Model comparison

MiniMax-M2.7 vs Mistral Large 4

Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax-M2.7 costs 2.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Mistral Large 4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 11, 2026. 14 shared benchmarks.

MiniMax-M2.7

MiniMax

37.7

Rank #196 Confirmed

Mistral Large 4

Mistral AI

43.1

Rank #99 Confirmed

Summary

They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. MiniMax-M2.7 scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Large 4 in 7 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in math, where Mistral Large 4 leads 40.4 to 25.9.
MiniMax-M2.7 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.68 / $2.09 for Mistral Large 4.
Mistral Large 4 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 205K.
MiniMax-M2.7 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

MiniMax-M2.7 and Mistral Large 4 specifications
	MiniMax-M2.7	Mistral Large 4
Provider	MiniMax	Mistral AI
Noometry Index	37.7	43.1
Released	2026-03-18	2026-10-06
Weights	Open	Proprietary
Context window	205K	1.05M
Max output	131K	262K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.30	$0.68
Output $ / M tokens	$1.20	$2.09
Results tracked	30	15

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Category by category

Coding Mistral Large 4 leads

MiniMax-M2.7: 41.8 (#120), Mistral Large 4: 48.6 (#57)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.7	Mistral Large 4
LMArena WebDev	1398	1541
LMArena Coding	1454	1475
SciCode	47%	—
WeirdML	37%	—
ALE-Bench	599.25	—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

MiniMax-M2.7: 25.1 (#111), Mistral Large 4: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.7	Mistral Large 4
Terminal-Bench	45.1%	—
ExploitBench	13.3%	—
GBAEval	0%	—

Reasoning Mistral Large 4 leads

MiniMax-M2.7: 19.7 (#253), Mistral Large 4: 22.5 (#192)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.7	Mistral Large 4
NYT Connections (extended)	24.7%	27.4%
LMArena Hard Prompts	1422	1444
CritPt	0.6%	—
Thematic Generalization	39.3%	—
Epoch Capabilities Index	145.85	—

Math Mistral Large 4 leads

MiniMax-M2.7: 25.9 (#263), Mistral Large 4: 40.4 (#91)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.7	Mistral Large 4
LMArena Math	1420	1488
ProofBench	3%	—

Knowledge MiniMax-M2.7 leads

MiniMax-M2.7: 37.7 (#152), Mistral Large 4: 36.6 (#166)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.7	Mistral Large 4
LMArena Expert	1444	1447
SimpleQA Verified	—	20%
Vectara Hallucination Rate	12.9%	—

Multilingual Mistral Large 4 leads

MiniMax-M2.7: 50.3 (#123), Mistral Large 4: 52.6 (#82)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.7	Mistral Large 4
LMArena Non-English	1382	1415
LMArena Chinese	1441	1491
LMArena Russian	1383	1414
LMArena French	1421	—
LMArena German	1398	—
LMArena Japanese	1262	—
LMArena Korean	1313	—
LMArena Spanish	1403	—

Instruction Following Too close to call

MiniMax-M2.7: 74.1 (#103), Mistral Large 4: 75.0 (#76)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.7	Mistral Large 4
LMArena Instruction Following	1405	1424

Long Context Too close to call

MiniMax-M2.7: 43.3 (#99), Mistral Large 4: 43.6 (#89)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.7	Mistral Large 4
LMArena Longer Query	1419	1429

Writing & Preference Mistral Large 4 leads

MiniMax-M2.7: 58.9 (#112), Mistral Large 4: 60.4 (#97)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.7	Mistral Large 4
LMArena Text	1405	1427
LMArena Creative Writing	1354	1361
LMArena Multi-Turn	1412	1424

Frequently asked questions

Is MiniMax-M2.7 better than Mistral Large 4?

Which is cheaper, MiniMax-M2.7 or Mistral Large 4?

MiniMax-M2.7 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Mistral Large 4 lists at $0.68 and $2.09.

Is MiniMax-M2.7 or Mistral Large 4 better for coding?

Mistral Large 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 41.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Mistral Large 4 does, with 1.05M tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M2.7 and Mistral Large 4 share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax-M2.7 has 30 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 4 has 15.