Model comparison
Claude 3 Sonnet vs Kimi K2.7 Code
Kimi K2.7 Code is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.3 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3 Sonnet 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 math, where Kimi K2.7 Code leads 52.9 to 10.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 2.5% for Claude 3 Sonnet and 95.6% for Kimi K2.7 Code.
- Kimi K2.7 Code has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 3 Sonnet | Kimi K2.7 Code | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Moonshot AI |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 43.3 |
| Released | 2024-02-29 | 2026-06-12 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.95 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $4 |
| Results tracked | 30 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Kimi K2.7 Code leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 29.6 (#302), Kimi K2.7 Code: 42.9 (#95)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Kimi K2.7 Code |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 10.2% | 54.1% |
| DeepSWE | — | 30.5% |
| FrontierCode | — | 30.1% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1473 |
| SciCode | — | 47.5% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42.7% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1223 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 53.8% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 886.23 |
| HumanEval+ | 64% | — |
| MBPP+ | 69.3% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude 3 Sonnet: —, Kimi K2.7 Code: 24.0 (#122)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Kimi K2.7 Code |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 37.6% |
| GBAEval | — | 0.9% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 5,083 |
Reasoning Kimi K2.7 Code leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 20.5 (#237), Kimi K2.7 Code: 39.0 (#61)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Kimi K2.7 Code |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.7 | 149.97 |
| SimpleBench | — | 57.9% |
| CritPt | — | 10% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 21% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1197 | — |
| DTBench | 53.6% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 48.8% |
| WinoGrande | 75.1% | — |
Math Kimi K2.7 Code leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 10.7 (#310), Kimi K2.7 Code: 52.9 (#48)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Kimi K2.7 Code |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | 95.6% |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 54% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 12.2% |
| LMArena Math | 1213 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 18.2% | — |
Knowledge Kimi K2.7 Code leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 21.1 (#276), Kimi K2.7 Code: 53.5 (#57)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Kimi K2.7 Code |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 40.6% | 87.9% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 36.5% |
| LMArena Expert | 1173 | — |
| MMLU | 75.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude 3 Sonnet: 25.2 (#125), Kimi K2.7 Code: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Kimi K2.7 Code |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 984 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Claude 3 Sonnet: 37.8 (#234), Kimi K2.7 Code: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Kimi K2.7 Code |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1205 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1189 | — |
| LMArena French | 1229 | — |
| LMArena German | 1204 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1131 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1128 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1204 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Claude 3 Sonnet: 62.8 (#235), Kimi K2.7 Code: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Kimi K2.7 Code |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1199 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Claude 3 Sonnet: 36.7 (#228), Kimi K2.7 Code: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Kimi K2.7 Code |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1211 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Claude 3 Sonnet: 42.1 (#238), Kimi K2.7 Code: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Kimi K2.7 Code |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1218 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1186 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1227 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 3 Sonnet better than Kimi K2.7 Code?
Kimi K2.7 Code is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.3 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 3 Sonnet or Kimi K2.7 Code better for coding?
Kimi K2.7 Code scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.9 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 3 Sonnet and Kimi K2.7 Code share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3 Sonnet has 30 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.7 Code has 19.