Model comparison
Kimi K2.7 Code vs Qwen3 Max
Kimi K2.7 Code and Qwen3 Max score almost the same on the Noometry Index (43.3 vs 43.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 8 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 8 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.7 Code scores higher in 3 categories and Qwen3 Max in 1 category; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Kimi K2.7 Code leads 39.0 to 22.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3): 54% for Kimi K2.7 Code and 18.9% for Qwen3 Max.
- Kimi K2.7 Code is cheaper at $0.95 / $4 per million input/output tokens, against $1.20 / $6 for Qwen3 Max.
- Kimi K2.7 Code has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Kimi K2.7 Code | Qwen3 Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Moonshot AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 43.3 | 43.7 |
| Released | 2026-06-12 | 2025-09-23 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 262K | 262K |
| Max output | 262K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.95 | $1.20 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $4 | $6 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 33 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Kimi K2.7 Code: 42.9 (#95), Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.7 Code | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| ALE-Bench | 886.23 | 370.45 |
| DeepSWE | 30.5% | — |
| FrontierCode | 30.1% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1473 | — |
| SciCode | 47.5% | — |
| WeirdML | 54.1% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1456 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Kimi K2.7 Code: 24.0 (#122), Qwen3 Max: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.7 Code | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | 5,083 | 71.56 |
| APEX-Agents | 37.6% | — |
| GBAEval | 0.9% | — |
Reasoning Kimi K2.7 Code leads
Kimi K2.7 Code: 39.0 (#61), Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.7 Code | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 21% | 4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 149.97 | 142.38 |
| SimpleBench | 57.9% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 72.5% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 30.1% |
| CritPt | 10% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1448 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 5% |
| DTBench | — | 82.1% |
| LMCA | — | 28.3% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 48.8% | — |
Math Kimi K2.7 Code leads
Kimi K2.7 Code: 52.9 (#48), Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.7 Code | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 54% | 18.9% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 95.6% | 73.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 12.2% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1446 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 97.1% |
Knowledge Kimi K2.7 Code leads
Kimi K2.7 Code: 53.5 (#57), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.7 Code | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 87.9% | 72.6% |
| SimpleQA Verified | 36.5% | 48.7% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1455 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Kimi K2.7 Code: —, Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.7 Code | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1429 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1478 |
| LMArena French | — | 1449 |
| LMArena German | — | 1463 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1397 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1399 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1428 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1462 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Kimi K2.7 Code: —, Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.7 Code | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1419 |
Long Context Not comparable
Kimi K2.7 Code: —, Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.7 Code | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |
| CL-bench | — | 14.5% |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1438 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Kimi K2.7 Code: —, Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.7 Code | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1439 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1402 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1446 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Kimi K2.7 Code better than Qwen3 Max?
Kimi K2.7 Code and Qwen3 Max score almost the same on the Noometry Index (43.3 vs 43.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, Kimi K2.7 Code or Qwen3 Max?
Kimi K2.7 Code is cheaper. It lists at $0.95 per million input tokens and $4 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Max lists at $1.20 and $6.
Is Kimi K2.7 Code or Qwen3 Max better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (42.9 vs 43.0); test both on your own repository before choosing.
Which has the bigger context window?
Both accept 262K tokens.
How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.7 Code and Qwen3 Max share?
8 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.7 Code has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.