MiniMax M2.7

minimax/minimax-m2.7-20260318

MiniMax M2.7, offered by Minimax, processes text input and generates text output with a context length of up to 204 800 tokens. It is priced at $0.25 per million input tokens and $1 per million output tokens, supports tool usage and reasoning, and has open weights. The model was released on 2026-03-18.

  • tool use
  • structured outputs
  • reasoning
  • open-weight

At a glance

providerminimax
releasedMar 18, 2026
context205K
input / M$0.30

Specifications

What the API gives you

Context window
205K tokens
Max output
131K tokens
Input price
$0.30 / 1M tokens
Output price
$1.20 / 1M tokens
Cache read
$0.060 / 1M tokens
Modalities
text → text
Knowledge cutoff
Released
Mar 18, 2026

Measured evidence

Public benchmark record

Design Arena Coding
1265 Elo2026-07-28
Design Arena Coding
1265 Elo2026-07-27
Design Arena Coding
1265 Elo2026-07-30
Design Arena Coding
1265 Elo2026-07-29
Design Arena Coding
1264 Elo2026-07-31
Design Arena Coding
1264 Elo2026-08-02
Design Arena Coding
1263 Elo2026-08-05
Design Arena Coding
1264 Elo2026-08-01
Design Arena Coding
1262 Elo2026-08-09
Design Arena Coding
1263 Elo2026-08-03
Design Arena Coding
1263 Elo2026-08-04
Design Arena Coding
1259 Elo2026-08-14
Design Arena Coding
1263 Elo2026-08-06
Design Arena Coding
1262 Elo2026-08-10
Design Arena Coding
1263 Elo2026-08-07
Design Arena Coding
1254 Elo2026-08-18
Design Arena Coding
1262 Elo2026-08-08
Design Arena Coding
1254 Elo2026-08-15
Design Arena Coding
1262 Elo2026-08-11
Design Arena Coding
1261 Elo2026-08-12
Design Arena Coding
1260 Elo2026-08-13
Design Arena Coding
1253 Elo2026-08-19
Design Arena Coding
1259 Elo2026-08-27
Design Arena Coding
1259 Elo2026-08-21
Design Arena Coding
1253 Elo2026-08-20
Design Arena Coding
1254 Elo2026-08-16
Design Arena Coding
1251 Elo2026-09-05
Design Arena Coding
1254 Elo2026-08-17
Design Arena Coding
1259 Elo2026-08-22
Design Arena Coding
1259 Elo2026-08-23
Design Arena Coding
1259 Elo2026-08-28
Design Arena Coding
1259 Elo2026-08-24
Design Arena Coding
1259 Elo2026-08-25
Design Arena Coding
1259 Elo2026-08-26
Design Arena Coding
1251 Elo2026-09-06
Design Arena Coding
1259 Elo2026-08-29
Design Arena Coding
1258 Elo2026-08-30
Design Arena Coding
1258 Elo2026-08-31
Design Arena Coding
1258 Elo2026-09-01
Design Arena Coding
1257 Elo2026-09-02
Design Arena Coding
1255 Elo2026-09-03
Design Arena Coding
1254 Elo2026-09-04
Design Arena UI
1246 Elo2026-07-28
Design Arena UI
1247 Elo2026-07-27
Design Arena UI
1247 Elo2026-07-30
Design Arena UI
1247 Elo2026-07-29
Design Arena UI
1247 Elo2026-07-31
Design Arena UI
1246 Elo2026-08-02
Design Arena UI
1246 Elo2026-08-01
Design Arena UI
1247 Elo2026-08-05
Design Arena UI
1244 Elo2026-08-09
Design Arena UI
1246 Elo2026-08-03
Design Arena UI
1246 Elo2026-08-04
Design Arena UI
1242 Elo2026-08-14
Design Arena UI
1247 Elo2026-08-06
Design Arena UI
1246 Elo2026-08-07
Design Arena UI
1244 Elo2026-08-10
Design Arena UI
1244 Elo2026-08-08
Design Arena UI
1239 Elo2026-08-18
Design Arena UI
1244 Elo2026-08-11
Design Arena UI
1240 Elo2026-08-15
Design Arena UI
1244 Elo2026-08-12
Design Arena UI
1245 Elo2026-08-13
Design Arena UI
1239 Elo2026-08-19
Design Arena UI
1240 Elo2026-08-16
Design Arena UI
1239 Elo2026-08-20
Design Arena UI
1236 Elo2026-08-27
Design Arena UI
1239 Elo2026-08-17
Design Arena UI
1233 Elo2026-09-05
Design Arena UI
1237 Elo2026-08-21
Design Arena UI
1237 Elo2026-08-22
Design Arena UI
1237 Elo2026-08-23
Design Arena UI
1236 Elo2026-08-24
Design Arena UI
1236 Elo2026-08-28
Design Arena UI
1237 Elo2026-08-25
Design Arena UI
1237 Elo2026-08-26
Design Arena UI
1234 Elo2026-09-06
Design Arena UI
1236 Elo2026-08-29
Design Arena UI
1236 Elo2026-08-30
Design Arena UI
1236 Elo2026-08-31
Design Arena UI
1236 Elo2026-09-01
Design Arena UI
1236 Elo2026-09-02
Design Arena UI
1234 Elo2026-09-03
Design Arena UI
1232 Elo2026-09-04
Design Arena Website
1272 Elo2026-07-28
Design Arena Website
1271 Elo2026-07-30
Design Arena Website
1271 Elo2026-07-27
Design Arena Website
1271 Elo2026-07-29
Design Arena Website
1270 Elo2026-07-31
Design Arena Website
1269 Elo2026-08-02
