Model comparison

Kimi K2.7 Code vs Qwen2.5-Coder-32B

Kimi K2.7 Code is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.3 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index. Qwen2.5-Coder-32B costs 2.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Kimi K2.7 Code's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2.7 Code Moonshot AI

43.3

Rank #94 Confirmed

Qwen2.5-Coder-32B Alibaba (Qwen)

33.4

Rank #245 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Kimi K2.7 Code scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where Kimi K2.7 Code leads 42.9 to 22.6.
  • Qwen2.5-Coder-32B is cheaper at $0.66 / $1 per million input/output tokens, against $0.95 / $4 for Kimi K2.7 Code.
  • Kimi K2.7 Code accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 33K.

Side by side

Kimi K2.7 Code and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B specifications
Kimi K2.7 CodeQwen2.5-Coder-32B
ProviderMoonshot AIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index43.333.4
Released2026-06-122024-09-18
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K33K
Max output262K29K
Input $ / M tokens$0.95$0.66
Output $ / M tokens$4$1
Results tracked1931

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Kimi K2.7 Code: 42.9 (#95), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 22.6 (#333)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeQwen2.5-Coder-32B
DeepSWE30.5%—
FrontierCode30.1%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—9%
Aider Polyglot—16.4%
LMArena WebDev1473—
SciCode47.5%—
WeirdML54.1%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—49%
LiveBench Coding—56.9%
LMArena Coding—1276
BigCodeBench Complete—58%
ALE-Bench886.23—
HumanEval+—87.2%
MBPP+—77%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Kimi K2.7 Code: 24.0 (#122), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeQwen2.5-Coder-32B
APEX-Agents37.6%—
GBAEval0.9%—
Vending-Bench 25,083—

Reasoning Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Kimi K2.7 Code: 39.0 (#61), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 21.2 (#225)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeQwen2.5-Coder-32B
Epoch Capabilities Index149.97119.49
SimpleBench57.9%—
CritPt10%—
Chess Puzzles21%—
LiveBench Reasoning—42.1%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1251
LiveBench Data Analysis—49.9%
Surface Evolver Bench48.8%—
HellaSwag—83%
LiveBench—46.2%
WinoGrande—80.8%

Math Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Kimi K2.7 Code: 52.9 (#48), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 33.3 (#204)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeQwen2.5-Coder-32B
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)54%—
FrontierMath Tier 412.2%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%—
LiveBench Math—46.6%
LMArena Math—1251
GSM8K—93%

Knowledge Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Kimi K2.7 Code: 53.5 (#57), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 33.4 (#203)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeQwen2.5-Coder-32B
GPQA Diamond87.9%—
SimpleQA Verified36.5%—
LMArena Expert—1221
ARC (AI2) Challenge—70.5%
MMLU—79.1%

Multilingual Not comparable

Kimi K2.7 Code: —, Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 37.8 (#235)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeQwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Non-English—1205
LMArena Chinese—1222
LMArena Russian—1228

Instruction Following Not comparable

Kimi K2.7 Code: —, Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 61.4 (#245)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeQwen2.5-Coder-32B
LiveBench Instruction Following—58.7%
LMArena Instruction Following—1223

Long Context Not comparable

Kimi K2.7 Code: —, Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 38.0 (#208)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeQwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Longer Query—1251

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Kimi K2.7 Code: —, Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 41.6 (#240)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeQwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Text—1230
LMArena Creative Writing—1174
LMArena Multi-Turn—1222
LiveBench Language—23.3%

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2.7 Code better than Qwen2.5-Coder-32B?

Kimi K2.7 Code is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.3 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index. Qwen2.5-Coder-32B costs 2.3× 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 Qwen2.5-Coder-32B?

Qwen2.5-Coder-32B is cheaper. It lists at $0.66 per million input tokens and $1 per million output tokens; Kimi K2.7 Code lists at $0.95 and $4.

Is Kimi K2.7 Code or Qwen2.5-Coder-32B better for coding?

Kimi K2.7 Code scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.9 versus 22.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Kimi K2.7 Code does, with 262K tokens against 33K.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.7 Code and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Kimi K2.7 Code has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B has 31.

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