Benchmark Almanac

RISE

MiniMax-M2.7 64.3% leads since May 2026 Fading

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 Feb 2026 Deep research Tasks kept private Last in a launch post Feb 2026 , dropped before it saturated Last model added May 2026
Level
Expert Specialists with years of training, often over hours of work
Scored
Checked automatically A program checks the result against an answer key, unit tests or the expected final state.
Answers
Short answer A number, word or short string matched to a key.
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%
#ModelScoreSettingDateSource
1 MiniMax-M2.7 64.3% May 2026 Model card
2 MiniMax-M2.5 50.2% Feb 2026 Model card

2 models have held number one since its release in Feb 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%

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

Labs headline it less often now, last in Feb 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
12 Feb 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
26 May 2026 MiniMax-M2.7 technical report 64.3 RISE, WebExplorer framework with Playwright browser (internal) (Table 4) Capabilities
26 May 2026 MiniMax-M2.5 technical report 50.2 RISE, WebExplorer framework with Playwright browser (internal) (Table 4) Capabilities

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