Kimi K2 0711 vs Kimi K2 Thinking
Updated October 21, 2026. 26 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
Decision reading
Kimi K2 0711 and Kimi K2 Thinking are level for coding, 64.7 against 63.4 on the Vibe Coding Index, so price and context decide.
Pick Kimi K2 Thinking when the context window is larger, 262K against 131K tokens, or when what matters is LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) or Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run), where it leads. Pick Kimi K2 0711 when output tokens cost 1.1x less, or when what matters is SWE-bench Verified or LiveCodeBench (Vals AI), where it leads.
- Shared results
- 26
- Kimi K2 0711 only
- 10
- Kimi K2 Thinking only
- 4
- Like-for-like categories
- 8 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
No call
Level: 64.7 against 63.4, inside 2 points.
2 and 1 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Kimi K2 Thinking
Kimi K2 Thinking leads, 22.0 against 12.7.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Kimi K2 Thinking
Kimi K2 Thinking leads, 78.5% against 71.5%.
Same board, both measured
Math
AIME
Kimi K2 Thinking
Kimi K2 Thinking leads, 85.4% against 62.7%.
Same board, both measured
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
Kimi K2 Thinking
Kimi K2 Thinking leads, 81.1% against 79.4%.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Kimi K2 Thinking
Kimi K2 Thinking leads, 1113 against 1050.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Kimi K2 Thinking
Kimi K2 Thinking takes 262K tokens against 131K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Kimi K2 0711
Kimi K2 0711 $0.0017, Kimi K2 Thinking $0.0019 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Kimi K2 Thinking has the number, $0.61.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Kimi K2 0711 64.7 from 2 benchmarks, Kimi K2 Thinking 63.4 from 1 benchmark.
- Widest category
- Agentic work, 31.9 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- AA Math Index: Kimi K2 0711 57.0 against Kimi K2 Thinking 94.7, 37.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Kimi K2 0711 $2.30 against Kimi K2 Thinking $2.50 per million output tokens, 1.1x apart.
- Context window
- Kimi K2 0711 takes 131K tokens, Kimi K2 Thinking 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 | Kimi K2 0711 | Bars | Kimi K2 Thinking | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 2 | 4 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 2 | ||
| Agentic work | 0 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 3 | ||
| Math | 1 | 3 | ||
| Knowledge | 1 | 5 | ||
| Web design | 0 | 1 | ||
| General | 0 | 3 | ||
| All shared boards | 4 | 22 |
CodingLike-for-likeFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index24
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 0711 | Kimi K2 Thinking | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aider polyglot | 59.1% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| SWE-bench Verified | 71.2% | 63.4% | Kimi K2 0711 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 70.5% | 63.1% | Kimi K2 0711 |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | Not measured | 60.2% | Only Kimi K2 Thinking measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 55.6% | 85.3% | Kimi K2 Thinking |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 15.9% | 31.1% | Kimi K2 Thinking |
| Terminal-Bench | 27.8% | 35.7% | Kimi K2 Thinking |
| GSO-Bench | 4.9% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| WeirdML | 39.4% | 42.8% | Kimi K2 Thinking |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 597.5 | Only Kimi K2 Thinking measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 28 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 0711 | Kimi K2 Thinking | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 12.7 | 22.0 | Kimi K2 Thinking |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 140.0 | 145.8 | Kimi K2 Thinking |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 0711 | Kimi K2 Thinking | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 61.1% | 93.0% | Kimi K2 Thinking |
| METR time horizons | Not measured | 59.2% | Only Kimi K2 Thinking measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 37 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 0711 | Kimi K2 Thinking | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 71.5% | 78.5% | Kimi K2 Thinking |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 76.6% | 83.8% | Kimi K2 Thinking |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 7.4% | 23.8% | Kimi K2 Thinking |
| SimpleBench | 26.3% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index13
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 0711 | Kimi K2 Thinking | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 62.7% | 85.4% | Kimi K2 Thinking |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | 94.2% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | 91.0% | 90.2% | Kimi K2 0711 |
| AA Math Index | 57.0 | 94.7 | Kimi K2 Thinking |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 57.0% | 94.7% | Kimi K2 Thinking |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index15
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 0711 | Kimi K2 Thinking | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 79.4% | 81.1% | Kimi K2 Thinking |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 81.5% | 80.2% | Kimi K2 0711 |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | Not measured | 65.7% | Only Kimi K2 Thinking measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 50.4% | 60.6% | Kimi K2 Thinking |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 70.2% | 71.7% | Kimi K2 Thinking |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 84.0% | 92.6% | Kimi K2 Thinking |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 82.4% | 84.8% | Kimi K2 Thinking |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 0711 | Kimi K2 Thinking | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1050 | 1113 | Kimi K2 Thinking |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1030 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 974 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1018 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1034 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 0711 | Kimi K2 Thinking | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 41.5% | 68.1% | Kimi K2 Thinking |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 53.0% | 72.0% | Kimi K2 Thinking |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 61.1% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| Creative writing (Lech Mazur) | 85.6% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| CL-bench | 11.9% | 17.6% | Kimi K2 Thinking |
| Neither model has a result on the other 41 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 0711 | Kimi K2 Thinking | 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 0711 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Kimi K2 0711 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Kimi K2 0711 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 0711 | MoonshotAI Kimi K2 Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Moonshot AI | Moonshot AI |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | July 11, 2025 | November 6, 2025 |
| Context window | 131K | 262K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.57 | $0.60 |
| Output $/Mtok | $2.30 | $2.50 |
| Coding index | 64.7 | 63.4 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 2 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | $0.61 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Kimi K2 0711 better than Kimi K2 Thinking for coding?
Kimi K2 0711 and Kimi K2 Thinking are level for coding, 64.7 against 63.4 on the Vibe Coding Index, so price and context decide. Pick Kimi K2 Thinking when the context window is larger, 262K against 131K tokens, or when what matters is LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) or Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run), where it leads. Pick Kimi K2 0711 when output tokens cost 1.1x less, or when what matters is SWE-bench Verified or LiveCodeBench (Vals AI), where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Kimi K2 0711 or Kimi K2 Thinking?
Kimi K2 0711 costs $0.57 per million input tokens and $2.30 per million output tokens; Kimi K2 Thinking costs $0.60 and $2.50. Cost per solved task is known for Kimi K2 Thinking only.
Which has the bigger context window, Kimi K2 0711 or Kimi K2 Thinking?
Kimi K2 Thinking, with 262K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks is the Kimi K2 0711 vs Kimi K2 Thinking comparison based on?
26 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Kimi K2 0711's coding index rests on 2 independent benchmarks and Kimi K2 Thinking's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.