Model comparison

Grok 4.7 vs Kimi K2.5 Instant

Grok 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.6 to 42.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.7 xAI

46.6

Rank #56 Confirmed

Kimi K2.5 Instant Moonshot AI

42.9

Rank #92 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.7 scores higher in 4 categories and Kimi K2.5 Instant in 5 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where Grok 4.7 leads 55.0 to 42.3.
  • Kimi K2.5 Instant has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 4.7 and Kimi K2.5 Instant specifications
Grok 4.7Kimi K2.5 Instant
ProviderxAIMoonshot AI
Noometry Index46.642.9
Released2026-09-21—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window500K—
Max output500K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$6—
Results tracked2118

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 55.0 (#23), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 42.3 (#95)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Kimi K2.5 Instant
LMArena WebDev16361404
LMArena Coding14231483
CursorBench46.3%—
FrontierSWE29.5%—
SciCode57.4%—

Reasoning Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 40.1 (#49), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 28.5 (#88)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Kimi K2.5 Instant
LMArena Hard Prompts14091443
NYT Connections (extended)76.8%—
CritPt17.7%—

Math Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 41.1 (#73), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 36.6 (#105)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Kimi K2.5 Instant
LMArena Math13931443
ProofBench34%—

Knowledge Too close to call

Grok 4.7: 38.7 (#130), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 39.5 (#121)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Kimi K2.5 Instant
LMArena Expert14131438

Multimodal Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

Grok 4.7: 28.8 (#107), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 39.5 (#47)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Kimi K2.5 Instant
LMArena Vision—1254
Furniture Assembly20.8%—

Multilingual Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

Grok 4.7: 51.2 (#108), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 52.2 (#89)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Kimi K2.5 Instant
LMArena Non-English13921406
LMArena Chinese14761450
LMArena Russian13961404
LMArena French—1403
LMArena German—1413
LMArena Korean—1378
LMArena Spanish—1448

Instruction Following Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

Grok 4.7: 74.3 (#98), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 75.5 (#61)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Kimi K2.5 Instant
LMArena Instruction Following14061430

Long Context Too close to call

Grok 4.7: 43.2 (#97), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 43.8 (#82)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Kimi K2.5 Instant
LMArena Longer Query14161435

Writing & Preference Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 70.1 (#23), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 60.8 (#91)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Kimi K2.5 Instant
LMArena Text13971420
LMArena Creative Writing13911379
LMArena Multi-Turn13891427
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2007—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.7 better than Kimi K2.5 Instant?

Grok 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.6 to 42.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok 4.7 or Kimi K2.5 Instant better for coding?

Grok 4.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.0 versus 42.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.7 and Kimi K2.5 Instant share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.7 has 21 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.5 Instant has 18.

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