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Kimi K2.7 Code vs Nemotron 3 Ultra

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
55/100
No comparison
0 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Kimi K2.7 Code #87 (Estimated); Nemotron 3 Ultra unranked (Not scored). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Kimi K2.7 Code and Nemotron 3 Ultra share 16 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 7 results are unique to Kimi K2.7 Code; 22 to Nemotron 3 Ultra.

Updated July 18, 2026
Shared results
16
Kimi K2.7 Code only
7
Nemotron 3 Ultra only
22
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for Kimi K2.7 Code and Nemotron 3 Ultra 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 $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Nemotron 3 Ultra. Nemotron 3 Ultra 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 Kimi K2.7 Code and Nemotron 3 Ultra
CategoryKimi K2.7 CodeΔNemotron 3 Ultra
AgenticKimi K2.7 CodeNot measuredMarginNo overlapNemotron 3 Ultra51.3
CodingKimi K2.7 CodeNot measuredMarginNo overlapNemotron 3 Ultra58.3
ReasoningKimi K2.7 CodeNot measuredMarginNo overlapNemotron 3 Ultra61.9
KnowledgeKimi K2.7 CodeNot measuredMarginNo overlapNemotron 3 Ultra53.8
MultilingualKimi K2.7 CodeNot measuredMarginNo overlapNemotron 3 Ultra83.0
Inst. FollowingKimi K2.7 CodeNot measuredMarginNo overlapNemotron 3 Ultra81.7

Operational comparison

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

MetricKimi K2.7 CodeNemotron 3 UltraComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensKimi K2.7 Code$0.95 input / $4 outputNemotron 3 Ultra$0 input / $0 outputNemotron 3 Ultra has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondKimi K2.7 CodeNot availableNemotron 3 UltraNot availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenKimi K2.7 CodeNot availableNemotron 3 UltraNot availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensKimi K2.7 Code256KNemotron 3 Ultra1MNemotron 3 Ultra lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeNemotron 3 UltraResult
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%27.4%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
τ²-bench resultsSource 90.1%83.3%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
GDPval-AASource 34.3%33.2%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
GDPval-AASource 11871164Kimi K2.7 Code leads
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 56.4%Not comparable
PinchBenchSource 90.0%Not comparable
BrowseCompSource 44.4%Not comparable
τ³-bench resultsSource 70.9%Not comparable
HLE w/ toolsSource 37.4%Not comparable
AA BriefcaseSource 870Not comparable
AA EnterpriseOps-GymSource 28.9%Not comparable
AA Harvey LABSource 3.3%Not comparable
terminalBenchHardSource 36.4%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeNemotron 3 UltraResult
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%49.3%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
AA-SciCodeSource 47.5%39.9%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 71.9%Not comparable
SWE MultilingualSource 67.7%Not comparable
SciCodeSource 44.6%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 56.4%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeNemotron 3 UltraResult
AA-LCRSource 66.3%67.0%Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
CritPtSource 10.0%3.1%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
LongBench v2Source 61.9%Not comparable
Knowledge
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeNemotron 3 UltraResult
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 42.0%37.8%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 89.6%86.7%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
AA-HLESource 32.8%26.6%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -10.7%-0.8%Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 38.6%21.6%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 80.3%28.5%Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
GPQASource 87%Not comparable
GPQA-DSource 87.0%Not comparable
HLESource 26.7%Not comparable
HLE w/o toolsSource 26.7%Not comparable
MMLU-ProSource 86.8%Not comparable
AA Openness IndexSource 83.3%Not comparable
Multilingual
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeNemotron 3 UltraResult
MMLU-ProXSource 83%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeNemotron 3 UltraResult
Design Arena WebsiteSource 13051131Kimi K2.7 Code leads
Inst. Following
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeNemotron 3 UltraResult
AA-IFBenchSource 63.1%81.4%Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
IFBenchSource 81.7%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare Kimi K2.7 Code and Nemotron 3 Ultra 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 Nemotron 3 Ultra today?

Kimi K2.7 Code: $0.95 input / $4.00 output per 1M tokens Nemotron 3 Ultra: $0.00 input / $0.00 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.

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

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Last updated: July 18, 2026

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