Model comparison

Kimi K2.7 Code vs Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.8 to 43.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2.7 Code Moonshot AI

43.3

Rank #94 Confirmed

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo Moonshot AI

45.8

Rank #70 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.7 Code scores higher in 4 categories and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Kimi K2.7 Code leads 39.0 to 32.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 95.6% for Kimi K2.7 Code and 83.1% for Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo.

Side by side

Kimi K2.7 Code and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo specifications
Kimi K2.7 CodeKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
ProviderMoonshot AIMoonshot AI
Noometry Index43.345.8
Released2026-06-122025-11-06
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K—
Max output262K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.95—
Output $ / M tokens$4—
Results tracked1921

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Kimi K2.7 Code: 42.9 (#95), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 38.4 (#178)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena WebDev14731322
DeepSWE30.5%—
FrontierCode30.1%—
SciCode47.5%—
WeirdML54.1%—
LMArena Coding—1454
ALE-Bench886.23—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Kimi K2.7 Code: 24.0 (#122), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
APEX-Agents37.6%—
GBAEval0.9%—
Vending-Bench 25,083—

Reasoning Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Kimi K2.7 Code: 39.0 (#61), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 32.5 (#75)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
Chess Puzzles21%20%
SimpleBench57.9%—
CritPt10%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1428
Surface Evolver Bench48.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index149.97—

Math Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Kimi K2.7 Code: 52.9 (#48), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 47.4 (#68)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%83.1%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)54%—
FrontierMath Tier 412.2%—
LMArena Math—1429

Knowledge Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Kimi K2.7 Code: 53.5 (#57), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 50.9 (#69)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
GPQA Diamond87.9%84.2%
SimpleQA Verified36.5%—
LMArena Expert—1439

Multilingual Not comparable

Kimi K2.7 Code: —, Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 51.4 (#109)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Non-English—1398
LMArena Chinese—1456
LMArena French—1425
LMArena German—1390
LMArena Japanese—1357
LMArena Korean—1330
LMArena Russian—1391
LMArena Spanish—1406

Instruction Following Not comparable

Kimi K2.7 Code: —, Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 74.0 (#109)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Instruction Following—1403

Long Context Not comparable

Kimi K2.7 Code: —, Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 43.2 (#102)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Longer Query—1415

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Kimi K2.7 Code: —, Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 60.0 (#104)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Text—1415
LMArena Creative Writing—1374
LMArena Multi-Turn—1414

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2.7 Code better than Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo?

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.8 to 43.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Kimi K2.7 Code or Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo better for coding?

Kimi K2.7 Code scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.9 versus 38.4 in the Noometry coding category.

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

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.7 Code has 19 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo has 21.

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