Model comparison

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct vs Kimi K2.7 Code

Kimi K2.7 Code is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.3 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct IBM

32.4

Rank #258 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 31.1.

Side by side

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct and Kimi K2.7 Code specifications
Granite 3.1 8b InstructKimi K2.7 Code
ProviderIBMMoonshot AI
Noometry Index32.443.3
Released—2026-06-12
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—262K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.95
Output $ / M tokens—$4
Results tracked1319

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 34.5 (#233), Kimi K2.7 Code: 42.9 (#95)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 8b InstructKimi K2.7 Code
DeepSWE—30.5%
FrontierCode—30.1%
LMArena WebDev—1473
SciCode—47.5%
WeirdML—54.1%
LMArena Coding1186—
ALE-Bench—886.23

Agentic & Tool Use Too close to call

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 24.1 (#120), Kimi K2.7 Code: 24.0 (#122)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 8b InstructKimi K2.7 Code
APEX-Agents—37.6%
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard27.1%—
GBAEval—0.9%
Vending-Bench 2—5,083

Reasoning Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 22.1 (#207), Kimi K2.7 Code: 39.0 (#61)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 8b InstructKimi K2.7 Code
SimpleBench—57.9%
CritPt—10%
Chess Puzzles—21%
LMArena Hard Prompts1145—
Surface Evolver Bench—48.8%
Epoch Capabilities Index—149.97

Math Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 33.0 (#209), Kimi K2.7 Code: 52.9 (#48)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 8b InstructKimi K2.7 Code
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—54%
FrontierMath Tier 4—12.2%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—95.6%
LMArena Math1152—

Knowledge Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#220), Kimi K2.7 Code: 53.5 (#57)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 8b InstructKimi K2.7 Code
GPQA Diamond—87.9%
SimpleQA Verified—36.5%
LMArena Expert1142—

Multilingual Not comparable

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 30.9 (#260), Kimi K2.7 Code: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 8b InstructKimi K2.7 Code
LMArena Non-English1099—
LMArena Chinese1145—
LMArena Russian1092—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 58.6 (#259), Kimi K2.7 Code: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 8b InstructKimi K2.7 Code
LMArena Instruction Following1131—

Long Context Not comparable

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.2 (#241), Kimi K2.7 Code: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 8b InstructKimi K2.7 Code
LMArena Longer Query1162—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.5 (#266), Kimi K2.7 Code: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 8b InstructKimi K2.7 Code
LMArena Text1150—
LMArena Creative Writing1129—
LMArena Multi-Turn1108—

Frequently asked questions

Is Granite 3.1 8b Instruct better than Kimi K2.7 Code?

Kimi K2.7 Code is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.3 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Granite 3.1 8b Instruct or Kimi K2.7 Code better for coding?

Kimi K2.7 Code scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.9 versus 34.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Granite 3.1 8b Instruct and Kimi K2.7 Code share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.1 8b Instruct has 13 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.7 Code has 19.

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