# Inkling vs Kimi K2.7 Code

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Inkling and Kimi K2.7 Code across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/inkling-vs-kimi-k2-7-code
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Inkling if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Kimi K2.7 Code only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Inkling leads overall 52.13 to 49.33.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 87.6 for Inkling and 76.6 for Kimi K2.7 Code.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) in Mathematics, with scores of 33.333% and 54.035%.
- Kimi K2.7 Code is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Inkling also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Inkling | Kimi K2.7 Code |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Thinking Machines Lab | Moonshot AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Hybrid | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 256K |
| Overall Score | 52.13 | 49.33 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 24 | 13 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.87 / $4.68 | $0.95 / $4.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Kimi K2.7 Code
- Inkling public-lane score: 36.2 (Supported · #72/124)
- Kimi K2.7 Code public-lane score: 37.5 (Supported · #68/124)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Kimi K2.7 Code | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 63.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 77.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 74.1% | 76% | Kimi K2.7 Code |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 47.6% | 67.0% | Kimi K2.7 Code |
| CWE-bench v1 | 37.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Kimi Claw 24/7 | Coming soon | 46.9% | Coming soon |
| MCP Mark Verified | Coming soon | 81.1% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Kimi K2.7 Code
- Inkling public-lane score: 34 (Supported · #80/149)
- Kimi K2.7 Code public-lane score: 42.2 (Supported · #60/149)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Kimi K2.7 Code | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 54.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 63.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 4.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 85.5% | 82.1% | Inkling |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 77.6% | 78.2% | Kimi K2.7 Code |
| Kimi Code Bench v2 | Coming soon | 62.0% | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench | Coming soon | 53.6% | Coming soon |
| MLS-Bench Lite | Coming soon | 35.1% | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 3.2 | Coming soon | 49.7% | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | Coming soon | 52.1% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling public-lane score: 79 (#14/29)
- Kimi K2.7 Code public-lane score: 80.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling public-lane score: 67.5 (#35/54)
- Kimi K2.7 Code public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | Kimi K2.7 Code | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 73.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 82% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 78.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Inkling public-lane score: 54.5 (Supported · #62/181)
- Kimi K2.7 Code public-lane score: 54.3 (Estimated · #63/181)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Kimi K2.7 Code | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 87.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 87.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 46% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 30% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 87.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- Inkling public-lane score: 87.6 (#35/128)
- Kimi K2.7 Code public-lane score: 76.6 (#60/128)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Kimi K2.7 Code | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 79.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling public-lane score: 58.3 (#11/12)
- Kimi K2.7 Code public-lane score: 58.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Kimi K2.7 Code | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 97.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 33.333% | 54.035% | Kimi K2.7 Code |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 4.878% | 12.195% | Kimi K2.7 Code |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Inkling or Kimi K2.7 Code?

Inkling is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Inkling and Kimi K2.7 Code?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 87.6 for Inkling and 76.6 for Kimi K2.7 Code.

### How many benchmarks does Inkling cover on BenchLM?

Inkling currently has 24 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Kimi K2.7 Code cover on BenchLM?

Kimi K2.7 Code currently has 13 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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