Model comparison
Magistral Small vs MiniMax-M2.7
MiniMax-M2.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
MiniMaxSummary
- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Magistral Small scores higher in 1 category and MiniMax-M2.7 in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where MiniMax-M2.7 leads 19.7 to 6.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 35.2% for Magistral Small and 47% for MiniMax-M2.7.
- MiniMax-M2.7 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $1.50 for Magistral Small.
- MiniMax-M2.7 accepts more context: 205K tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| Magistral Small | MiniMax-M2.7 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 30.2 | 37.7 |
| Released | 2025-06-10 | 2026-03-18 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | 205K |
| Max output | 40K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.50 | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.50 | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 10 | 30 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax-M2.7 leads
Magistral Small: 38.4 (#176), MiniMax-M2.7: 41.8 (#120)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 35.2% | 47% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1398 |
| WeirdML | — | 37% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1454 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 599.25 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, MiniMax-M2.7: 25.1 (#111)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 45.1% |
| ExploitBench | — | 13.3% |
| GBAEval | — | 0% |
Reasoning MiniMax-M2.7 leads
Magistral Small: 6.8 (#350), MiniMax-M2.7: 19.7 (#253)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0.3% | 0.6% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 133.19 | 145.85 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 6.3% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 24.7% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 5% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 3% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 39.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1422 |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
Math Too close to call
Magistral Small: 26.2 (#261), MiniMax-M2.7: 25.9 (#263)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 30% | — |
| ProofBench | — | 3% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1420 |
Knowledge MiniMax-M2.7 leads
Magistral Small: 30.9 (#223), MiniMax-M2.7: 37.7 (#152)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 56.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 12.9% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1444 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, MiniMax-M2.7: 50.3 (#123)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1382 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1441 |
| LMArena French | — | 1421 |
| LMArena German | — | 1398 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1262 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1313 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1383 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1403 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, MiniMax-M2.7: 74.1 (#103)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1405 |
Long Context Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, MiniMax-M2.7: 43.3 (#99)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1419 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, MiniMax-M2.7: 58.9 (#112)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1405 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1354 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1412 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Magistral Small better than MiniMax-M2.7?
MiniMax-M2.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Magistral Small 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; Magistral Small lists at $0.50 and $1.50.
Is Magistral Small or MiniMax-M2.7 better for coding?
MiniMax-M2.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 38.4 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiniMax-M2.7 does, with 205K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Magistral Small and MiniMax-M2.7 share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Magistral Small has 10 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.7 has 30.