Model comparison

MiniMax-M2.7 vs Qwen1.5-32B

MiniMax-M2.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.4 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

MiniMax-M2.7 MiniMax

37.4

Rank #188 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-32B Alibaba (Qwen)

30.0

Rank #288 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. MiniMax-M2.7 scores higher in 6 categories and Qwen1.5-32B in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where MiniMax-M2.7 leads 59.1 to 34.4.

Side by side

MiniMax-M2.7 and Qwen1.5-32B specifications
MiniMax-M2.7Qwen1.5-32B
ProviderMiniMaxAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index37.430.0
Released2026-03-182024-02-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window205K—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.30—
Output $ / M tokens$1.20—
Results tracked3021

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Category by category

Coding MiniMax-M2.7 leads

MiniMax-M2.7: 41.4 (#115), Qwen1.5-32B: 31.1 (#278)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.7Qwen1.5-32B
LMArena Coding14541155
LMArena WebDev1397—
SciCode47%—
WeirdML37%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—32.3%
BigCodeBench Complete—42%
ALE-Bench599.25—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

MiniMax-M2.7: 24.9 (#103), Qwen1.5-32B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.7Qwen1.5-32B
Terminal-Bench45.1%—
ExploitBench13.3%—
GBAEval0%—

Reasoning Qwen1.5-32B leads

MiniMax-M2.7: 19.0 (#248), Qwen1.5-32B: 20.9 (#210)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.7Qwen1.5-32B
LMArena Hard Prompts14221131
NYT Connections (extended)24.7%—
CritPt0.6%—
Thematic Generalization39.3%—
Epoch Capabilities Index145.84—

Math Qwen1.5-32B leads

MiniMax-M2.7: 24.9 (#254), Qwen1.5-32B: 30.5 (#207)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.7Qwen1.5-32B
LMArena Math14201155
ProofBench3%—

Knowledge MiniMax-M2.7 leads

MiniMax-M2.7: 37.1 (#151), Qwen1.5-32B: 13.5 (#291)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.7Qwen1.5-32B
LMArena Expert14431126
GPQA Diamond—30.7%
Vectara Hallucination Rate12.9%—
MMLU—74.4%

Multilingual MiniMax-M2.7 leads

MiniMax-M2.7: 50.5 (#120), Qwen1.5-32B: 31.6 (#254)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.7Qwen1.5-32B
LMArena Non-English13821106
LMArena Chinese14391176
LMArena French14221100
LMArena German13981058
LMArena Japanese12611027
LMArena Korean13131007
LMArena Russian13831073
LMArena Spanish14031089

Instruction Following MiniMax-M2.7 leads

MiniMax-M2.7: 74.2 (#101), Qwen1.5-32B: 58.0 (#260)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.7Qwen1.5-32B
LMArena Instruction Following14041116

Long Context MiniMax-M2.7 leads

MiniMax-M2.7: 43.3 (#94), Qwen1.5-32B: 34.7 (#241)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.7Qwen1.5-32B
LMArena Longer Query14191146

Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2.7 leads

MiniMax-M2.7: 59.1 (#107), Qwen1.5-32B: 34.4 (#266)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.7Qwen1.5-32B
LMArena Text14041137
LMArena Creative Writing13541083
LMArena Multi-Turn14131140

Frequently asked questions

Is MiniMax-M2.7 better than Qwen1.5-32B?

MiniMax-M2.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.4 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is MiniMax-M2.7 or Qwen1.5-32B better for coding?

MiniMax-M2.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.4 versus 31.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M2.7 and Qwen1.5-32B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax-M2.7 has 30 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-32B has 21.

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