24.7%
CritPt23.4%0.6%
Thematic Generalization80%39.3%
LMArena Hard Prompts14851422
Epoch Capabilities Index156.81145.85
ARC-AGI-274%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark63.8%—
ARC-AGI-193.7%—
Chess Puzzles44%—
EnigmaEval16%—
EBR-Bench25.4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—
DTBench94.4%—
LMCA52%—
ForecastBench59.5—

Math GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 73.5 (#19), MiniMax-M2.7: 25.9 (#263)

Knowledge GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 65.3 (#14), MiniMax-M2.7: 37.7 (#152)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4MiniMax-M2.7
Vectara Hallucination Rate7%12.9%
LMArena Expert15071444
GPQA Diamond93.3%—
Humanity's Last Exam36.2%—
SimpleQA Verified45.1%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.4: 43.7 (#20), MiniMax-M2.7: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4MiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Vision1303—
Blueprint-Bench 227.1%—
Furniture Assembly37.5%—
LMArena Document1471—

Multilingual GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 56.2 (#23), MiniMax-M2.7: 50.3 (#123)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4MiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Non-English14651382
LMArena Chinese15191441
LMArena French14931421
LMArena German14721398
LMArena Japanese14851262
LMArena Korean14481313
LMArena Russian14801383
LMArena Spanish14541403

Instruction Following GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 77.1 (#27), MiniMax-M2.7: 74.1 (#103)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4MiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Instruction Following14691405

Long Context GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 50.3 (#8), MiniMax-M2.7: 43.3 (#99)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4MiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Longer Query14731419
CL-bench27.9%—
CL-bench Life21.7%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 71.9 (#17), MiniMax-M2.7: 58.9 (#112)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4MiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Text14691405
LMArena Creative Writing14391354
LMArena Multi-Turn14821412
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1840—
EQ-Bench 41272—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 better than MiniMax-M2.7?

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.4 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax-M2.7 costs 11× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.4 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; GPT-5.4 lists at $2.50 and $15.

Is GPT-5.4 or MiniMax-M2.7 better for coding?

GPT-5.4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.6 versus 41.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.4 does, with 1.05M tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 and MiniMax-M2.7 share?

29 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 has 68 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.7 has 30.

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