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Model comparison

Grok 4.7 vs MiniMax-M2

Grok 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.1 to 37.4 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax-M2 costs 5.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.7's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.7 xAI

53.1

Rank #37 Confirmed

MiniMax-M2 MiniMax

37.4

Rank #204 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.7 scores higher in 9 categories and MiniMax-M2 in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.7 leads 49.1 to 19.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 76.8% for Grok 4.7 and 14.8% for MiniMax-M2.
  • MiniMax-M2 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Grok 4.7.
  • Grok 4.7 accepts more context: 500K tokens versus 205K.
  • MiniMax-M2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 4.7MiniMax-M2
ProviderxAIMiniMax
Noometry Index53.137.4
Released2026-09-212025-10-27
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window500K205K
Max output500K131K
Input $ / M tokens$2$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$6$1.20
Results tracked3921

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 58.0 (#18), MiniMax-M2: 39.3 (#159)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7MiniMax-M2
LMArena WebDev16391297
LMArena Coding14271370
FrontierCode47.6%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—61%
CursorBench46.3%—
FrontierSWE29.5%—
SciCode57.8%—

Agentic & Tool Use Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 36.7 (#37), MiniMax-M2: 25.1 (#109)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7MiniMax-M2
Vending-Bench 210,537160.6
Terminal-Bench—30%
APEX-Agents54.6%—
GDP.pdf22.8%—

Reasoning Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 49.1 (#40), MiniMax-M2: 19.4 (#258)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7MiniMax-M2
NYT Connections (extended)76.8%14.8%
LMArena Hard Prompts14131357
Kagi LLM Benchmark—57.8%
CritPt18%—
Chess Puzzles38%—
Mystery Game Puzzles29%—
DTBench96%—
LMCA49.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index153.53—

Math Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 57.8 (#39), MiniMax-M2: 37.3 (#160)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7MiniMax-M2
LMArena Math14071352
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)53%—
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.1%—
ProofBench34%—

Knowledge Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 62.8 (#22), MiniMax-M2: 37.0 (#163)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7MiniMax-M2
LMArena Expert14221337
GPQA Diamond92.7%—
SimpleQA Verified56%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.7: 35.5 (#87), MiniMax-M2: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.7MiniMax-M2
LMArena Vision1228—
Blueprint-Bench 232.5%—
Furniture Assembly20.8%—

Multilingual Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 50.8 (#116), MiniMax-M2: 45.3 (#171)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7MiniMax-M2
LMArena Non-English13891313
LMArena Chinese14551366
LMArena French14551335
LMArena Russian13971331
LMArena Spanish14001326
LMArena German—1355

Instruction Following Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 74.1 (#105), MiniMax-M2: 70.2 (#166)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7MiniMax-M2
LMArena Instruction Following14041328

Long Context Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 43.1 (#104), MiniMax-M2: 40.5 (#153)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7MiniMax-M2
LMArena Longer Query14131331

Writing & Preference Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 70.0 (#24), MiniMax-M2: 53.0 (#162)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7MiniMax-M2
LMArena Text13991340
LMArena Creative Writing13911286
LMArena Multi-Turn13931361
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2007—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.7 better than MiniMax-M2?

Grok 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.1 to 37.4 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax-M2 costs 5.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.7's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Grok 4.7 or MiniMax-M2?

MiniMax-M2 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Grok 4.7 lists at $2 and $6.

Is Grok 4.7 or MiniMax-M2 better for coding?

Grok 4.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.0 versus 39.3 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Grok 4.7 does, with 500K tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.7 and MiniMax-M2 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.7 has 39 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2 has 21.

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