Data points: 134
Model compare
The readout for MiniMax M2.7 and MiniMax M3, before the detailed comparison sheet.
Weighted outcome: MiniMax M3. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Decision read
MiniMax M3
MiniMax M3 has the higher weighted result; Model A / B score 27.4 to 72.6.
Evidence depth
134 data points
Includes 34 benchmark rows, 0 audit samples, and 9 provider examples.
Selection signal
Start with MiniMax M3
The charts below split 43 high-signal samples across speed, scores, and audit health.
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This report only uses LMSpeed data for MiniMax M2.7 and MiniMax M3: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
| Model compare | MiniMax M2.7 | MiniMax M3 |
|---|---|---|
| Overall leader | Contender | Leading |
| Weighted overall score | 27.4 pts | 72.6 pts |
| Benchmark category leads | 1 categories | 6 categories |
| Operational advantages | Cheapest input price, Average speed, Free providers, Provider coverage | First-token latency |
| Context window | 204.8K tokens | 1.0M tokens |
| Max output | 131.1K tokens | 512K tokens |
| Modalities | Input Text Output Text | Input Text |
The overall result weights benchmark capability categories at 80% and price, API speed/latency, and availability at 20%. Recent test volume does not affect the winner, and missing benchmark categories are excluded.
| Model compare | MiniMax M2.7 | MiniMax M3 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | MiniMax | MiniMax |
| Released | Mar 2026 | May 2026 |
| Parameters | No data | No data |
| Tokenizer | Other | Other |
| Knowledge cutoff | No data | No data |
| OpenRouter ID | minimax/minimax-m2.7 | minimax/minimax-m3 |
| References | No data | No data |
This report only uses LMSpeed data for MiniMax M2.7 and MiniMax M3: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
MiniMax M2.7
MiniMax M2.7 is stronger in benchmark categories (Multimodal) and operational dimensions (Cheapest input price, Average speed, Free providers, Provider coverage).
MiniMax M3
MiniMax M3 is stronger in benchmark categories (Agents, Coding, Reasoning, Knowledge, Math) and operational dimensions (First-token latency).
Third-party benchmark profile synced into LMSpeed; only metrics available for both models are shown.
Compare benchmark category scores on a 0-100 scale. Select a category to inspect the gap.
Avg. score
MiniMax M2.7
51.3
Avg. score
MiniMax M3
54.2
MiniMax M3 leads by 11.4
MiniMax M3 leads by 4.5
MiniMax M3 leads by 4.7
MiniMax M3 leads by 1.8
MiniMax M3 leads by 1.4
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MiniMax M2.7 leads by 6.9
MiniMax M3 leads by 3.4
Metric-level scores with benchmark source, rank depth, confidence, error, and evaluation date where available.
MiniMax M2.7
52.0
Rank #70/127 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-03-18
MiniMax M3
winner70.0
Rank #34/127 · confidence 2 · eval date 2026-06-01
MiniMax M2.7
52.3 tok/s
Rank #109/139 · confidence 4
MiniMax M3
winner93.6 tok/s
Rank #65/139 · confidence 4
MiniMax M2.7
winner1.14 s
Rank #70/139 · confidence 4
MiniMax M3
1.41 s
Rank #84/139 · confidence 4
MiniMax M2.7
48.23 s
Rank #121/139 · confidence 4
MiniMax M3
winner22.78 s
Rank #95/139 · confidence 4
MiniMax M2.7
$0.525/M
Rank #42/163 · confidence 4
MiniMax M3
$0.525/M
Rank #42/163 · confidence 4
MiniMax M2.7
$1.20/M
Rank #44/163 · confidence 4
MiniMax M3
$1.20/M
Rank #44/163 · confidence 4
MiniMax M2.7
$0.300/M
Rank #46/163 · confidence 4
MiniMax M3
$0.300/M
Rank #46/163 · confidence 4
MiniMax M2.7
68.7
Rank #26/89 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-03-18
MiniMax M3
winner74.0
Rank #5/89 · confidence 2 · eval date 2026-06-01
MiniMax M2.7
87.4%
Rank #31/187 · confidence 4
MiniMax M3
winner92.9%
Rank #5/187 · confidence 4
MiniMax M2.7
28.1%
Rank #33/186 · confidence 4
MiniMax M3
winner37.1%
Rank #17/186 · confidence 4
MiniMax M2.7
0.6
Rank #65/73 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-03-18
MiniMax M3
winner3.7
Rank #39/73 · confidence 2 · eval date 2026-06-01
MiniMax M2.7
39.8
Rank #8/10 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-03-18
MiniMax M3
winner42.1
Rank #6/10 · confidence 2 · eval date 2026-06-01
MiniMax M2.7
56.2
Rank #23/37 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-03-18
MiniMax M3
winner59.0
Rank #11/37 · confidence 2 · eval date 2026-06-01
MiniMax M2.7
52.6
Rank #29/58 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-03-18
MiniMax M3
winner58.6
Rank #21/58 · confidence 2 · eval date 2026-06-01
MiniMax M2.7
winner47.0%
Rank #24/184 · confidence 4
MiniMax M3
45.4%
Rank #35/184 · confidence 4
MiniMax M2.7
39.4
Rank #34/85 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-03-18
MiniMax M3
winner42.4
Rank #27/85 · confidence 2 · eval date 2026-06-01
MiniMax M2.7
44.2
Rank #75/100 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-03-18
