# Inkling-Small vs MiniMax-M2.7

> Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/inkling-small-vs-minimax-m2-7
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 22

## Summary

- They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Inkling-Small scores higher in 6 categories and MiniMax-M2.7 in 2 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Inkling-Small leads 45.1 to 25.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is CritPt: 8.3% for Inkling-Small and 0.6% for MiniMax-M2.7.
- MiniMax-M2.7 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.45 / $1.20 for Inkling-Small.
- Inkling-Small accepts more context: 524K tokens versus 205K.

## Snapshot

| | Inkling-Small | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Thinking Machines Lab | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 46.5 | 37.7 |
| Rank | 63 | 196 |
| Context | 524K | 205K |
| Input $/M | $0.45 | $0.30 |
| Output $/M | $1.20 | $1.20 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Inkling-Small: 43.6 (#85)
- MiniMax-M2.7: 41.8 (#120)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1409 | 1398 |
| SciCode | 48.7% | 47% |
| LMArena Coding | 1451 | 1454 |
| WeirdML | — | 37% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 599.25 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Inkling-Small: —
- MiniMax-M2.7: 25.1 (#111)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 45.1% |
| ExploitBench | — | 13.3% |
| GBAEval | — | 0% |

## Reasoning

- Inkling-Small: 38.6 (#63)
- MiniMax-M2.7: 19.7 (#253)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 8.3% | 0.6% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1423 | 1422 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 150.15 | 145.85 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 40.1% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 24.7% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 84% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 18% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 39.3% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 6% | — |

## Math

- Inkling-Small: 45.1 (#77)
- MiniMax-M2.7: 25.9 (#263)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | 6% | 3% |
| LMArena Math | 1459 | 1420 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 46.3% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 17.1% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 90% | — |

## Knowledge

- Inkling-Small: 48.2 (#77)
- MiniMax-M2.7: 37.7 (#152)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1442 | 1444 |
| GPQA Diamond | 88.5% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 19.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 12.9% |

## Multimodal

- Inkling-Small: 39.1 (#62)
- MiniMax-M2.7: —

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1235 | — |

## Multilingual

- Inkling-Small: 51.7 (#104)
- MiniMax-M2.7: 50.3 (#123)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1402 | 1382 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1465 | 1441 |
| LMArena French | 1436 | 1421 |
| LMArena German | 1405 | 1398 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1405 | 1262 |
| LMArena Korean | 1363 | 1313 |
| LMArena Russian | 1391 | 1383 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1428 | 1403 |

## Instruction Following

- Inkling-Small: 73.8 (#114)
- MiniMax-M2.7: 74.1 (#103)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1399 | 1405 |

## Long Context

- Inkling-Small: 42.7 (#118)
- MiniMax-M2.7: 43.3 (#99)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1401 | 1419 |

## Writing & Preference

- Inkling-Small: 59.6 (#107)
- MiniMax-M2.7: 58.9 (#112)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | MiniMax-M2.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1414 | 1405 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1331 | 1354 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1418 | 1412 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1491 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Inkling-Small better than MiniMax-M2.7?

Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Inkling-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; Inkling-Small lists at $0.45 and $1.20.

### Is Inkling-Small or MiniMax-M2.7 better for coding?

Inkling-Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.6 versus 41.8 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Inkling-Small does, with 524K tokens against 205K.

### How many benchmarks do Inkling-Small and MiniMax-M2.7 share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Inkling-Small has 33 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.7 has 30.