Which is better for coding — Claude Opus 4.6 or MiniMax M2.7?

Direct comparison on the SWE-Bench benchmark is not available. We recommend reviewing other metrics on the comparison page.

Which model is cheaper — Claude Opus 4.6 or MiniMax M2.7?

MiniMax M2.7 is cheaper for input: $0.30 per 1M tokens vs $5.00.

Which has a larger context window — Claude Opus 4.6 or MiniMax M2.7?

Claude Opus 4.6 supports a larger context: 1,000,000 tokens vs 205,000.

Claude Opus 4.6 vs MiniMax M2.7: Specs & Benchmark Comparison

Characteristic	Claude Opus 4.6	MiniMax M2.7
Company	Anthropic	MiniMax
Release Date	February 4, 2026	March 18, 2026
Parameters	—	—
Multimodal	Yes	No
Context (input)	1.0M	205K
Context (output)	128K	100K
Input Price / 1M	$5.00	$0.30
Output Price / 1M	$25.00	$1.20
Average Score	0.8	0.0

Verdict

MiniMax M2.7 leads in 2 out of 3 comparison categories.

API Cost

MiniMax M2.7 is 20.0x cheaper: input $0.30/1M vs $5.00/1M tokens.

Context Window

Claude Opus 4.6 supports a larger context: 1M vs 205K tokens.

Recency

MiniMax M2.7 is newer: released 3/18/2026 vs 2/4/2026.

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Claude Opus 4.6

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The Claude Opus 4.6 and MiniMax M2.7 comparison is updated for 2026. Data includes benchmark results, API pricing, context window size and other specifications. For more detailed information, visit the Claude Opus 4.6 or MiniMax M2.7 page. See also the complete list of AI model comparisons.