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Kimi K2.7 Code vs o3

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 13 shared benchmark results across 6 categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.

Moonshot AI
21/100
Margin
33.0pts
winning →
OpenAI
54/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Evidence parity. Kimi K2.7 Code and o3 share 13 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 11 results are unique to Kimi K2.7 Code; 4 to o3.

Updated July 14, 2026
Shared results
13
Kimi K2.7 Code only
11
o3 only
4
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for Kimi K2.7 Code and o3 is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 13 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.

o3 is priced at $2.00 input / $8.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.95 input / $4.00 output per 1M tokens for Kimi K2.7 Code. Kimi K2.7 Code has the larger context window at 256K, compared with 200K for o3.

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 o3
CategoryKimi K2.7 CodeΔo3
MathKimi K2.7 CodeNot measuredMarginNo overlapo314.5

Operational comparison

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

MetricKimi K2.7 Codeo3Comparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensKimi K2.7 Code$0.95 input / $4 outputo3$2 input / $8 outputKimi K2.7 Code has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondKimi K2.7 CodeNot availableo3118 tok/sA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenKimi K2.7 CodeNot availableo35.38 sA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensKimi K2.7 Code256Ko3200KKimi K2.7 Code lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 Codeo3Result
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
Tau2-TelecomSource 90.1%80.7%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
GDPval-AASource 34.3%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 1187Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 Codeo3Result
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
Terminal-Bench HardSource 44.7%37.1%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
AA-SciCodeSource 47.5%41.0%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
Reasoning
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 Codeo3Result
AA-LCRSource 66.3%69.3%o3 leads
CritPtSource 10.0%1.1%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
Knowledge
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 Codeo3Result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 42.0%30.4%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 89.6%82.7%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
AA-HLESource 32.8%20.0%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -10.7%-15.3%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 38.6%38.4%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 80.3%87.1%Kimi K2.7 Code leads
Math
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 Codeo3Result
AA MATH-500Source 99.2%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 18.685%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)Source 2.083%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 Codeo3Result
Design Arena WebsiteSource 13041071Kimi K2.7 Code leads
AA-MMMU-ProSource 70.1%Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 Codeo3Result
AA-IFBenchSource 63.1%71.4%o3 leads
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare Kimi K2.7 Code and o3 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 o3 today?

Kimi K2.7 Code: $0.95 input / $4.00 output per 1M tokens o3: $2.00 input / $8.00 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
o3
API / mo$7,500
Self-host / moNot listed
Break-even
Proprietary model — self-hosting not applicable.
Model the full break-even

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Last updated: July 14, 2026

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