Design Arena Website
1270 Elo2026-08-01
Design Arena Website
1269 Elo2026-08-05
Design Arena Website
1270 Elo2026-08-03
Design Arena Website
1268 Elo2026-08-09
Design Arena Website
1270 Elo2026-08-04
Design Arena Website
1266 Elo2026-08-14
Design Arena Website
1269 Elo2026-08-06
Design Arena Website
1269 Elo2026-08-07
Design Arena Website
1268 Elo2026-08-10
Design Arena Website
1268 Elo2026-08-08
Design Arena Website
1258 Elo2026-08-18
Design Arena Website
1268 Elo2026-08-11
Design Arena Website
1258 Elo2026-08-15
Design Arena Website
1267 Elo2026-08-12
Design Arena Website
1266 Elo2026-08-13
Design Arena Website
1258 Elo2026-08-19
Design Arena Website
1258 Elo2026-08-16
Design Arena Website
1258 Elo2026-08-20
Design Arena Website
1265 Elo2026-08-27
Design Arena Website
1258 Elo2026-08-17
Design Arena Website
1260 Elo2026-09-05
Design Arena Website
1266 Elo2026-08-21
Design Arena Website
1266 Elo2026-08-22
Design Arena Website
1266 Elo2026-08-23
Design Arena Website
1266 Elo2026-08-24
Design Arena Website
1265 Elo2026-08-28
Design Arena Website
1266 Elo2026-08-25
Design Arena Website
1266 Elo2026-08-26
Design Arena Website
1258 Elo2026-09-06
Design Arena Website
1265 Elo2026-08-29
Design Arena Website
1265 Elo2026-08-30
Design Arena Website
1265 Elo2026-08-31
Design Arena Website
1265 Elo2026-09-01
Design Arena Website
1263 Elo2026-09-02
Design Arena Website
1261 Elo2026-09-03
Design Arena Website
1260 Elo2026-09-04
LMArena Agent
-11.52026-07-13
LMArena Agent
-11.52026-07-20
LMArena Agent
-11.12026-07-27
LMArena Agent
-12.52026-07-21
LMArena Agent
-11.62026-07-28
LMArena Agent
-11.52026-08-03
LMArena Agent
-112026-08-12
LMArena Agent
-11.62026-08-06
LMArena Agent
-11.12026-08-11
LMArena Agent
-11.22026-08-13
LMArena Agent
-10.22026-08-24
LMArena Agent
-10.32026-08-31
LMArena Agent
-11.72026-09-05
LMArena Agent
-10.22026-08-27
LMArena Creative Writing
1353 Elo2026-07-21
LMArena Creative Writing
1353 Elo2026-07-27
LMArena Creative Writing
1353 Elo2026-07-30
LMArena Creative Writing
1354 Elo2026-08-02
LMArena Creative Writing
1354 Elo2026-08-03
LMArena Creative Writing
1353 Elo2026-08-06
LMArena Creative Writing
1352 Elo2026-08-12
LMArena Creative Writing
1353 Elo2026-08-21
LMArena Creative Writing
1352 Elo2026-09-02
LMArena Creative Writing
1353 Elo2026-08-27
LMArena Creative Writing
1352 Elo2026-09-01
LMArena Long Query
1422 Elo2026-07-21
LMArena Long Query
1421 Elo2026-07-27
LMArena Long Query
1421 Elo2026-07-30
LMArena Long Query
1419 Elo2026-08-06
LMArena Long Query
1421 Elo2026-08-02
LMArena Long Query
1421 Elo2026-08-03
LMArena Long Query
1419 Elo2026-08-12
LMArena Long Query
1420 Elo2026-08-21
LMArena Long Query
1419 Elo2026-09-02
LMArena Long Query
1420 Elo2026-08-27
LMArena Long Query
1419 Elo2026-09-01
LMArena Math
1420 Elo2026-07-21
LMArena Math
1420 Elo2026-07-27
LMArena Math
1420 Elo2026-07-30
LMArena Math
1420 Elo2026-08-02
LMArena Math
1420 Elo2026-08-03
LMArena Math
1420 Elo2026-08-06
LMArena Math
1420 Elo2026-08-12
LMArena Math
1420 Elo2026-08-21
LMArena Math
1420 Elo2026-09-01
LMArena Math
1419 Elo2026-08-27
LMArena Text
1417 Elo2026-07-21
LMArena Text
1417 Elo2026-07-27
LMArena Text
1417 Elo2026-07-30
LMArena Text
1416 Elo2026-08-10
LMArena Text
1417 Elo2026-08-02
LMArena Text
1416 Elo2026-08-06
LMArena Text
1417 Elo2026-08-03
LMArena Text
1416 Elo2026-08-21
LMArena Text
1416 Elo2026-08-12
LMArena Text
1416 Elo2026-09-01
LMArena Text
1415 Elo2026-09-02
LMArena Text
1417 Elo2026-08-27
LMArena WebDev
1395 Elo2026-07-16
LMArena WebDev
1397 Elo2026-07-21
LMArena WebDev
1396 Elo2026-07-20
LMArena WebDev
1397 Elo2026-07-27
LMArena WebDev
1398 Elo2026-07-24
LMArena WebDev
1398 Elo2026-07-28
LMArena WebDev
1398 Elo2026-07-30
LMArena WebDev
1398 Elo2026-08-01
LMArena WebDev
1398 Elo2026-07-31
LMArena WebDev
1398 Elo2026-08-06
LMArena WebDev
1398 Elo2026-08-02
LMArena WebDev
1398 Elo2026-08-12
LMArena WebDev
1398 Elo2026-08-10
LMArena WebDev
1397 Elo2026-08-14
LMArena WebDev
1399 Elo2026-09-01
LMArena WebDev
1398 Elo2026-09-05
LMArena WebDev
1398 Elo2026-08-21
LMArena WebDev
1399 Elo2026-08-30
SWE-rebench
51.9% ± 0.92026-03-01tools