MiniMax M3
winner72.9
Rank #30/100 · confidence 2 · eval date 2026-06-01
MiniMax M2.7
winner47.0
Rank #31/96 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-03-18
MiniMax M3
45.4
Rank #39/96 · confidence 2 · eval date 2026-06-01
MiniMax M2.7
63.5
Rank #22/59 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-03-18
MiniMax M3
winner68.8
Rank #18/59 · confidence 2 · eval date 2026-06-01
MiniMax M2.7
87.4
Rank #35/96 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-03-18
MiniMax M3
winner92.9
Rank #5/96 · confidence 2 · eval date 2026-06-01
MiniMax M2.7
38.1
Rank #37/99 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-03-18
MiniMax M3
winner44.4
Rank #15/99 · confidence 2 · eval date 2026-06-01
MiniMax M2.7
28.1
Rank #34/96 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-03-18
MiniMax M3
winner37.1
Rank #17/96 · confidence 2 · eval date 2026-06-01
MiniMax M2.7
0.7
Rank #29/29 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-03-18
MiniMax M3
winner1.4
Rank #28/29 · confidence 2 · eval date 2026-06-01
MiniMax M2.7
winner26.1
Rank #53/90 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-03-18
MiniMax M3
15.0
Rank #86/90 · confidence 2 · eval date 2026-06-01
MiniMax M2.7
winner34.4
Rank #79/90 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-03-18
MiniMax M3
16.1
Rank #89/90 · confidence 2 · eval date 2026-06-01
MiniMax M2.7
1279.0
Rank #24/65 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-03-18
MiniMax M3
winner1294.0
Rank #17/65 · confidence 2 · eval date 2026-06-01
MiniMax M2.7
75.7
Rank #18/86 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-03-18
MiniMax M3
winner82.9
Rank #1/86 · confidence 2 · eval date 2026-06-01
MiniMax M2.7
48.7
Rank #26/28 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-03-18
MiniMax M3
winner74.5
Rank #1/28 · confidence 2 · eval date 2026-06-01
MiniMax M2.7
32.9
Rank #26/50 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-03-18
MiniMax M3
winner44.7
Rank #11/50 · confidence 2 · eval date 2026-06-01
MiniMax M2.7
1158.0
Rank #26/54 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-03-18
MiniMax M3
winner1395.0
Rank #11/54 · confidence 2 · eval date 2026-06-01
MiniMax M2.7
25.6
Rank #29/54 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-03-18
MiniMax M3
winner35.4
Rank #14/54 · confidence 2 · eval date 2026-06-01
MiniMax M2.7
57.0
Rank #30/45 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-03-18
MiniMax M3
winner66.0
Rank #19/45 · confidence 2 · eval date 2026-06-01
MiniMax M2.7
49.9
Rank #51/95 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-03-18
MiniMax M3
winner77.9
Rank #20/95 · confidence 2 · eval date 2026-06-01
MiniMax M2.7
84.8
Rank #44/84 · confidence 3 · eval date 2026-03-18
MiniMax M3
winner88.9
Rank #35/84 · confidence 2 · eval date 2026-06-01
Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.
| Provider | MiniMax M2.7 | MiniMax M3 |
|---|---|---|
| No completed audits are available from shared providers yet. | ||
Speed aggregates and input/output pricing share each provider row for real API selection and migration cost checks.
| Provider | MiniMax M2.7 | MiniMax M3 |
|---|---|---|
170 tests | MiniMax M2.7 speed / latency 48 tok/s / 2290ms input / output No data | MiniMax M3 speed / latency 61 tok/s / 2162ms input / output No data |
110 tests | MiniMax M2.7 speed / latency 430 tok/s / 2481ms input / output No data | MiniMax M3 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
45 tests | MiniMax M2.7 speed / latency 31 tok/s / 16785ms input / output No data | MiniMax M3 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
10 tests | MiniMax M2.7 speed / latency 33 tok/s / 12037ms input / output No data | MiniMax M3 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
5 tests | MiniMax M2.7 speed / latency 40 tok/s / 9728ms input / output No data | MiniMax M3 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
MiniMax M2.7 minimaxai/minimax-m2.7 speed / latency No data input / output $0/request | MiniMax M3 minimaxai/minimax-m3 speed / latency No data input / output $0.010/request | |
MiniMax M2.7 minimax-m2.7 speed / latency No data input / output $0/M/$0/M | MiniMax M3 MiniMax-M3 speed / latency No data input / output $0/M | |
MiniMax M2.7 minimax-m2.7 speed / latency No data input / output $0/M/$0/M | MiniMax M3 minimax-m3 speed / latency No data input / output $0/M | |
MiniMax M2.7 minimaxai/minimax-m2.7 speed / latency No data input / output $0/M/$0/M | MiniMax M3 MiniMax-M3 speed / latency No data input / output $2997.00/M |
Weighted outcome: MiniMax M3. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Output
| Features | Text inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning | Text inputImage inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning |
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