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DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B vs Kimi K2.7 Code

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 6 shared benchmark results across 4 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

41.68/100
Margin
12.4pts
winning →
Moonshot AI
54.03/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B #169 (Estimated); Kimi K2.7 Code #92 (Estimated). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B and Kimi K2.7 Code share 6 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 0 results are unique to DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B; 17 to Kimi K2.7 Code.

Updated July 27, 2026
Shared results
6
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B only
0
Kimi K2.7 Code only
17
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B and Kimi K2.7 Code is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 6 shared benchmark results across 4 evidence categories; 0 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

BenchLM has partial data for these models, but not enough overlapping benchmark coverage to produce a fair score-level comparison yet.

Kimi K2.7 Code is priced at $0.95 input / $4.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B. Kimi K2.7 Code has the larger context window at 256K, compared with 128K for DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BKimi K2.7 CodeComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B$0 input / $0 outputKimi K2.7 Code$0.95 input / $4 outputDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B60 tok/sKimi K2.7 CodeNot availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B0.84 sKimi K2.7 CodeNot availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B128KKimi K2.7 Code256KKimi K2.7 Code lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BKimi K2.7 CodeResult
Kimi Claw 24/7Source 46.9%Not comparable
MCP AtlasSource 76%Not comparable
MCP Mark VerifiedSource 81.1%Not comparable
AA Agentic IndexSource 29.6%Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource 90.1%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 34.3%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 1186Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BKimi K2.7 CodeResult
AA-SciCodeSource 37.6%47.5%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
Kimi Code Bench v2Source 62.0%Not comparable
ProgramBenchSource 53.6%Not comparable
MLS-Bench LiteSource 35.1%Not comparable
cursorBench32Source 49.7%Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 60.8%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BKimi K2.7 CodeResult
AA-LCRSource 9.7%66.3%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
CritPtSource 10.0%Not comparable
Knowledge
BenchmarkDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BKimi K2.7 CodeResult
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 11.0%42.0%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 61.5%89.6%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
AA-HLESource 5.5%32.8%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -10.7%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 38.6%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 80.3%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BKimi K2.7 CodeResult
Design Arena WebsiteSource 1300Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BKimi K2.7 CodeResult
AA-IFBenchSource 22.9%63.1%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B and Kimi K2.7 Code on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but the sourced benchmark breakdown for this comparison is still coming soon.

Why does this comparison show “coming soon”?

BenchLM only shows category winners and benchmark-level calls when we have sourced results that can be compared fairly. For these models, the public benchmark coverage is not complete enough yet.

What data is available for DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B and Kimi K2.7 Code today?

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B: $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens Kimi K2.7 Code: $0.95 input / $4.00 output per 1M tokens Both model pages still include creator, context window, reasoning mode, and other metadata while benchmark coverage fills in.

Self-host vs API cost

Estimates at 50,000 req/day · 1000 tokens/req average.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
API / mo$0
Self-host / moNot listed
Break-even
Proprietary model — self-hosting not applicable.
Kimi K2.7 Code
API / mo$3,713
Self-host / mo$18,221
Break-even326M/day
Model the full break-even

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Last updated: July 27, 2026

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