Model comparison

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b vs Kimi K2.7 Code

Kimi K2.7 Code is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.3 to 34.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b Cohere

34.9

Rank #229 Confirmed

Kimi K2.7 Code Moonshot AI

43.3

Rank #94 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Kimi K2.7 Code leads 53.5 to 33.6.

Side by side

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b and Kimi K2.7 Code specifications
C4ai Aya Expanse 8bKimi K2.7 Code
ProviderCohereMoonshot AI
Noometry Index34.943.3
Released—2026-06-12
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—262K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.95
Output $ / M tokens—$4
Results tracked1519

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.7 Code leads

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 33.8 (#252), Kimi K2.7 Code: 42.9 (#95)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 8bKimi K2.7 Code
DeepSWE—30.5%
FrontierCode—30.1%
LMArena WebDev—1473
SciCode—47.5%
WeirdML—54.1%
LMArena Coding1160—
ALE-Bench—886.23

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: —, Kimi K2.7 Code: 24.0 (#122)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 8bKimi K2.7 Code
APEX-Agents—37.6%
GBAEval—0.9%
Vending-Bench 2—5,083

Reasoning Kimi K2.7 Code leads

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 22.4 (#197), Kimi K2.7 Code: 39.0 (#61)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 8bKimi K2.7 Code
SimpleBench—57.9%
CritPt—10%
Chess Puzzles—21%
LMArena Hard Prompts1156—
Surface Evolver Bench—48.8%
Epoch Capabilities Index—149.97

Math Kimi K2.7 Code leads

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 33.3 (#203), Kimi K2.7 Code: 52.9 (#48)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 8bKimi K2.7 Code
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—54%
FrontierMath Tier 4—12.2%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—95.6%
LMArena Math1168—

Knowledge Kimi K2.7 Code leads

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 33.6 (#201), Kimi K2.7 Code: 53.5 (#57)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 8bKimi K2.7 Code
GPQA Diamond—87.9%
SimpleQA Verified—36.5%
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.5%—
LMArena Expert1153—

Multilingual Not comparable

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 36.1 (#242), Kimi K2.7 Code: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 8bKimi K2.7 Code
LMArena Non-English1180—
LMArena Chinese1181—
LMArena German1188—
LMArena Japanese1120—
LMArena Russian1197—

Instruction Following Not comparable

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 60.1 (#253), Kimi K2.7 Code: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 8bKimi K2.7 Code
LMArena Instruction Following1155—

Long Context Not comparable

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 36.1 (#236), Kimi K2.7 Code: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 8bKimi K2.7 Code
LMArena Longer Query1191—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 39.0 (#250), Kimi K2.7 Code: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 8bKimi K2.7 Code
LMArena Text1185—
LMArena Creative Writing1168—
LMArena Multi-Turn1160—

Frequently asked questions

Is C4ai Aya Expanse 8b better than Kimi K2.7 Code?

Kimi K2.7 Code is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.3 to 34.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is C4ai Aya Expanse 8b or Kimi K2.7 Code better for coding?

Kimi K2.7 Code scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.9 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do C4ai Aya Expanse 8b and Kimi K2.7 Code share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. C4ai Aya Expanse 8b has 15 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.7 Code has 19.

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