Model comparison

GPT-5.5 vs MiniMax-M2.7

GPT-5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 63.4 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax-M2.7 costs 21× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 29 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.5 OpenAI

63.4

Rank #9 Confirmed

MiniMax-M2.7 MiniMax

37.7

Rank #196 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 29 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.5 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-5.5 leads 81.7 to 25.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 96.2% for GPT-5.5 and 24.7% for MiniMax-M2.7.
  • MiniMax-M2.7 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $5 / $30 for GPT-5.5.
  • GPT-5.5 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 205K.
  • MiniMax-M2.7 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.5 and MiniMax-M2.7 specifications
GPT-5.5MiniMax-M2.7
ProviderOpenAIMiniMax
Noometry Index63.437.7
Released2026-04-232026-03-18
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M205K
Max output128K131K
Input $ / M tokens$5$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$30$1.20
Results tracked7130

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 58.2 (#17), MiniMax-M2.7: 41.8 (#120)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5MiniMax-M2.7
LMArena WebDev15131398
SciCode56.1%47%
WeirdML84.9%37%
LMArena Coding14941454
ALE-Bench1,943599.25
SWE-bench Verified80.6%—
DeepSWE67%—
FrontierCode43%—
GSO40.2%—
MirrorCode10%—

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 50.7 (#6), MiniMax-M2.7: 25.1 (#111)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5MiniMax-M2.7
Terminal-Bench84.7%45.1%
ExploitBench47.4%13.3%
GBAEval53.2%0%
APEX-Agents55.1%—
OSWorld 2.013%—
Remote Labor Index6.3%—
τ²-bench Banking44.6%—
DeepResearch Bench54%—
PostTrainBench27.2%—
GDP.pdf26%—
LMArena Search1242—
Vending-Bench 27,524—

Reasoning GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 72.8 (#11), MiniMax-M2.7: 19.7 (#253)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5MiniMax-M2.7
NYT Connections (extended)96.2%24.7%
CritPt27.1%0.6%
LMArena Hard Prompts14891422
Epoch Capabilities Index159.1145.85
ARC-AGI-285%—
SimpleBench69%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark88.8%—
ARC-AGI-195%—
Chess Puzzles54%—
Thematic Generalization—39.3%
EBR-Bench34.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles56%—
DTBench96%—
LMCA54.3%—
Surface Evolver Bench88.1%—
Bench to the Future 30.14—
ForecastBench60.6—

Math GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 81.7 (#11), MiniMax-M2.7: 25.9 (#263)

Knowledge GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 64.4 (#17), MiniMax-M2.7: 37.7 (#152)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5MiniMax-M2.7
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.3%12.9%
LMArena Expert15081444
GPQA Diamond94%—
SimpleQA Verified63%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.5: 46.9 (#12), MiniMax-M2.7: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5MiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Vision1297—
Blueprint-Bench 236.2%—
Furniture Assembly44.2%—
LMArena Document1486—

Multilingual GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 56.4 (#20), MiniMax-M2.7: 50.3 (#123)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5MiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Non-English14671382
LMArena Chinese15331441
LMArena French14861421
LMArena German14801398
LMArena Japanese14981262
LMArena Korean14601313
LMArena Russian14731383
LMArena Spanish14681403

Instruction Following GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 77.5 (#18), MiniMax-M2.7: 74.1 (#103)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5MiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Instruction Following14791405

Long Context GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 48.3 (#12), MiniMax-M2.7: 43.3 (#99)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5MiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Longer Query14841419
CL-bench Life22.2%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 72.7 (#13), MiniMax-M2.7: 58.9 (#112)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5MiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Text14721405
LMArena Creative Writing14551354
LMArena Multi-Turn14761412
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1844—
EQ-Bench 41315—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.5 better than MiniMax-M2.7?

GPT-5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 63.4 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax-M2.7 costs 21× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.5 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-5.5 lists at $5 and $30.

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

GPT-5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.2 versus 41.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.5 does, with 1.05M tokens against 205K.

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

29 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.5 has 71 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.7 has 30.

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