Model comparison

Grok 4.7 vs Kimi K2.6

Grok 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.1 to 47.7 on the Noometry Index. Kimi K2.6 costs 1.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.7's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 35 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.7 xAI

53.1

Rank #37 Confirmed

Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI

47.7

Rank #60 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 35 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.7 scores higher in 7 categories and Kimi K2.6 in 3 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in agentic & tool use, where Grok 4.7 leads 36.7 to 21.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Blueprint-Bench 2: 32.5% for Grok 4.7 and 3.9% for Kimi K2.6.
  • Kimi K2.6 is cheaper at $0.95 / $4 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Grok 4.7.
  • Grok 4.7 accepts more context: 500K tokens versus 262K.
  • Kimi K2.6 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 4.7 and Kimi K2.6 specifications
Grok 4.7Kimi K2.6
ProviderxAIMoonshot AI
Noometry Index53.147.7
Released2026-09-212026-04-20
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window500K262K
Max output500K262K
Input $ / M tokens$2$0.95
Output $ / M tokens$6$4
Results tracked3951

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 58.0 (#18), Kimi K2.6: 50.7 (#43)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Kimi K2.6
LMArena WebDev16391509
SciCode57.8%53.5%
LMArena Coding14271488
SWE-bench Verified—76.7%
FrontierCode47.6%—
CursorBench46.3%—
FrontierSWE29.5%—
WeirdML—55.9%
ALE-Bench—1,093

Agentic & Tool Use Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 36.7 (#37), Kimi K2.6: 21.9 (#137)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Kimi K2.6
GDP.pdf22.8%12%
Vending-Bench 210,5376,205
APEX-Agents54.6%—
OSWorld 2.0—4.6%
ExploitBench—18.4%
GBAEval—0.9%

Reasoning Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 49.1 (#40), Kimi K2.6: 40.5 (#55)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Kimi K2.6
NYT Connections (extended)76.8%87.2%
CritPt18%8%
Chess Puzzles38%26%
LMArena Hard Prompts14131470
Mystery Game Puzzles29%18%
DTBench96%90.9%
LMCA49.4%37.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index153.53151.05
EBR-Bench—2.4%

Math Too close to call

Grok 4.7: 57.8 (#39), Kimi K2.6: 57.0 (#41)

Knowledge Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 62.8 (#22), Kimi K2.6: 54.0 (#54)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Kimi K2.6
GPQA Diamond92.7%90.8%
SimpleQA Verified56%34.9%
LMArena Expert14221491
Vectara Hallucination Rate—10.8%

Multimodal Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 35.5 (#87), Kimi K2.6: 31.6 (#103)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Kimi K2.6
LMArena Vision12281283
Blueprint-Bench 232.5%3.9%
Furniture Assembly20.8%21.7%
LMArena Document—1451

Multilingual Kimi K2.6 leads

Grok 4.7: 50.8 (#116), Kimi K2.6: 54.9 (#37)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Kimi K2.6
LMArena Non-English13891446
LMArena Chinese14551521
LMArena French14551471
LMArena Russian13971446
LMArena Spanish14001464
LMArena German—1450
LMArena Japanese—1443
LMArena Korean—1427

Instruction Following Kimi K2.6 leads

Grok 4.7: 74.1 (#105), Kimi K2.6: 76.3 (#43)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Kimi K2.6
LMArena Instruction Following14041451

Long Context Kimi K2.6 leads

Grok 4.7: 43.1 (#104), Kimi K2.6: 44.9 (#52)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Kimi K2.6
LMArena Longer Query14131468

Writing & Preference Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 70.0 (#24), Kimi K2.6: 68.5 (#26)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Kimi K2.6
LMArena Text13991455
LMArena Creative Writing13911434
EQ-Bench Creative Writing20071725
LMArena Multi-Turn13931453
EQ-Bench 4—1202

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.7 better than Kimi K2.6?

Grok 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.1 to 47.7 on the Noometry Index. Kimi K2.6 costs 1.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.7's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Grok 4.7 or Kimi K2.6?

Kimi K2.6 is cheaper. It lists at $0.95 per million input tokens and $4 per million output tokens; Grok 4.7 lists at $2 and $6.

Is Grok 4.7 or Kimi K2.6 better for coding?

Grok 4.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.0 versus 50.7 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Grok 4.7 does, with 500K tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.7 and Kimi K2.6 share?

35 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.7 has 39 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.6 has 51.

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