Kimi K2.7 Code vs Qwen3.7 Flash
Updated October 21, 2026. 5 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
Decision reading
Only Kimi K2.7 Code has a coding score, 53.4 on the Vibe Coding Index; Qwen3.7 Flash has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Qwen3.7 Flash has the edge where output tokens cost 30.8x less, and where the context window is larger, 1M against 262K tokens.
- Shared results
- 5
- Kimi K2.7 Code only
- 46
- Qwen3.7 Flash only
- 1
- Like-for-like categories
- 4 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, 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
No call
Only Kimi K2.7 Code has a AA Intelligence Index result, 25.8.
Directional only
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
No call
Only Kimi K2.7 Code has a Design Arena: websites result, 1264.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Qwen3.7 Flash
Qwen3.7 Flash takes 1M tokens against 262K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3.7 Flash
Kimi K2.7 Code $0.0029, Qwen3.7 Flash $0.0001 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 53.4 from 4 benchmarks, Qwen3.7 Flash not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Math, 21.8 points apart on average over 2 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3: Kimi K2.7 Code 54.0% against Qwen3.7 Flash 19.3%, 34.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Kimi K2.7 Code $4.00 against Qwen3.7 Flash $0.13 per million output tokens, 30.8x apart.
- Context window
- Kimi K2.7 Code takes 262K tokens, Qwen3.7 Flash 1M.
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 | Qwen3.7 Flash | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 1 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 1 | 0 | ||
| Math | 2 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 5 | 0 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index10
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.7 Code | Qwen3.7 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1474 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| AA Coding Index | 60.8 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 82.0% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| 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 |
| SciCode | 47.8% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 44.7% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| FrontierCode | 30.1% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| WeirdML | 54.1% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| ALE-Bench | 886.2 | 420.1 | Kimi K2.7 Code |
| 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 21 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.7 Code | Qwen3.7 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 25.8 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 150.1 | 144.1 | Kimi K2.7 Code |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index12 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.7 Code | Qwen3.7 Flash | 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 | 1131 | 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% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| APEX-Agents | 37.6% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $5,083 | Not measured | 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 index10
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.7 Code | Qwen3.7 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 89.6% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 35.0% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 87.9% | 82.3% | Kimi K2.7 Code |
| SimpleBench | 57.9% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Chess puzzles | 14.0% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | Not measured | 15.0% | Only Qwen3.7 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.7 Code | Qwen3.7 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 95.6% | 86.7% | Kimi K2.7 Code |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 54.0% | 19.3% | Kimi K2.7 Code |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 12.2% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board, none shared
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.7 Code | Qwen3.7 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SimpleQA Verified | 36.5% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.7 Code | Qwen3.7 Flash | 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 | 1227 | 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 | |||
GeneralDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index3 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.7 Code | Qwen3.7 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 63.1% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 79.3% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 48.8% | Not measured | 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 | Kimi K2.7 Code | Qwen3.7 Flash | 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
Qwen3.7 Flash costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Qwen3.7 Flash costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Qwen3.7 Flash 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 | Qwen3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Moonshot AI | Qwen |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | June 12, 2026 | July 27, 2026 |
| Context window | 262K | 1M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.95 | $0.03 |
| Output $/Mtok | $4.00 | $0.13 |
| Coding index | 53.4 | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 4 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.35 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Kimi K2.7 Code better than Qwen3.7 Flash for coding?
Only Kimi K2.7 Code has a coding score, 53.4 on the Vibe Coding Index; Qwen3.7 Flash has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Qwen3.7 Flash has the edge where output tokens cost 30.8x less, and where the context window is larger, 1M against 262K tokens.
Which is cheaper, Kimi K2.7 Code or Qwen3.7 Flash?
Kimi K2.7 Code costs $0.95 per million input tokens and $4.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3.7 Flash costs $0.03 and $0.13. Cost per solved task is known for Kimi K2.7 Code only.
Which has the bigger context window, Kimi K2.7 Code or Qwen3.7 Flash?
Qwen3.7 Flash, with 1M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks is the Kimi K2.7 Code vs Qwen3.7 Flash comparison based on?
5 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 Qwen3.7 Flash's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.