Kimi K2.7 Code vs o1
Updated October 21, 2026. 17 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
Decision reading
Pick o1 for coding: it scores 61.7 on the Vibe Coding Index against 39.1 for Kimi K2.7 Code.
Pick Kimi K2.7 Code when output tokens cost 17.9x less, or when the context window is larger, 262K against 200K tokens.
- Shared results
- 17
- Kimi K2.7 Code only
- 34
- o1 only
- 51
- Like-for-like categories
- 7 of 9
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.
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, four public coding benchmarks
o1
o1 scores 61.7 against 39.1.
One benchmark behind each score
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Kimi K2.7 Code
Kimi K2.7 Code leads, 25.8 against 15.2.
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
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only o1 has a GPQA Diamond result, 73.2%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only o1 has a AIME result, 71.5%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only o1 has a MMLU Pro result, 83.5%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Kimi K2.7 Code has a Design Arena: websites result, 1264.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Kimi K2.7 Code
Kimi K2.7 Code takes 262K tokens against 200K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Kimi K2.7 Code
Kimi K2.7 Code $0.0023, o1 $0.045 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
- Kimi K2.7 Code 39.1 from 1 benchmark, o1 61.7 from 1 benchmark.
- Widest category
- Math, 30.8 points apart on average over 2 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3: Kimi K2.7 Code 54.0% against o1 14.7%, 39.3 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Kimi K2.7 Code $3.35 against o1 $60.00 per million output tokens, 17.9x apart.
- Context window
- Kimi K2.7 Code takes 262K tokens, o1 200K.
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 | Kimi K2.7 Code | Bars | o1 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 4 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 2 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 5 | 0 | ||
| Math | 2 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 1 | ||
| General | 1 | 1 | ||
| All shared boards | 15 | 2 |
CodingLike-for-likeFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index40
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.7 Code | o1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aider polyglot | Not measured | 61.7% | Only o1 measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1474 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| AA Coding Index | 60.8 | 39.7 | Kimi K2.7 Code |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 82.0% | 50.3% | Kimi K2.7 Code |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 78.2% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 47.2% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 25.4% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 0.0% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 67.0% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | 50.0% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 67.9% | Only o1 measured |
| SciCode | 47.8% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 44.7% | 12.9% | Kimi K2.7 Code |
| FrontierCode | 30.1% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| WeirdML | 54.1% | 46.1% | Kimi K2.7 Code |
| ALE-Bench | 886.2 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1367 | Only o1 measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1366 | Only o1 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1475 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1451 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1513 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.7 Code | o1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 25.8 | 15.2 | Kimi K2.7 Code |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 150.1 | 141.7 | Kimi K2.7 Code |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.7 Code | o1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 21.0 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | 1176 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | 1175 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | 1143 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | 1143 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | 1147 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: agents building games | 1130 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: HTML slides | 1201 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | 1154 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 90.1% | 62.6% | Kimi K2.7 Code |
| APEX-Agents | 37.6% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| METR time horizons | Not measured | 51.1% | Only o1 measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $5,083 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 26 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.7 Code | o1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | Not measured | 73.2% | Only o1 measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | Not measured | 77.4% | Only o1 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 89.6% | 74.7% | Kimi K2.7 Code |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 35.0% | 7.0% | Kimi K2.7 Code |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 87.9% | 76.8% | Kimi K2.7 Code |
| ARC-AGI | Not measured | 30.7% | Only o1 measured |
| SimpleBench | 57.9% | 40.1% | Kimi K2.7 Code |
| Chess puzzles | 14.0% | 10.0% | Kimi K2.7 Code |
| VPCT | Not measured | 37.0% | Only o1 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | Not measured | 1371 | Only o1 measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1361 | Only o1 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1372 | Only o1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.7 Code | o1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | Not measured | 71.5% | Only o1 measured |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 90.4% | Only o1 measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | Not measured | 89.3% | Only o1 measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 95.6% | 73.3% | Kimi K2.7 Code |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 54.0% | 14.7% | Kimi K2.7 Code |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 12.2% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| MATH level 5 | Not measured | 94.7% | Only o1 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1388 | Only o1 measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1390 | Only o1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.7 Code | o1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | Not measured | 83.5% | Only o1 measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 80.4% | Only o1 measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | Not measured | 74.3% | Only o1 measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | Not measured | 96.5% | Only o1 measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 84.1% | Only o1 measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 36.5% | 41.1% | o1 |
| GeoBench | Not measured | 80.0% | Only o1 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | Not measured | 1369 | Only o1 measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1355 | Only o1 measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1368 | Only o1 measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1328 | Only o1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.7 Code | o1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1264 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1259 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1220 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1226 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1241 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1253 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1176 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1196 | Not measured | 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 index11
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.7 Code | o1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 63.1% | 70.3% | o1 |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 79.3% | 65.0% | Kimi K2.7 Code |
| DTBench | Not measured | 74.7% | Only o1 measured |
| LMCA | Not measured | 22.3% | Only o1 measured |
| Fiction.LiveBench | Not measured | 83.3% | Only o1 measured |
| Creative writing (Lech Mazur) | Not measured | 70.2% | Only o1 measured |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 48.8% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1366 | Only o1 measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1367 | Only o1 measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1347 | Only o1 measured |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1168 | Only o1 measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1372 | Only o1 measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1358 | Only o1 measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1394 | Only o1 measured |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1337 | Only o1 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1346 | Only o1 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1396 | Only o1 measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1344 | Only o1 measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1345 | Only o1 measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 1356 | Only o1 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1355 | Only o1 measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1378 | Only o1 measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1360 | Only o1 measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1358 | Only o1 measured |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1162 | Only o1 measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | Not measured | 1235 | Only o1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 20 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.7 Code | o1 | 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 | MoonshotAI Kimi K2.7 Code | OpenAI o1 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Moonshot AI | OpenAI |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | June 12, 2026 | December 17, 2024 |
| Context window | 262K | 200K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.6712 | $15.00 |
| Output $/Mtok | $3.35 | $60.00 |
| Coding index | 39.1 | 61.7 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.35 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Kimi K2.7 Code better than o1 for coding?
Pick o1 for coding: it scores 61.7 on the Vibe Coding Index against 39.1 for Kimi K2.7 Code. Pick Kimi K2.7 Code when output tokens cost 17.9x less, or when the context window is larger, 262K against 200K tokens.
Which is cheaper, Kimi K2.7 Code or o1?
Kimi K2.7 Code costs $0.6712 per million input tokens and $3.35 per million output tokens; o1 costs $15.00 and $60.00. Cost per solved task is known for Kimi K2.7 Code only.
Which has the bigger context window, Kimi K2.7 Code or o1?
Kimi K2.7 Code, with 262K tokens against 200K.
How many benchmarks is the Kimi K2.7 Code vs o1 comparison based on?
17 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Kimi K2.7 Code's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and o1's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.