Model comparison

Kimi K2.5 vs Kimi K2.7 Code

Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 43.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2.5 Moonshot AI

48.1

Rank #57 Confirmed

Kimi K2.7 Code Moonshot AI

43.3

Rank #94 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.5 scores higher in 3 categories and Kimi K2.7 Code in 2 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in agentic & tool use, where Kimi K2.5 leads 34.2 to 24.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is SimpleBench: 46.8% for Kimi K2.5 and 57.9% for Kimi K2.7 Code.
  • Kimi K2.5 is cheaper at $0.45 / $2.25 per million input/output tokens, against $0.95 / $4 for Kimi K2.7 Code.

Side by side

Kimi K2.5 and Kimi K2.7 Code specifications
Kimi K2.5Kimi K2.7 Code
ProviderMoonshot AIMoonshot AI
Noometry Index48.143.3
Released2026-01-272026-06-12
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K262K
Max output262K262K
Input $ / M tokens$0.45$0.95
Output $ / M tokens$2.25$4
Results tracked5119

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 48.8 (#53), Kimi K2.7 Code: 42.9 (#95)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Kimi K2.7 Code
LMArena WebDev14371473
SciCode49%47.5%
WeirdML45.6%54.1%
ALE-Bench821.65886.23
SWE-bench Verified73.8%—
DeepSWE—30.5%
FrontierCode—30.1%
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)70.8%—
SWE-bench Multilingual67.3%—
LMArena Coding1474—

Agentic & Tool Use Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 34.2 (#48), Kimi K2.7 Code: 24.0 (#122)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Kimi K2.7 Code
Vending-Bench 21,1985,083
Terminal-Bench43.2%—
APEX-Agents—37.6%
OSWorld63.3%—
GBAEval—0.9%

Reasoning Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Kimi K2.5: 31.2 (#80), Kimi K2.7 Code: 39.0 (#61)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Kimi K2.7 Code
SimpleBench46.8%57.9%
CritPt3.1%10%
Chess Puzzles12%21%
Epoch Capabilities Index148.03149.97
ARC-AGI-211.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark78.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)69.9%—
ARC-AGI-165.3%—
EnigmaEval3.4%—
Thematic Generalization69.4%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1453—
Surface Evolver Bench—48.8%

Math Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Kimi K2.5: 51.8 (#53), Kimi K2.7 Code: 52.9 (#48)

Knowledge Too close to call

Kimi K2.5: 53.6 (#56), Kimi K2.7 Code: 53.5 (#57)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Kimi K2.7 Code
GPQA Diamond87.6%87.9%
SimpleQA Verified34.3%36.5%
Humanity's Last Exam24.4%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate14.2%—
LMArena Expert1466—

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K2.5: 41.1 (#39), Kimi K2.7 Code: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Kimi K2.7 Code
LMArena Vision1269—
LMArena Document1430—

Multilingual Not comparable

Kimi K2.5: 53.9 (#53), Kimi K2.7 Code: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Kimi K2.7 Code
LMArena Non-English1433—
LMArena Chinese1495—
LMArena French1454—
LMArena German1441—
LMArena Japanese1421—
LMArena Korean1410—
LMArena Russian1435—
LMArena Spanish1450—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Kimi K2.5: 75.3 (#64), Kimi K2.7 Code: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Kimi K2.7 Code
LMArena Instruction Following1431—

Long Context Not comparable

Kimi K2.5: 52.1 (#7), Kimi K2.7 Code: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Kimi K2.7 Code
Fiction.LiveBench86.1%—
CL-bench19.3%—
CL-bench Life13.2%—
LMArena Longer Query1445—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Kimi K2.5: 65.1 (#53), Kimi K2.7 Code: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Kimi K2.7 Code
LMArena Text1445—
LMArena Creative Writing1423—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1579—
LMArena Multi-Turn1444—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2.5 better than Kimi K2.7 Code?

Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 43.3 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Kimi K2.5 or Kimi K2.7 Code?

Kimi K2.5 is cheaper. It lists at $0.45 per million input tokens and $2.25 per million output tokens; Kimi K2.7 Code lists at $0.95 and $4.

Is Kimi K2.5 or Kimi K2.7 Code better for coding?

Kimi K2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.8 versus 42.9 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 262K tokens.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.5 and Kimi K2.7 Code share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.5 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.7 Code has 19.

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