Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs Kimi K2.7 Code
Kimi K2.7 Code is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.3 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 16× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Kimi K2.7 Code's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 0 categories and Kimi K2.7 Code in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Kimi K2.7 Code leads 53.5 to 26.3.
- Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.24 per million input/output tokens, against $0.95 / $4 for Kimi K2.7 Code.
- Amazon Nova Lite accepts more context: 300K tokens versus 262K.
- Kimi K2.7 Code has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | Kimi K2.7 Code | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Moonshot AI |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 43.3 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2026-06-12 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 300K | 262K |
| Max output | 10K | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | $0.95 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | $4 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Kimi K2.7 Code leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), Kimi K2.7 Code: 42.9 (#95)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Kimi K2.7 Code |
|---|---|---|
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | 886.23 |
| DeepSWE | — | 30.5% |
| FrontierCode | — | 30.1% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1473 |
| SciCode | — | 47.5% |
| WeirdML | — | 54.1% |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: —, Kimi K2.7 Code: 24.0 (#122)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Kimi K2.7 Code |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 37.6% |
| GBAEval | — | 0.9% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 5,083 |
Reasoning Kimi K2.7 Code leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), Kimi K2.7 Code: 39.0 (#61)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Kimi K2.7 Code |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleBench | — | 57.9% |
| CritPt | — | 10% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 21% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 48.8% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 149.97 |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math Kimi K2.7 Code leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), Kimi K2.7 Code: 52.9 (#48)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Kimi K2.7 Code |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 54% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 12.2% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 95.6% |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1227 | — |
Knowledge Kimi K2.7 Code leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), Kimi K2.7 Code: 53.5 (#57)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Kimi K2.7 Code |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 87.9% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 36.5% |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), Kimi K2.7 Code: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Kimi K2.7 Code |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), Kimi K2.7 Code: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Kimi K2.7 Code |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | — |
| LMArena French | 1237 | — |
| LMArena German | 1229 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), Kimi K2.7 Code: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Kimi K2.7 Code |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), Kimi K2.7 Code: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Kimi K2.7 Code |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), Kimi K2.7 Code: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Kimi K2.7 Code |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | — |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Kimi K2.7 Code?
Kimi K2.7 Code is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.3 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 16× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Kimi K2.7 Code's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or Kimi K2.7 Code?
Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; Kimi K2.7 Code lists at $0.95 and $4.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or Kimi K2.7 Code better for coding?
Kimi K2.7 Code scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.9 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Amazon Nova Lite does, with 300K tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Kimi K2.7 Code share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.7 Code has 19.