Benchmark Almanac

RISE

MiniMax-M2.7 64.3% leads since May 2026
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Agents answer real questions from human experts that need multi-step search and interaction with information-dense web pages. MiniMax has not published the scoring method.

In-house MiniMax benchmark, and the tasks are not released.

Made by
MiniMax
Released
February 2026
Kind
Deep research
Level
Expert
Scored
Checked automatically
Answers
Short answer
Tasks
Kept private
Last in a launch post
February 2026, dropped before it saturated
Last model added
May 2026
2
Models scored in lab cards
1
Launch post lists it, from 1 lab
2
System cards report it, from 1 lab

MiniMax-M2.7 leads with 64.3%

Best score per model as labs report them in their own cards. Labs pick their own settings, so these compare less cleanly than independent runs.

  1. 1 MiniMax-M2.7 64.3%
  2. 2 MiniMax-M2.5 50.2%

Source: Labs’ model cards

#ModelScoreSettingDateSource
1 MiniMax-M2.7 64.3% May 2026 Lab model card
2 MiniMax-M2.5 50.2% Feb 2026 Lab model card

2 models have held number one in labs’ own numbers since its release in February 2026

Lab claims count from the day the card came out, independent runs from the model’s release.

MiniMax
Lab claims Not tested since May 2026
MiniMax-M2.7 64.3%

Source: Labs’ model cards

Scores over time

All the scores we have, one dot each, so a model tested at several settings appears more than once.

Reported by the lab in its model card Best so far
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 2026 Near the ceiling (85%) MiniMax-M2.7 MiniMax-M2.5 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 2026 Near the ceiling (85%) MiniMax-M2.7 MiniMax-M2.5

Source: Labs’ model cards

Labs headline it less often now, last in February 2026

Launch posts from every lab that has listed it, one tick per post. Tall colored ticks include it, and short gray ones leave it out.

MiniMax
DateLaunch postScoreAs the post writes it
Feb 12, 2026 MiniMax-M2.5 50.2 RISE

2 system cards report it, from 1 lab

Besides launch posts, we read the system cards, model cards and technical reports labs publish with a release. They report far more, including safety and frontier-risk tests.

DateDocumentScoreAs the document writes itSection
May 26, 2026 MiniMax-M2.7 technical report 64.3 RISE, WebExplorer framework with Playwright browser (internal) (Table 4) Capabilities
May 26, 2026 MiniMax-M2.5 technical report 50.2 RISE, WebExplorer framework with Playwright browser (internal) (Table 4) Capabilities

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