Model comparison

Llama 4 Maverick vs MiniMax-M2.7

MiniMax-M2.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 30.9 on the Noometry Index. Llama 4 Maverick costs 1.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiniMax-M2.7's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 24 shared benchmarks.

Llama 4 Maverick Meta

30.9

Rank #282 Confirmed

MiniMax-M2.7 MiniMax

37.7

Rank #196 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 24 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 4 Maverick scores higher in 2 categories and MiniMax-M2.7 in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where MiniMax-M2.7 leads 58.9 to 38.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 8% for Llama 4 Maverick and 24.7% for MiniMax-M2.7.
  • Llama 4 Maverick is cheaper at $0.19 / $0.65 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $1.20 for MiniMax-M2.7.
  • MiniMax-M2.7 accepts more context: 205K tokens versus 128K.

Side by side

Llama 4 Maverick and MiniMax-M2.7 specifications
Llama 4 MaverickMiniMax-M2.7
ProviderMetaMiniMax
Noometry Index30.937.7
Released2025-04-052026-03-18
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window128K205K
Max output4K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.19$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$0.65$1.20
Results tracked5430

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Category by category

Coding MiniMax-M2.7 leads

Llama 4 Maverick: 26.6 (#324), MiniMax-M2.7: 41.8 (#120)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 4 MaverickMiniMax-M2.7
SciCode33.1%47%
WeirdML24.5%37%
LMArena Coding13021454
ALE-Bench172.97599.25
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)21%—
Aider Polyglot15.6%—
LMArena WebDev—1398
BigCodeBench Instruct49.7%—
BigCodeBench Complete61.4%—

Agentic & Tool Use Llama 4 Maverick leads

Llama 4 Maverick: 28.2 (#91), MiniMax-M2.7: 25.1 (#111)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 4 MaverickMiniMax-M2.7
Terminal-Bench—45.1%
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard37.3%—
ExploitBench—13.3%
GBAEval—0%

Reasoning MiniMax-M2.7 leads

Llama 4 Maverick: 10.1 (#342), MiniMax-M2.7: 19.7 (#253)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 4 MaverickMiniMax-M2.7
NYT Connections (extended)8%24.7%
CritPt0%0.6%
LMArena Hard Prompts12811422
Epoch Capabilities Index132.2145.85
ARC-AGI-20%—
SimpleBench27.7%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark55.9%—
ARC-AGI-14.4%—
EnigmaEval0.6%—
Thematic Generalization—39.3%
DTBench61.9%—
LMCA15.9%—
ForecastBench57.5—

Math Too close to call

Llama 4 Maverick: 26.0 (#262), MiniMax-M2.7: 25.9 (#263)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 4 MaverickMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Math12991420
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202520.6%—
ProofBench—3%
Omni-MATH42.2%—
MATH Level 573%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)0.7%—

Knowledge MiniMax-M2.7 leads

Llama 4 Maverick: 33.4 (#204), MiniMax-M2.7: 37.7 (#152)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 4 MaverickMiniMax-M2.7
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.2%12.9%
LMArena Expert12591444
GPQA Diamond67%—
Humanity's Last Exam5.7%—
MMLU-Pro81%—
Confabulations22.6%—
GPQA (HELM)65%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Llama 4 Maverick: 31.6 (#105), MiniMax-M2.7: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 4 MaverickMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Vision1142—
GeoBench52%—
SpatialViz-Bench31.8%—

Multilingual MiniMax-M2.7 leads

Llama 4 Maverick: 42.2 (#195), MiniMax-M2.7: 50.3 (#123)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 4 MaverickMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Non-English12691382
LMArena Chinese12771441
LMArena French12591421
LMArena German12911398
LMArena Japanese12071262
LMArena Korean12031313
LMArena Russian12861383
LMArena Spanish12931403

Instruction Following MiniMax-M2.7 leads

Llama 4 Maverick: 71.7 (#146), MiniMax-M2.7: 74.1 (#103)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 4 MaverickMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Instruction Following12671405
IFEval90.8%—

Long Context MiniMax-M2.7 leads

Llama 4 Maverick: 31.4 (#279), MiniMax-M2.7: 43.3 (#99)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 4 MaverickMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Longer Query12801419
Fiction.LiveBench46.2%—

Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2.7 leads

Llama 4 Maverick: 38.8 (#252), MiniMax-M2.7: 58.9 (#112)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 4 MaverickMiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Text12871405
LMArena Creative Writing12671354
LMArena Multi-Turn12891412
Short-Story Creative Writing62%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing860—
WildBench80%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 4 Maverick better than MiniMax-M2.7?

MiniMax-M2.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 30.9 on the Noometry Index. Llama 4 Maverick costs 1.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiniMax-M2.7's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Llama 4 Maverick or MiniMax-M2.7?

Llama 4 Maverick is cheaper. It lists at $0.19 per million input tokens and $0.65 per million output tokens; MiniMax-M2.7 lists at $0.30 and $1.20.

Is Llama 4 Maverick or MiniMax-M2.7 better for coding?

MiniMax-M2.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 26.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

MiniMax-M2.7 does, with 205K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do Llama 4 Maverick and MiniMax-M2.7 share?

24 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 4 Maverick has 54 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.7 has 30.

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