Model comparison

MiniMax-M2.7 vs Mistral Small 3

MiniMax-M2.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Small 3 costs 9.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiniMax-M2.7's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 17 shared benchmarks.

MiniMax-M2.7

MiniMax

37.7

Rank #196 Confirmed

Mistral Small 3

Mistral AI

31.2

Rank #278 Confirmed

Summary

They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. MiniMax-M2.7 scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral Small 3 in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in writing & preference, where MiniMax-M2.7 leads 58.9 to 32.2.
Mistral Small 3 is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.08 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $1.20 for MiniMax-M2.7.
MiniMax-M2.7 accepts more context: 205K tokens versus 33K.

Side by side

MiniMax-M2.7 and Mistral Small 3 specifications
	MiniMax-M2.7	Mistral Small 3
Provider	MiniMax	Mistral AI
Noometry Index	37.7	31.2
Released	2026-03-18	2025-01-30
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	205K	33K
Max output	131K	16K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.30	$0.05
Output $ / M tokens	$1.20	$0.08
Results tracked	30	24

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Category by category

Coding MiniMax-M2.7 leads

MiniMax-M2.7: 41.8 (#120), Mistral Small 3: 36.5 (#207)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.7	Mistral Small 3
LMArena Coding	1454	1246
LMArena WebDev	1398	—
SciCode	47%	—
WeirdML	37%	—
BigCodeBench Instruct	—	45.3%
BigCodeBench Complete	—	50.4%
ALE-Bench	599.25	—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

MiniMax-M2.7: 25.1 (#111), Mistral Small 3: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.7	Mistral Small 3
Terminal-Bench	45.1%	—
ExploitBench	13.3%	—
GBAEval	0%	—

Reasoning Too close to call

MiniMax-M2.7: 19.7 (#253), Mistral Small 3: 18.9 (#273)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.7	Mistral Small 3
LMArena Hard Prompts	1422	1233
Epoch Capabilities Index	145.85	127.07
NYT Connections (extended)	24.7%	—
CritPt	0.6%	—
Chess Puzzles	—	0%
Thematic Generalization	39.3%	—

Math MiniMax-M2.7 leads

MiniMax-M2.7: 25.9 (#263), Mistral Small 3: 16.3 (#295)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.7	Mistral Small 3
LMArena Math	1420	1240
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	—	6.7%
ProofBench	3%	—

Knowledge MiniMax-M2.7 leads

MiniMax-M2.7: 37.7 (#152), Mistral Small 3: 25.1 (#263)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.7	Mistral Small 3
LMArena Expert	1444	1202
GPQA Diamond	—	47.3%
Confabulations	—	25.2%
Vectara Hallucination Rate	12.9%	—

Multilingual MiniMax-M2.7 leads

MiniMax-M2.7: 50.3 (#123), Mistral Small 3: 37.3 (#236)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.7	Mistral Small 3
LMArena Non-English	1382	1198
LMArena Chinese	1441	1204
LMArena French	1421	1203
LMArena German	1398	1211
LMArena Japanese	1262	1111
LMArena Korean	1313	1188
LMArena Russian	1383	1216
LMArena Spanish	1403	—

Instruction Following MiniMax-M2.7 leads

MiniMax-M2.7: 74.1 (#103), Mistral Small 3: 63.7 (#229)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.7	Mistral Small 3
LMArena Instruction Following	1405	1214

Long Context MiniMax-M2.7 leads

MiniMax-M2.7: 43.3 (#99), Mistral Small 3: 37.8 (#211)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.7	Mistral Small 3
LMArena Longer Query	1419	1246

Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2.7 leads

MiniMax-M2.7: 58.9 (#112), Mistral Small 3: 32.2 (#280)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.7	Mistral Small 3
LMArena Text	1405	1234
LMArena Creative Writing	1354	1195
LMArena Multi-Turn	1412	1217
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	—	707

Frequently asked questions

Is MiniMax-M2.7 better than Mistral Small 3?

Which is cheaper, MiniMax-M2.7 or Mistral Small 3?

Mistral Small 3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.08 per million output tokens; MiniMax-M2.7 lists at $0.30 and $1.20.

Is MiniMax-M2.7 or Mistral Small 3 better for coding?

MiniMax-M2.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 36.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

MiniMax-M2.7 does, with 205K tokens against 33K.

How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M2.7 and Mistral Small 3 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax-M2.7 has 30 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3 has 24.