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DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) vs Kimi K2.7 Code

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 17 shared benchmark results across 6 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

55.41/100
Margin
1.4pts
← winning
Moonshot AI
54.03/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) #84 (Estimated); Kimi K2.7 Code #92 (Estimated). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) and Kimi K2.7 Code share 17 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 21 results are unique to DeepSeek V4 Pro (High); 6 to Kimi K2.7 Code.

Updated July 27, 2026
Shared results
17
DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) only
21
Kimi K2.7 Code only
6
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) and Kimi K2.7 Code is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 17 shared benchmark results across 6 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 $0.43 input / $0.87 output per 1M tokens for DeepSeek V4 Pro (High). DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) has the larger context window at 1M, compared with 256K for Kimi K2.7 Code.

Category breakdown

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

Category scores and score margins for DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) and Kimi K2.7 Code
CategoryDeepSeek V4 Pro (High)ΔKimi K2.7 Code
AgenticDeepSeek V4 Pro (High)70.6MarginNo overlapKimi K2.7 CodeNot measured
CodingDeepSeek V4 Pro (High)69.8MarginNo overlapKimi K2.7 CodeNot measured
KnowledgeDeepSeek V4 Pro (High)57.0MarginNo overlapKimi K2.7 CodeNot measured
MathDeepSeek V4 Pro (High)94.0MarginNo overlapKimi K2.7 CodeNot measured

Operational comparison

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

MetricDeepSeek V4 Pro (High)Kimi K2.7 CodeComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensDeepSeek V4 Pro (High)$0.435 input / $0.87 outputKimi K2.7 Code$0.95 input / $4 outputDeepSeek V4 Pro (High) has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondDeepSeek V4 Pro (High)Not availableKimi K2.7 CodeNot availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenDeepSeek V4 Pro (High)Not availableKimi K2.7 CodeNot availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensDeepSeek V4 Pro (High)1MKimi K2.7 Code256KDeepSeek V4 Pro (High) lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro (High)Kimi K2.7 CodeResult
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 63.3%Not comparable
BrowseCompSource 80.4%Not comparable
HLE w/ toolsSource 44.7%Not comparable
MCP AtlasSource 74.2%76%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
ToolathlonSource 49%Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource 94.2%90.1%DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) leads
GDPval-AASource 40.0%34.3%DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) leads
GDPval-AASource 12991186DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) leads
AA Agentic IndexSource 34.4%29.6%DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) leads
Kimi Claw 24/7Source 46.9%Not comparable
MCP Mark VerifiedSource 81.1%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro (High)Kimi K2.7 CodeResult
CodeforcesSource 2919.0Not comparable
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 79.4%Not comparable
SWE-bench ProSource 54.4%Not comparable
SWE MultilingualSource 74.1%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 63.3%Not comparable
AA-SciCodeSource 46.4%47.5%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
AA Coding IndexSource 58.7%60.8%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
Reasoning
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro (High)Kimi K2.7 CodeResult
MRCR 1MSource 83.3%Not comparable
CorpusQA 1MSource 56.5%Not comparable
AA-LCRSource 65.0%66.3%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
CritPtSource 10.0%10.0%Tie
Knowledge
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro (High)Kimi K2.7 CodeResult
MMLU-ProSource 87.1%Not comparable
SimpleQASource 46.2%Not comparable
Chinese-SimpleQASource 77.7%Not comparable
GPQASource 89.1%Not comparable
GPQA-DSource 89.1%Not comparable
HLESource 34.5%Not comparable
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 43.1%42.0%DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 90.5%89.6%DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) leads
AA-HLESource 33.5%32.8%DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -9.7%-10.7%DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 41.8%38.6%DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 88.6%80.3%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
Math
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro (High)Kimi K2.7 CodeResult
HMMT Feb 2026Source 94.0%Not comparable
IMOAnswerBenchSource 88.0%Not comparable
ApexSource 27.4%Not comparable
Apex ShortlistSource 85.5%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro (High)Kimi K2.7 CodeResult
Design Arena WebsiteSource 12601300Kimi K2.7 Code leads
Inst. Following
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 Pro (High)Kimi K2.7 CodeResult
AA-IFBenchSource 71.3%63.1%DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) leads
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) 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 V4 Pro (High) and Kimi K2.7 Code today?

DeepSeek V4 Pro (High): $0.43 input / $0.87 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 V4 Pro (High)
API / mo$979
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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