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Open-weight model on Hugging Face.

Task evidence

How broad is the support?

Each status is exact to this model version and the selected task. Official release claims remain provisional.

  • Best LLM for Frontend & UIEstablished evidence

    90% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Business WritingProvisional evidence

    70% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Marketing CopyProvisional evidence

    70% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Chat & RoleplayProvisional evidence

    70% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or LiveBench Language. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 70% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or LiveBench Language. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Creative WritingProvisional evidence

    60% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or LiveBench Language. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for WritingProvisional evidence

    60% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or LiveBench Language. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for CodingProvisional evidence

    58% of intended weighted task evidence across 3 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Aider Polyglot or LiveBench Coding. 8 of 8 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 55% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Aider Polyglot or LiveBench Coding. 6 of 6 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 55% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or LiveBench Reasoning. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 50% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or LiveBench Reasoning. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Hermes AgentProvisional evidence

    45% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or Terminal-Bench 2.1. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for OpenHandsProvisional evidence

    45% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or Terminal-Bench 2.1. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for GooseProvisional evidence

    45% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or Terminal-Bench 2.1. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for OpenClawProvisional evidence

    45% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or Terminal-Bench 2.1. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Code CompletionProvisional evidence

    44% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Aider Polyglot or LiveBench Coding. 4 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Competition MathProvisional evidence

    40% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Mathematics or LiveBench Reasoning. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Math & ReasoningProvisional evidence

    40% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Mathematics or LiveBench Reasoning. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best Local LLM for CodingProvisional evidence

    40% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Aider Polyglot or LiveBench Coding. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Autonomous AgentsProvisional evidence

    37% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Frontier-Bench or LiveBench Agentic Coding. 7 of 7 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best Value LLMProvisional evidence

    36% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or Route reliability. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 33% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or Route reliability. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Agentic CodingProvisional evidence

    32% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Design Arena Full-stack or Design Arena Web-apps. 8 of 8 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for AI AgentsProvisional evidence

    32% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or LiveBench Agentic Coding. 7 of 7 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Fast SummariesProvisional evidence

    29% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or Route reliability. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 25% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or LiveBench Language. 4 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best Cheap LLM for High VolumeProvisional evidence

    25% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or Route reliability. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 25% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or LiveBench Language. 4 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Cheapest Capable LLMProvisional evidence

    25% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or Route reliability. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for TranslationProvisional evidence

    25% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or LiveBench Language. 4 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 25% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or LMArena Search. 4 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Massive ContextProvisional evidence

    25% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LMArena Document or LongBench v2. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 25% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or OSWorld Verified. 4 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 20% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from FACTS Grounding or LiveBench Instruction Following. 4 of 6 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for SummarizationProvisional evidence

    20% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from FACTS Grounding or LiveBench Instruction Following. 4 of 6 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 18% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from FACTS Grounding or LMArena Document. 4 of 6 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 17% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or LiveBench Data Analysis. 4 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 17% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or LiveBench Data Analysis. 4 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 13% of intended weighted task evidence across 0 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Data Analysis or Route reliability. 2 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for OCR & DocumentsProvisional evidence

    10% of intended weighted task evidence across 0 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LMArena Document or LMArena Vision. 3 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 10% of intended weighted task evidence across 0 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Reasoning or LMArena Vision. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 10% of intended weighted task evidence across 0 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LMArena Document or LMArena Vision. 3 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Grounded RAGProvisional evidence

    10% of intended weighted task evidence across 0 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from CRAG or FACTS Grounding. 2 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Charts & DiagramsProvisional evidence

    10% of intended weighted task evidence across 0 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LMArena Document or LMArena Vision. 3 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Document ParsingProvisional evidence

    10% of intended weighted task evidence across 0 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LMArena Document or LMArena Vision. 3 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

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