Across 29 shared benchmarks, MiniMax M2.7 scores higher on 15 and Qwen3.6 27B on 14. The widest gap is τ³-Bench, where MiniMax M2.7 scores 67.6 against 15.3. MiniMax M2.7 is the cheaper of the two on tracked API pricing ($0.30 against $0.60 per million input tokens).
Best tracked score per model per benchmark (default configuration; source-attributed). ↓ marks lower-is-better metrics. Open either model for its full surface, provenance and pricing. Quoted rates are the price-setter row we currently track for each model — its direct or vendor-official listing where one exists (direct, alibaba-official), otherwise the lowest tracked offer.