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Kimi K2.7 Code vs MiniMax M3

Kimi K2.7 Code leads MiniMax M3 on coding, 53.4 to 39.2 on the Vibe Coding Index, and MiniMax M3 costs 3.3x less per output token ($1.20 vs $4.00 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 45 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Kimi K2.7 Code Replace MiniMax M3
Kimi K2.7 CodeMoonshot AI
Coding
53.4
Overall
56.7
Output $/M
$4.00
23
MiniMax M3MiniMax
Coding
39.2
Overall
51.7
Output $/M
$1.20
22
vs boards won of 45 shared

Kimi K2.7 Code or MiniMax M3: which to pick

Pick Kimi K2.7 Code for coding: it scores 53.4 on the Vibe Coding Index against 39.2 for MiniMax M3, though on 4 benchmarks against 6.

Pick MiniMax M3 for output tokens 3.3x cheaper ($1.20 vs $4.00 per million) and a larger context window (1.05M against 262K tokens).

Model AKimi K2.7 CodeMoonshot AI53.4/1004 independent benchmarks$0.35 per solved taskModel BMiniMax M3MiniMax39.2/1006 independent benchmarks$0.56 per solved task
Shared results
45
Kimi K2.7 Code only
6
MiniMax M3 only
71
Like-for-like categories
7 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.

At a glance

Coding index
Kimi K2.7 Code 53.4 from 4 benchmarks, MiniMax M3 39.2 from 6 benchmarks.
Widest category
Math, 24.4 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
Widest single gap
OTIS Mock AIME: Kimi K2.7 Code 95.6% against MiniMax M3 71.1%, 24.4 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Kimi K2.7 Code $4.00 against MiniMax M3 $1.20 per million output tokens, 3.3x apart.
Context window
Kimi K2.7 Code takes 262K tokens, MiniMax M3 1.05M.

