Model comparison

Kimi K2.7 Code vs Qwen2.5-Max

Kimi K2.7 Code is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.3 to 40.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2.7 Code Moonshot AI

43.3

Rank #94 Confirmed

Qwen2.5-Max Alibaba (Qwen)

40.7

Rank #146 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Kimi K2.7 Code scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen2.5-Max in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Kimi K2.7 Code leads 53.5 to 35.3.
  • Kimi K2.7 Code has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Kimi K2.7 Code and Qwen2.5-Max specifications
Kimi K2.7 CodeQwen2.5-Max
ProviderMoonshot AIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index43.340.7
Released2026-06-122025-01-25
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window262K—
Max output262K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.95—
Output $ / M tokens$4—
Results tracked1927

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Kimi K2.7 Code: 42.9 (#95), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.8 (#117)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeQwen2.5-Max
DeepSWE30.5%—
FrontierCode30.1%—
LMArena WebDev1473—
SciCode47.5%—
WeirdML54.1%—
LiveBench Coding—64.4%
LMArena Coding—1359
ALE-Bench886.23—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

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

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

Reasoning Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Kimi K2.7 Code: 39.0 (#61), Qwen2.5-Max: 25.6 (#147)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeQwen2.5-Max
Epoch Capabilities Index149.97132.53
SimpleBench57.9%—
CritPt10%—
Chess Puzzles21%—
LiveBench Reasoning—51.4%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1360
LiveBench Data Analysis—67.9%
Surface Evolver Bench48.8%—
LiveBench—62.3%

Math Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Kimi K2.7 Code: 52.9 (#48), Qwen2.5-Max: 36.9 (#162)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeQwen2.5-Max
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)54%—
FrontierMath Tier 412.2%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%—
LiveBench Math—58.4%
LMArena Math—1369

Knowledge Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Kimi K2.7 Code: 53.5 (#57), Qwen2.5-Max: 35.3 (#186)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeQwen2.5-Max
GPQA Diamond87.9%—
SimpleQA Verified36.5%—
Confabulations—21.8%
LMArena Expert—1337

Multilingual Not comparable

Kimi K2.7 Code: —, Qwen2.5-Max: 48.1 (#146)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Non-English—1352
LMArena Chinese—1382
LMArena French—1396
LMArena German—1350
LMArena Japanese—1300
LMArena Korean—1304
LMArena Russian—1353
LMArena Spanish—1377

Instruction Following Not comparable

Kimi K2.7 Code: —, Qwen2.5-Max: 71.3 (#152)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeQwen2.5-Max
LiveBench Instruction Following—75.3%
LMArena Instruction Following—1335

Long Context Not comparable

Kimi K2.7 Code: —, Qwen2.5-Max: 41.4 (#142)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Longer Query—1358

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Kimi K2.7 Code: —, Qwen2.5-Max: 55.4 (#146)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Text—1367
LMArena Creative Writing—1339
Short-Story Creative Writing—72.9%
LMArena Multi-Turn—1364
LiveBench Language—56.3%

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2.7 Code better than Qwen2.5-Max?

Kimi K2.7 Code is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.3 to 40.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Kimi K2.7 Code or Qwen2.5-Max better for coding?

Kimi K2.7 Code scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.9 versus 41.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.7 Code and Qwen2.5-Max share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Kimi K2.7 Code has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Max has 27.

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