Model comparison

Granite 4.2 8B vs MiniMax-M2.7

Granite 4.2 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.5 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 11 shared benchmarks.

Granite 4.2 8B IBM

40.5

Rank #148 Confirmed

MiniMax-M2.7

MiniMax

37.7

Rank #196 Confirmed

Summary

They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.2 8B scores higher in 2 categories and MiniMax-M2.7 in 5 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in writing & preference, where MiniMax-M2.7 leads 58.9 to 49.6.
Granite 4.2 8B is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.25 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $1.20 for MiniMax-M2.7.
MiniMax-M2.7 accepts more context: 205K tokens versus 131K.

Side by side

Granite 4.2 8B and MiniMax-M2.7 specifications
	Granite 4.2 8B	MiniMax-M2.7
Provider	IBM	MiniMax
Noometry Index	40.5	37.7
Released	—	2026-03-18
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	131K	205K
Max output	118K	131K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.06	$0.30
Output $ / M tokens	$0.25	$1.20
Results tracked	11	30

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Category by category

Coding MiniMax-M2.7 leads

Granite 4.2 8B: 40.5 (#137), MiniMax-M2.7: 41.8 (#120)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 8B	MiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Coding	1380	1454
LMArena WebDev	—	1398
SciCode	—	47%
WeirdML	—	37%
ALE-Bench	—	599.25

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Granite 4.2 8B: —, MiniMax-M2.7: 25.1 (#111)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 8B	MiniMax-M2.7
Terminal-Bench	—	45.1%
ExploitBench	—	13.3%
GBAEval	—	0%

Reasoning Granite 4.2 8B leads

Granite 4.2 8B: 26.6 (#131), MiniMax-M2.7: 19.7 (#253)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 8B	MiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Hard Prompts	1329	1422
NYT Connections (extended)	—	24.7%
CritPt	—	0.6%
Thematic Generalization	—	39.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index	—	145.85

Math Not comparable

Granite 4.2 8B: —, MiniMax-M2.7: 25.9 (#263)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 8B	MiniMax-M2.7
ProofBench	—	3%
LMArena Math	—	1420

Knowledge Too close to call

Granite 4.2 8B: 38.4 (#145), MiniMax-M2.7: 37.7 (#152)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 8B	MiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Expert	1384	1444
Vectara Hallucination Rate	—	12.9%

Multilingual MiniMax-M2.7 leads

Granite 4.2 8B: 44.5 (#178), MiniMax-M2.7: 50.3 (#123)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 8B	MiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Non-English	1302	1382
LMArena Chinese	1366	1441
LMArena Russian	1285	1383
LMArena French	—	1421
LMArena German	—	1398
LMArena Japanese	—	1262
LMArena Korean	—	1313
LMArena Spanish	—	1403

Instruction Following MiniMax-M2.7 leads

Granite 4.2 8B: 68.7 (#184), MiniMax-M2.7: 74.1 (#103)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 8B	MiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Instruction Following	1301	1405

Long Context MiniMax-M2.7 leads

Granite 4.2 8B: 40.3 (#159), MiniMax-M2.7: 43.3 (#99)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 8B	MiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Longer Query	1324	1419

Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2.7 leads

Granite 4.2 8B: 49.6 (#189), MiniMax-M2.7: 58.9 (#112)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 8B	MiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Text	1320	1405
LMArena Creative Writing	1236	1354
LMArena Multi-Turn	1301	1412

Frequently asked questions

Is Granite 4.2 8B better than MiniMax-M2.7?

Granite 4.2 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.5 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Granite 4.2 8B or MiniMax-M2.7?

Granite 4.2 8B is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.25 per million output tokens; MiniMax-M2.7 lists at $0.30 and $1.20.

Is Granite 4.2 8B or MiniMax-M2.7 better for coding?

MiniMax-M2.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 40.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

MiniMax-M2.7 does, with 205K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 8B and MiniMax-M2.7 share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 8B has 11 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.7 has 30.