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.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryKimi K2.7 CodeBarsMiniMax M3Ties
Coding96
Intelligence11
Agentic work38
Reasoning23
Math10
Web design71
General03
All shared boards2322
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index96
Coding benchmarks for Kimi K2.7 Code and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeMiniMax M3Leader
LiveBench codingNot measured70.9%Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena WebDev14741482MiniMax M3
AA Coding Index60.858.6Kimi K2.7 Code
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)82.0%82.2%MiniMax M3
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)78.2%75.0%Kimi K2.7 Code
Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI)Not measured1.0%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)47.2%47.6%MiniMax M3
Code migration (Vals AI)25.4%19.9%Kimi K2.7 Code
ProgramBench (Vals AI)0.0%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.7 Code measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)67.0%53.6%Kimi K2.7 Code
SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI)Not measured33.3%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI)Not measured9.2%Only MiniMax M3 measured
SkillsBench (Vals AI)50.0%51.5%MiniMax M3
CyberBench (Vals AI)Not measured65.0%Only MiniMax M3 measured
SciCode47.8%47.1%Kimi K2.7 Code
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)44.7%42.4%Kimi K2.7 Code
FrontierCode30.1%14.7%Kimi K2.7 Code
WeirdML54.1%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.7 Code measured
ALE-Bench886.2640.0Kimi K2.7 Code
LMArena Text: codingNot measured1470Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: software and ITNot measured1466Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena WebDev: React14751478MiniMax M3
LMArena WebDev: HTML14511455MiniMax M3
LMArena WebDev: from an image15131470Kimi K2.7 Code
Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11
Intelligence benchmarks for Kimi K2.7 Code and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeMiniMax M3Leader
AA Intelligence Index25.829.2MiniMax M3
Epoch Capabilities Index150.1146.9Kimi K2.7 Code
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index38
Agentic work benchmarks for Kimi K2.7 Code and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeMiniMax M3Leader
AA Agentic Index21.029.5MiniMax M3
Design Arena: agents building web apps11761200MiniMax M3
Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps11751197MiniMax M3
Design Arena: agents building mobile apps11431169MiniMax M3
Design Arena: agents building Android apps11371157MiniMax M3
Design Arena: agents building Godot games1147Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.7 Code measured
Design Arena: agents building games11311158MiniMax M3
Design Arena: HTML slides12011180Kimi K2.7 Code
Design Arena: PowerPoint slides11541205MiniMax M3
Design Arena: spreadsheetsNot measured1009Only MiniMax M3 measured
LiveBench researchNot measured68.0%Only MiniMax M3 measured
LiveBench browserNot measured8.0%Only MiniMax M3 measured
LiveBench long agenticNot measured12.4%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)Not measured48.3%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)Not measured20.6%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)Not measured29.8%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)Not measured47.8%Only MiniMax M3 measured
τ²-Bench Telecom90.1%88.9%Kimi K2.7 Code
APEX-Agents37.6%37.7%MiniMax M3
OSWorld 2.0Not measured4.6%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Vending-Bench 2$5,083$2,158Kimi K2.7 Code
Neither model has a result on the other 20 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index23
Reasoning benchmarks for Kimi K2.7 Code and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeMiniMax M3Leader
GPQA DiamondNot measured92.7%Only MiniMax M3 measured
LiveBench reasoningNot measured74.5%Only MiniMax M3 measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)Not measured81.2%Only MiniMax M3 measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)89.6%92.9%MiniMax M3
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)35.0%39.0%MiniMax M3
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)87.9%90.9%MiniMax M3
SimpleBench57.9%45.8%Kimi K2.7 Code
Chess puzzles14.0%13.0%Kimi K2.7 Code
Mystery game puzzlesNot measured8.0%Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: hard promptsNot measured1447Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: expertNot measured1461Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts in EnglishNot measured1455Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: diagramsNot measured1266Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: homeworkNot measured1268Only MiniMax M3 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Math benchmarks for Kimi K2.7 Code and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeMiniMax M3Leader
OTIS Mock AIME95.6%71.1%Kimi K2.7 Code
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 354.0%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.7 Code measured
FrontierMath, tier 412.2%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.7 Code measured
ProofBenchNot measured18.0%Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: mathNot measured1429Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: mathematical workNot measured1448Only MiniMax M3 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11 boards, none shared
Knowledge benchmarks for Kimi K2.7 Code and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeMiniMax M3Leader
MMLU ProNot measured84.2%Only MiniMax M3 measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)Not measured85.4%Only MiniMax M3 measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured68.1%Only MiniMax M3 measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured72.7%Only MiniMax M3 measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured68.4%Only MiniMax M3 measured
MedCode (Vals AI)Not measured46.3%Only MiniMax M3 measured
SimpleQA Verified36.5%Not measuredOnly Kimi K2.7 Code measured
LMArena Text: scienceNot measured1452Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcareNot measured1441Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: legal and governmentNot measured1437Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: business and financeNot measured1434Only MiniMax M3 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index71
Web design benchmarks for Kimi K2.7 Code and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeMiniMax M3Leader
Design Arena: websites12641257Kimi K2.7 Code
Design Arena: UI components12591245Kimi K2.7 Code
Design Arena: game dev12201211Kimi K2.7 Code
Design Arena: data viz12271235MiniMax M3
Design Arena: 3D12411209Kimi K2.7 Code
Design Arena: all code categories12531247Kimi K2.7 Code
Design Arena: SVG11761162Kimi K2.7 Code
Design Arena: ASCII art11961161Kimi K2.7 Code
LiveBench designNot measured66.2%Only MiniMax M3 measured
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
General benchmarks for Kimi K2.7 Code and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeMiniMax M3Leader
LiveBench data analysisNot measured76.2%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)Not measured64.1%Only MiniMax M3 measured
SAGE (Vals AI)Not measured50.6%Only MiniMax M3 measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)Not measured87.3%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Vals Multimodal IndexNot measured60.0%Only MiniMax M3 measured
IFBench63.1%82.9%MiniMax M3
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)79.3%83.0%MiniMax M3
DTBenchNot measured78.9%Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMCANot measured33.7%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Surface Evolver Bench48.8%55.0%MiniMax M3
LMArena TextNot measured1433Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: instruction followingNot measured1433Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: creative writingNot measured1404Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena VisionNot measured1251Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: EnglishNot measured1443Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: non-EnglishNot measured1420Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: ChineseNot measured1466Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: GermanNot measured1428Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: JapaneseNot measured1380Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: KoreanNot measured1373Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: FrenchNot measured1444Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: SpanishNot measured1433Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: RussianNot measured1426Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: PolishNot measured1423Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: multi-turnNot measured1443Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: longer queriesNot measured1446Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: writing and languageNot measured1419Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: entertainment and mediaNot measured1403Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: EnglishNot measured1263Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: ChineseNot measured1311Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: reading textNot measured1259Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: humorNot measured1235Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: recognizing thingsNot measured1197Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: creative writingNot measured1234Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena DocumentNot measured1435Only MiniMax M3 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Kimi K2.7 Code and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeMiniMax M3Leader
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$0.0029Fits in one request
MiniMax M3$0.0009Fits in one request

MiniMax M3 costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Kimi K2.7 Code$0.059Fits in one request
MiniMax M3$0.019Fits in one request

MiniMax M3 costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Kimi K2.7 Code$0.230Fits in one request
MiniMax M3$0.072Fits in one request

MiniMax M3 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.

Specifications of Kimi K2.7 Code and MiniMax M3
SpecificationMoonshotAI Kimi K2.7 CodeMiniMax M3
MakerMoonshot AIMiniMax
WeightsOpen weightsOpen weights
ReleasedJune 12, 2026May 31, 2026
Context window262K1.05M
Input $/Mtok$0.95$0.30
Output $/Mtok$4.00$1.20
Coding index53.439.2
Independent measurements behind it46
Cost per solved task$0.35$0.56
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Kimi K2.7 Code better than MiniMax M3 for coding?

Pick Kimi K2.7 Code for coding: it scores 53.4 on the Vibe Coding Index against 39.2 for MiniMax M3, though on 4 benchmarks against 6. Pick MiniMax M3 for output tokens 3.3x cheaper ($1.20 vs $4.00 per million) and a larger context window (1.05M against 262K tokens).

Which is cheaper, Kimi K2.7 Code or MiniMax M3?

Kimi K2.7 Code costs $0.95 per million input tokens and $4.00 per million output tokens; MiniMax M3 costs $0.30 and $1.20. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Kimi K2.7 Code costs $0.35 and MiniMax M3 $0.56.

Which has the bigger context window, Kimi K2.7 Code or MiniMax M3?

MiniMax M3, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks is the Kimi K2.7 Code vs MiniMax M3 comparison based on?

45 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Kimi K2.7 Code's coding index rests on 4 independent benchmarks and MiniMax M3's on 6. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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