Model comparison

GPT-5.2 Codex vs Kimi K2.7 Code

GPT-5.2 Codex and Kimi K2.7 Code score almost the same on the Noometry Index (42.6 vs 43.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.2 Codex OpenAI

42.6

Rank #111 Reported

Kimi K2.7 Code Moonshot AI

43.3

Rank #94 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.2 Codex scores higher in 2 categories and Kimi K2.7 Code in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in agentic & tool use, where GPT-5.2 Codex leads 41.0 to 24.0.
  • Kimi K2.7 Code is cheaper at $0.95 / $4 per million input/output tokens, against $1.75 / $14 for GPT-5.2 Codex.
  • GPT-5.2 Codex accepts more context: 400K tokens versus 262K.
  • Kimi K2.7 Code has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.2 Codex and Kimi K2.7 Code specifications
GPT-5.2 CodexKimi K2.7 Code
ProviderOpenAIMoonshot AI
Noometry Index42.643.3
Released2025-12-182026-06-12
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K262K
Max output128K262K
Input $ / M tokens$1.75$0.95
Output $ / M tokens$14$4
Results tracked519

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.2 Codex leads

GPT-5.2 Codex: 45.5 (#71), Kimi K2.7 Code: 42.9 (#95)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 CodexKimi K2.7 Code
LMArena WebDev13391473
ALE-Bench1,300886.23
DeepSWE—30.5%
FrontierCode—30.1%
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)72.8%—
SWE-bench Multilingual66.3%—
SciCode—47.5%
WeirdML—54.1%

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-5.2 Codex leads

GPT-5.2 Codex: 41.0 (#22), Kimi K2.7 Code: 24.0 (#122)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 CodexKimi K2.7 Code
Terminal-Bench66.5%—
APEX-Agents—37.6%
GBAEval—0.9%
Vending-Bench 2—5,083

Reasoning Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Codex: —, Kimi K2.7 Code: 39.0 (#61)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 CodexKimi K2.7 Code
SimpleBench—57.9%
CritPt—10%
Chess Puzzles—21%
Surface Evolver Bench—48.8%
Epoch Capabilities Index—149.97

Math Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Codex: —, Kimi K2.7 Code: 52.9 (#48)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 CodexKimi K2.7 Code
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—54%
FrontierMath Tier 4—12.2%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—95.6%

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Codex: —, Kimi K2.7 Code: 53.5 (#57)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 CodexKimi K2.7 Code
GPQA Diamond—87.9%
SimpleQA Verified—36.5%

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.2 Codex better than Kimi K2.7 Code?

GPT-5.2 Codex and Kimi K2.7 Code score almost the same on the Noometry Index (42.6 vs 43.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.2 Codex or Kimi K2.7 Code?

Kimi K2.7 Code is cheaper. It lists at $0.95 per million input tokens and $4 per million output tokens; GPT-5.2 Codex lists at $1.75 and $14.

Is GPT-5.2 Codex or Kimi K2.7 Code better for coding?

GPT-5.2 Codex scores higher on coding benchmarks: 45.5 versus 42.9 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.2 Codex does, with 400K tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.2 Codex and Kimi K2.7 Code share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.2 Codex has 5 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.7 Code has 19.

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