Nova Premier 1.0 vs Kimi K2.7 Code
Kimi K2.7 Code leads Nova Premier 1.0 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 25.8 to 9.2, and Kimi K2.7 Code costs 3.1x less per output token ($4.00 vs $12.50 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 9 benchmarks have a result for both.
Nova Premier 1.0 or Kimi K2.7 Code: which to pick
Only Kimi K2.7 Code has a coding score, 53.4 on the Vibe Coding Index; Nova Premier 1.0 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Nova Premier 1.0 for a larger context window (1M against 262K tokens).
- Shared results
- 9
- Nova Premier 1.0 only
- 4
- Kimi K2.7 Code only
- 42
- Like-for-like categories
- 6 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Only Kimi K2.7 Code has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Kimi K2.7 Code
Kimi K2.7 Code leads, 25.8 against 9.2.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Kimi K2.7 Code has a AA Agentic Index result, 21.0.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Kimi K2.7 Code
Kimi K2.7 Code leads, 1264 against 835.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Nova Premier 1.0
Nova Premier 1.0 takes 1M tokens against 262K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Kimi K2.7 Code
Nova Premier 1.0 $0.0088, Kimi K2.7 Code $0.0029 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Kimi K2.7 Code has the number, $0.35.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Nova Premier 1.0 not benchmarked, Kimi K2.7 Code 53.4 from 4 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Web design, 53.6 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- Design Arena: websites: Nova Premier 1.0 835 against Kimi K2.7 Code 1264, 53.6 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Nova Premier 1.0 $12.50 against Kimi K2.7 Code $4.00 per million output tokens, 3.1x apart.
- Context window
- Nova Premier 1.0 takes 1M tokens, Kimi K2.7 Code 262K.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Nova Premier 1.0 | Bars | Kimi K2.7 Code | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 2 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Agentic work | 0 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 2 | ||
| Web design | 0 | 1 | ||
| General | 0 | 2 | ||
| All shared boards | 0 | 9 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index02
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Kimi K2.7 Code | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1474 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 60.8 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 82.0% | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | Not measured | 78.2% | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 47.2% | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 25.4% | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.0% | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 67.0% | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 50.0% | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 31.7% | Not measured | Only Nova Premier 1.0 measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 47.8% | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 6.8% | 44.7% | Kimi K2.7 Code |
| FrontierCode | Not measured | 30.1% | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| WeirdML | Not measured | 54.1% | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| ALE-Bench | 147.4 | 886.2 | Kimi K2.7 Code |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1475 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1451 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | Not measured | 1513 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 20 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Kimi K2.7 Code | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 9.2 | 25.8 | Kimi K2.7 Code |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 150.1 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Kimi K2.7 Code | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | Not measured | 21.0 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | Not measured | 1176 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | Not measured | 1175 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | Not measured | 1143 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | Not measured | 1137 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | Not measured | 1147 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: agents building games | Not measured | 1131 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: HTML slides | Not measured | 1201 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | Not measured | 1154 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 38.3% | 90.1% | Kimi K2.7 Code |
| APEX-Agents | Not measured | 37.6% | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | Not measured | $5,083 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 27 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Kimi K2.7 Code | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 56.9% | 89.6% | Kimi K2.7 Code |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 4.2% | 35.0% | Kimi K2.7 Code |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 87.9% | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| SimpleBench | Not measured | 57.9% | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Chess puzzles | Not measured | 14.0% | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Kimi K2.7 Code | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Math Index | 17.3 | Not measured | Only Nova Premier 1.0 measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 17.3% | Not measured | Only Nova Premier 1.0 measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | Not measured | 95.6% | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | Not measured | 54.0% | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | Not measured | 12.2% | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Kimi K2.7 Code | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 73.3% | Not measured | Only Nova Premier 1.0 measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | Not measured | 36.5% | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Kimi K2.7 Code | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 835 | 1264 | Kimi K2.7 Code |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 1259 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 1220 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1227 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | Not measured | 1241 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | Not measured | 1253 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1176 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1196 | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Kimi K2.7 Code | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 36.2% | 63.1% | Kimi K2.7 Code |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 34.3% | 79.3% | Kimi K2.7 Code |
| Surface Evolver Bench | Not measured | 48.8% | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 43 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Kimi K2.7 Code | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Kimi K2.7 Code costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Kimi K2.7 Code costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Kimi K2.7 Code costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Amazon Nova Premier 1.0 | MoonshotAI Kimi K2.7 Code |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Amazon | Moonshot AI |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | October 31, 2025 | June 12, 2026 |
| Context window | 1M | 262K |
| Input $/Mtok | $2.50 | $0.95 |
| Output $/Mtok | $12.50 | $4.00 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | 53.4 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 4 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | $0.35 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Nova Premier 1.0 better than Kimi K2.7 Code for coding?
Only Kimi K2.7 Code has a coding score, 53.4 on the Vibe Coding Index; Nova Premier 1.0 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Nova Premier 1.0 for a larger context window (1M against 262K tokens).
Which is cheaper, Nova Premier 1.0 or Kimi K2.7 Code?
Nova Premier 1.0 costs $2.50 per million input tokens and $12.50 per million output tokens; Kimi K2.7 Code costs $0.95 and $4.00. Cost per solved task is known for Kimi K2.7 Code only.
Which has the bigger context window, Nova Premier 1.0 or Kimi K2.7 Code?
Nova Premier 1.0, with 1M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks is the Nova Premier 1.0 vs Kimi K2.7 Code comparison based on?
9 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Nova Premier 1.0's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Kimi K2.7 Code's on 4. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.