Model comparison

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B vs Kimi K2.7 Code

Kimi K2.7 Code is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.3 to 35.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B DeepSeek

35.5

Rank #226 Confirmed

Kimi K2.7 Code Moonshot AI

43.3

Rank #94 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B scores higher in 1 category and Kimi K2.7 Code in 4 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Kimi K2.7 Code leads 39.0 to 18.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 55.6% for DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B and 95.6% for Kimi K2.7 Code.

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DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B and Kimi K2.7 Code specifications
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BKimi K2.7 Code
ProviderDeepSeekMoonshot AI
Noometry Index35.543.3
Released2025-01-202026-06-12
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—262K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.95
Output $ / M tokens—$4
Results tracked1419

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.7 Code leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 36.1 (#212), Kimi K2.7 Code: 42.9 (#95)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BKimi K2.7 Code
DeepSWE—30.5%
FrontierCode—30.1%
LMArena WebDev—1473
SciCode—47.5%
WeirdML—54.1%
BigCodeBench Instruct43.9%—
LiveBench Coding33.7%—
BigCodeBench Complete54.9%—
ALE-Bench—886.23

Agentic & Tool Use DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 28.1 (#94), Kimi K2.7 Code: 24.0 (#122)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BKimi K2.7 Code
APEX-Agents—37.6%
BALROG19.5%—
GBAEval—0.9%
Vending-Bench 2—5,083

Reasoning Kimi K2.7 Code leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 18.2 (#284), Kimi K2.7 Code: 39.0 (#61)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BKimi K2.7 Code
Chess Puzzles1%21%
Epoch Capabilities Index137.44149.97
SimpleBench—57.9%
CritPt—10%
LiveBench Reasoning52.3%—
LiveBench Data Analysis45.4%—
Surface Evolver Bench—48.8%
LiveBench45.5%—

Math Kimi K2.7 Code leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 34.5 (#194), Kimi K2.7 Code: 52.9 (#48)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BKimi K2.7 Code
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202555.6%95.6%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—54%
FrontierMath Tier 4—12.2%
LiveBench Math59.4%—

Knowledge Kimi K2.7 Code leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 35.7 (#182), Kimi K2.7 Code: 53.5 (#57)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BKimi K2.7 Code
GPQA Diamond64.1%87.9%
SimpleQA Verified—36.5%

Instruction Following Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 61.6 (#243), Kimi K2.7 Code: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BKimi K2.7 Code
LiveBench Instruction Following55.7%—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 49.6 (#188), Kimi K2.7 Code: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BKimi K2.7 Code
LiveBench Language26.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B better than Kimi K2.7 Code?

Kimi K2.7 Code is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.3 to 35.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B or Kimi K2.7 Code better for coding?

Kimi K2.7 Code scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.9 versus 36.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B and Kimi K2.7 Code share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B has 14 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.7 Code has 19.

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