Model comparison
MiniMax-M2.7 vs Yi-Lightning
MiniMax-M2.7 and Yi-Lightning score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.7 vs 37.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
MiniMaxSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. MiniMax-M2.7 scores higher in 6 categories and Yi-Lightning in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where MiniMax-M2.7 leads 41.8 to 27.4.
- MiniMax-M2.7 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| MiniMax-M2.7 | Yi-Lightning | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 37.7 | 37.1 |
| Released | 2026-03-18 | 2024-12-02 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 205K | — |
| Max output | 131K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.20 | — |
| Results tracked | 30 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax-M2.7 leads
MiniMax-M2.7: 41.8 (#120), Yi-Lightning: 27.4 (#320)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.7 | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1454 | 1312 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 12.9% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1398 | — |
| SciCode | 47% | — |
| WeirdML | 37% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 599.25 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.7: 25.1 (#111), Yi-Lightning: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.7 | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 45.1% | — |
| ExploitBench | 13.3% | — |
| GBAEval | 0% | — |
Reasoning Yi-Lightning leads
MiniMax-M2.7: 19.7 (#253), Yi-Lightning: 25.9 (#139)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.7 | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1422 | 1302 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 24.7% | — |
| CritPt | 0.6% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 39.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 145.85 | — |
Math Yi-Lightning leads
MiniMax-M2.7: 25.9 (#263), Yi-Lightning: 36.2 (#172)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.7 | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1420 | 1300 |
| ProofBench | 3% | — |
Knowledge MiniMax-M2.7 leads
MiniMax-M2.7: 37.7 (#152), Yi-Lightning: 35.4 (#185)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.7 | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1444 | 1286 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 12.9% | — |
Multilingual MiniMax-M2.7 leads
MiniMax-M2.7: 50.3 (#123), Yi-Lightning: 42.2 (#196)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.7 | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1382 | 1269 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1441 | 1320 |
| LMArena French | 1421 | 1305 |
| LMArena German | 1398 | 1267 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1262 | 1228 |
| LMArena Korean | 1313 | 1192 |
| LMArena Russian | 1383 | 1255 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1403 | 1315 |
Instruction Following MiniMax-M2.7 leads
MiniMax-M2.7: 74.1 (#103), Yi-Lightning: 67.4 (#196)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.7 | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1405 | 1278 |
Long Context MiniMax-M2.7 leads
MiniMax-M2.7: 43.3 (#99), Yi-Lightning: 39.4 (#181)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.7 | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1419 | 1297 |
Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2.7 leads
MiniMax-M2.7: 58.9 (#112), Yi-Lightning: 50.2 (#184)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.7 | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1405 | 1302 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1354 | 1280 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1412 | 1311 |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiniMax-M2.7 better than Yi-Lightning?
MiniMax-M2.7 and Yi-Lightning score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.7 vs 37.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is MiniMax-M2.7 or Yi-Lightning better for coding?
MiniMax-M2.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 27.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M2.7 and Yi-Lightning share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax-M2.7 has 30 scored results on Noometry and Yi-Lightning has 18.