Kimi K2.7 Code vs Inkling 2 Small
Kimi K2.7 Code leads Inkling 2 Small on coding, 53.4 to 48.9 on the Vibe Coding Index, and Inkling 2 Small costs 4.0x less per output token ($1.00 vs $4.00 per million). Updated November 14, 2026; 12 benchmarks have a result for both.
Kimi K2.7 Code or Inkling 2 Small: which to pick
Pick Kimi K2.7 Code for coding: it scores 53.4 on the Vibe Coding Index against 48.9 for Inkling 2 Small.
Pick Inkling 2 Small for output tokens 4.0x cheaper ($1.00 vs $4.00 per million) and a larger context window (1.05M against 262K tokens).
- Shared results
- 12
- Kimi K2.7 Code only
- 43
- Inkling 2 Small only
- 39
- Like-for-like categories
- 4 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
Kimi K2.7 Code
Kimi K2.7 Code scores 53.4 against 48.9.
4 and 3 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only Inkling 2 Small has a AA Intelligence Index result, 30.6.
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, 1258.
Directional only
General
Vals Index
No call
Only Inkling 2 Small has a Vals Index result, 56.1%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Inkling 2 Small
Inkling 2 Small takes 1.05M tokens against 262K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Inkling 2 Small
Kimi K2.7 Code $0.0029, Inkling 2 Small $0.0008 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, Inkling 2 Small 48.9 from 3 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- General, 26.3 points apart on average over 2 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- GDPval-AA: Kimi K2.7 Code 1046 against Inkling 2 Small 1630, 48.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Kimi K2.7 Code $4.00 against Inkling 2 Small $1.00 per million output tokens, 4.0x apart.
- Context window
- Kimi K2.7 Code takes 262K tokens, Inkling 2 Small 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.
| Category | Kimi K2.7 Code | Bars | Inkling 2 Small | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 7 | ||
| Agentic work | 0 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 2 | ||
| General | 0 | 2 | ||
| All shared boards | 0 | 12 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index07
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.7 Code | Inkling 2 Small | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1474 | 1647 | Inkling 2 Small |
| 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 |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 12.6% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 47.2% | 81.5% | Inkling 2 Small |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 25.4% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 0.0% | 0.5% | Inkling 2 Small |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 67.0% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI) | Not measured | 43.1% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | 50.0% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 72.7% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| SciCode | 47.8% | 52.3% | Inkling 2 Small |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 44.7% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 (Artificial Analysis run) | 1.0% | 13.1% | Inkling 2 Small |
| FrontierCode 2.0 | Not measured | 25.4% | Only Inkling 2 Small 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 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1455 | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1443 | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1475 | 1660 | Inkling 2 Small |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1453 | 1661 | Inkling 2 Small |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1512 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| SWE-Bench Pro V2 | Not measured | 97.7% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| GameBench 2 | 33.2 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 26 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.7 Code | Inkling 2 Small | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | Not measured | 30.6 | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 151.2 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.7 Code | Inkling 2 Small | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 21.0 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | 1153 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | 1150 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | 1134 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | 1130 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | 1125 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: agents building games | 1074 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: HTML slides | 1097 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | 1119 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 1.9% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 38.9% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 46.6% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 21.7% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 70.0% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | Not measured | 2.9% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| Vals Science Index | Not measured | 32.7% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 90.1% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| APEX-Agents | 37.6% | 46.8% | Inkling 2 Small |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $5,083 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| MCP Atlas | Not measured | 85.4% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 58.0% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 23 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.7 Code | Inkling 2 Small | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | Not measured | 25.2% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 89.6% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 35.0% | 44.1% | Inkling 2 Small |
| HLE-Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 14.8% | 28.7% | Inkling 2 Small |
| CritPt v2, hard subset (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 35.0% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 87.9% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| ARC-AGI | Not measured | 96.5% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | Not measured | 81.7% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| SimpleBench | 57.9% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Chess puzzles | 14.0% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | Not measured | 1421 | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1478 | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1424 | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index4 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.7 Code | Inkling 2 Small | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 95.6% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 54.0% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 12.2% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| MathArena | Not measured | 42.4% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index4 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.7 Code | Inkling 2 Small | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA-Omniscience | Not measured | 16.1 | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 36.5% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| LMArena Text: science | Not measured | 1409 | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1415 | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.7 Code | Inkling 2 Small | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1258 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1251 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1210 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1220 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1219 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1243 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1164 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1185 | 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 index02
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.7 Code | Inkling 2 Small | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | Not measured | 56.1% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | Not measured | 88.6% | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| IFBench | 63.1% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 79.3% | 83.3% | Inkling 2 Small |
| GDPval-AA | 1046 | 1630 | Inkling 2 Small |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 48.8% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2.7 Code measured |
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1403 | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1408 | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1348 | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1418 | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1390 | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 1377 | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1408 | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1403 | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1381 | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1359 | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 33 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.7 Code | Inkling 2 Small | 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
Inkling 2 Small costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Inkling 2 Small costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Inkling 2 Small 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 | Thinking Machines Inkling 2 Small |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Moonshot AI | Thinking Machines |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | June 12, 2026 | November 9, 2026 |
| Context window | 262K | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.95 | $0.30 |
| Output $/Mtok | $4.00 | $1.00 |
| Coding index | 53.4 | 48.9 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 4 | 3 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.35 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Kimi K2.7 Code better than Inkling 2 Small for coding?
Pick Kimi K2.7 Code for coding: it scores 53.4 on the Vibe Coding Index against 48.9 for Inkling 2 Small. Pick Inkling 2 Small for output tokens 4.0x cheaper ($1.00 vs $4.00 per million) and a larger context window (1.05M against 262K tokens).
Which is cheaper, Kimi K2.7 Code or Inkling 2 Small?
Kimi K2.7 Code costs $0.95 per million input tokens and $4.00 per million output tokens; Inkling 2 Small costs $0.30 and $1.00. Cost per solved task is known for Kimi K2.7 Code only.
Which has the bigger context window, Kimi K2.7 Code or Inkling 2 Small?
Inkling 2 Small, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks is the Kimi K2.7 Code vs Inkling 2 Small comparison based on?
12 benchmarks have a result for both models as of November 14, 2026. Kimi K2.7 Code's coding index rests on 4 independent benchmarks and Inkling 2 Small's on 3. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.