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Kimi K2.7 Code vs MiniMax M2.7

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 16 shared benchmark results across 6 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

Moonshot AI
54.03/100
Margin
9.1pts
winning →
63.13/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Kimi K2.7 Code #92 (Estimated); MiniMax M2.7 #40 (Supported). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Kimi K2.7 Code and MiniMax M2.7 share 16 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 7 results are unique to Kimi K2.7 Code; 19 to MiniMax M2.7.

Updated July 27, 2026
Shared results
16
Kimi K2.7 Code only
7
MiniMax M2.7 only
19
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for Kimi K2.7 Code and MiniMax M2.7 is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 16 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 $0.30 input / $1.20 output per 1M tokens for MiniMax M2.7. Kimi K2.7 Code has the larger context window at 256K, compared with 200K for MiniMax M2.7.

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 Kimi K2.7 Code and MiniMax M2.7
CategoryKimi K2.7 CodeΔMiniMax M2.7
AgenticKimi K2.7 CodeNot measuredMarginNo overlapMiniMax M2.757.0
CodingKimi K2.7 CodeNot measuredMarginNo overlapMiniMax M2.753.3

Operational comparison

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

MetricKimi K2.7 CodeMiniMax M2.7Comparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensKimi K2.7 Code$0.95 input / $4 outputMiniMax M2.7$0.3 input / $1.2 outputMiniMax M2.7 has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondKimi K2.7 CodeNot availableMiniMax M2.745 tok/sA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenKimi K2.7 CodeNot availableMiniMax M2.72.53 sA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensKimi K2.7 Code256KMiniMax M2.7200KKimi K2.7 Code lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeMiniMax M2.7Result
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%25.6%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
τ²-bench resultsSource 90.1%84.8%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
GDPval-AASource 34.3%32.9%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
GDPval-AASource 11861159Kimi K2.7 Code leads
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 57%Not comparable
ToolathlonSource 46.3%Not comparable
MLE-Bench LiteSource 66.6%Not comparable
MM-ClawBenchSource 62.7%Not comparable
Claw-EvalSource 48.7%Not comparable
APEX-Agents-AASource 10.6%Not comparable
Gert LabsSource 40.40%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeMiniMax M2.7Result
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%52.6%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
AA-SciCodeSource 47.5%47.0%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
SWE-bench Verified*Source 75.4%Not comparable
SWE-bench ProSource 56.2%Not comparable
SWE-RebenchSource 51.9%Not comparable
SWE MultilingualSource 76.5%Not comparable
Multi-SWE BenchSource 52.7%Not comparable
VIBE-ProSource 55.6%Not comparable
NL2RepoSource 39.8%Not comparable
Vibe Code BenchSource 27.04%Not comparable
React Native EvalsSource 71.4%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeMiniMax M2.7Result
AA-LCRSource 66.3%68.7%MiniMax M2.7 leads
CritPtSource 10.0%0.6%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
Knowledge
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeMiniMax M2.7Result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 42.0%38.1%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 89.6%87.4%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
AA-HLESource 32.8%28.1%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -10.7%0.7%MiniMax M2.7 leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 38.6%26.1%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 80.3%34.4%MiniMax M2.7 leads
GPQA-DSource 87.0%Not comparable
MMLU-Pro (Arcee)Source 80.8%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeMiniMax M2.7Result
AIME25 (Arcee)Source 80.0%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeMiniMax M2.7Result
Design Arena WebsiteSource 13001271Kimi K2.7 Code leads
Inst. Following
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeMiniMax M2.7Result
AA-IFBenchSource 63.1%75.7%MiniMax M2.7 leads
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare Kimi K2.7 Code and MiniMax M2.7 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 Kimi K2.7 Code and MiniMax M2.7 today?

Kimi K2.7 Code: $0.95 input / $4.00 output per 1M tokens MiniMax M2.7: $0.30 input / $1.20 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.

Kimi K2.7 Code
API / mo$3,713
Self-host / mo$18,221
Break-even326M/day
MiniMax M2.7
API / mo$1,125
Self-host / moNot listed
Break-even
Proprietary model — self-hosting not applicable.
Model the full break-even

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Last updated: July 27, 2026

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