Model comparison
Granite 4.1 8b vs MiniMax-M2.7
Granite 4.1 8b and MiniMax-M2.7 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.4 vs 37.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
MiniMaxSummary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.1 8b scores higher in 2 categories and MiniMax-M2.7 in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where MiniMax-M2.7 leads 41.8 to 30.1.
Side by side
| Granite 4.1 8b | MiniMax-M2.7 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 37.4 | 37.7 |
| Released | — | 2026-03-18 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 205K |
| Max output | — | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 13 | 30 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax-M2.7 leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 30.1 (#297), MiniMax-M2.7: 41.8 (#120)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1192 | 1398 |
| LMArena Coding | 1312 | 1454 |
| SciCode | — | 47% |
| WeirdML | — | 37% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 599.25 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 4.1 8b: —, MiniMax-M2.7: 25.1 (#111)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 45.1% |
| ExploitBench | — | 13.3% |
| GBAEval | — | 0% |
Reasoning Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 25.7 (#143), MiniMax-M2.7: 19.7 (#253)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1293 | 1422 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 24.7% |
| CritPt | — | 0.6% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 39.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 145.85 |
Math Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 36.4 (#166), MiniMax-M2.7: 25.9 (#263)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1312 | 1420 |
| ProofBench | — | 3% |
Knowledge MiniMax-M2.7 leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 36.1 (#174), MiniMax-M2.7: 37.7 (#152)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1309 | 1444 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 12.9% |
Multilingual MiniMax-M2.7 leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 41.7 (#204), MiniMax-M2.7: 50.3 (#123)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1261 | 1382 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1337 | 1441 |
| LMArena Russian | 1240 | 1383 |
| LMArena French | — | 1421 |
| LMArena German | — | 1398 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1262 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1313 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1403 |
Instruction Following MiniMax-M2.7 leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 66.9 (#203), MiniMax-M2.7: 74.1 (#103)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1269 | 1405 |
Long Context MiniMax-M2.7 leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 38.7 (#193), MiniMax-M2.7: 43.3 (#99)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1275 | 1419 |
Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2.7 leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 48.1 (#204), MiniMax-M2.7: 58.9 (#112)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1290 | 1405 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1251 | 1354 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1268 | 1412 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.1 8b better than MiniMax-M2.7?
Granite 4.1 8b and MiniMax-M2.7 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.4 vs 37.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Granite 4.1 8b or MiniMax-M2.7 better for coding?
MiniMax-M2.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.1 8b and MiniMax-M2.7 share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.1 8b has 13 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.7 has 30.