Model comparison

Kimi K2.7 Code vs Llama 3.2 3B

Kimi K2.7 Code is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.3 to 28.9 on the Noometry Index. Llama 3.2 3B costs 14× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Kimi K2.7 Code's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

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Kimi K2.7 Code Moonshot AI

43.3

Rank #94 Confirmed

Llama 3.2 3B Meta

28.9

Rank #321 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Kimi K2.7 Code leads 53.5 to 29.7.
  • Llama 3.2 3B is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.33 per million input/output tokens, against $0.95 / $4 for Kimi K2.7 Code.
  • Kimi K2.7 Code accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 131K.

Side by side

Kimi K2.7 Code and Llama 3.2 3B specifications
Kimi K2.7 CodeLlama 3.2 3B
ProviderMoonshot AIMeta
Noometry Index43.328.9
Released2026-06-122024-09-24
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K131K
Max output262K118K
Input $ / M tokens$0.95$0.05
Output $ / M tokens$4$0.33
Results tracked1918

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Kimi K2.7 Code: 42.9 (#95), Llama 3.2 3B: 27.6 (#319)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeLlama 3.2 3B
DeepSWE30.5%—
FrontierCode30.1%—
LMArena WebDev1473—
SciCode47.5%—
WeirdML54.1%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—23.4%
LMArena Coding—1098
BigCodeBench Complete—28.3%
ALE-Bench886.23—

Agentic & Tool Use Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Kimi K2.7 Code: 24.0 (#122), Llama 3.2 3B: 20.1 (#143)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeLlama 3.2 3B
APEX-Agents37.6%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—21.9%
BALROG—10.1%
GBAEval0.9%—
Vending-Bench 25,083—

Reasoning Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Kimi K2.7 Code: 39.0 (#61), Llama 3.2 3B: 21.0 (#228)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeLlama 3.2 3B
SimpleBench57.9%—
CritPt10%—
Chess Puzzles21%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1095
Surface Evolver Bench48.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index149.97—

Math Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Kimi K2.7 Code: 52.9 (#48), Llama 3.2 3B: 32.4 (#214)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeLlama 3.2 3B
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)54%—
FrontierMath Tier 412.2%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%—
LMArena Math—1126

Knowledge Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Kimi K2.7 Code: 53.5 (#57), Llama 3.2 3B: 29.7 (#235)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeLlama 3.2 3B
GPQA Diamond87.9%—
SimpleQA Verified36.5%—
LMArena Expert—1090

Multilingual Not comparable

Kimi K2.7 Code: —, Llama 3.2 3B: 26.2 (#281)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeLlama 3.2 3B
LMArena Non-English—1019
LMArena Chinese—1017
LMArena German—1056
LMArena Russian—949

Instruction Following Not comparable

Kimi K2.7 Code: —, Llama 3.2 3B: 56.0 (#275)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeLlama 3.2 3B
LMArena Instruction Following—1089

Long Context Not comparable

Kimi K2.7 Code: —, Llama 3.2 3B: 33.4 (#261)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeLlama 3.2 3B
LMArena Longer Query—1100

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Kimi K2.7 Code: —, Llama 3.2 3B: 24.7 (#307)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeLlama 3.2 3B
LMArena Text—1110
LMArena Creative Writing—1094
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—595
LMArena Multi-Turn—1105

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2.7 Code better than Llama 3.2 3B?

Kimi K2.7 Code is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.3 to 28.9 on the Noometry Index. Llama 3.2 3B costs 14× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Kimi K2.7 Code's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Kimi K2.7 Code or Llama 3.2 3B?

Llama 3.2 3B is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.33 per million output tokens; Kimi K2.7 Code lists at $0.95 and $4.

Is Kimi K2.7 Code or Llama 3.2 3B better for coding?

Kimi K2.7 Code scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.9 versus 27.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Kimi K2.7 Code does, with 262K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.7 Code and Llama 3.2 3B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.7 Code has 19 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 3B has 18.

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