Across 23 shared benchmarks, MiniMax M2.7 scores higher on 1 and Qwen3.8 Max Preview on 21, with 1 level. The widest gap is TauBench V3 - Banking, where Qwen3.8 Max Preview scores 51.3 against 9.9. MiniMax M2.7 is the cheaper of the two on tracked API pricing ($0.30 against $2.00 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, direct), otherwise the lowest tracked offer.