Model comparison

Claude Fable 5 vs Kimi K2.7 Code

Claude Fable 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 66.8 to 43.3 on the Noometry Index. Kimi K2.7 Code costs 12× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Fable 5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Claude Fable 5 Anthropic

66.8

Rank #5 Confirmed

Kimi K2.7 Code Moonshot AI

43.3

Rank #94 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Fable 5 scores higher in 5 categories and Kimi K2.7 Code in 0 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Claude Fable 5 leads 76.8 to 39.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is FrontierMath Tier 4: 90.2% for Claude Fable 5 and 12.2% for Kimi K2.7 Code.
  • Kimi K2.7 Code is cheaper at $0.95 / $4 per million input/output tokens, against $10 / $50 for Claude Fable 5.
  • Claude Fable 5 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.
  • Kimi K2.7 Code has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude Fable 5 and Kimi K2.7 Code specifications
Claude Fable 5Kimi K2.7 Code
ProviderAnthropicMoonshot AI
Noometry Index66.843.3
Released2026-06-072026-06-12
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M262K
Max output128K262K
Input $ / M tokens$10$0.95
Output $ / M tokens$50$4
Results tracked6219

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Category by category

Coding Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 70.6 (#4), Kimi K2.7 Code: 42.9 (#95)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Kimi K2.7 Code
DeepSWE69.9%30.5%
FrontierCode53.5%30.1%
LMArena WebDev16251473
SciCode61%47.5%
WeirdML91.9%54.1%
ALE-Bench2,041886.23
FrontierSWE47%—
GSO78.4%—
LMArena Coding1519—
MirrorCode63.9%—

Agentic & Tool Use Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 54.0 (#2), Kimi K2.7 Code: 24.0 (#122)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Kimi K2.7 Code
APEX-Agents63.6%37.6%
GBAEval74.5%0.9%
Vending-Bench 25,6805,083
Remote Labor Index16.1%—
τ²-bench Banking39.7%—
PostTrainBench41.8%—
GDP.pdf30%—
LMArena Search1230—

Reasoning Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 76.8 (#6), Kimi K2.7 Code: 39.0 (#61)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Kimi K2.7 Code
SimpleBench81.9%57.9%
CritPt28.6%10%
Chess Puzzles41%21%
Surface Evolver Bench95%48.8%
Epoch Capabilities Index162.06149.97
ARC-AGI-289.2%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark91.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)92.7%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
EnigmaEval39.3%—
EBR-Bench39.5%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1508—
Mystery Game Puzzles52%—
DTBench98.4%—
LMCA61.1%—
Bench to the Future 30.13—

Math Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 88.5 (#5), Kimi K2.7 Code: 52.9 (#48)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Kimi K2.7 Code
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)87%54%
FrontierMath Tier 490.2%12.2%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%95.6%
ProofBench95%—
LMArena Math1519—
FrontierMath Erdős0%—

Knowledge Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 62.2 (#25), Kimi K2.7 Code: 53.5 (#57)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Kimi K2.7 Code
GPQA Diamond85.9%87.9%
SimpleQA Verified70.7%36.5%
LMArena Expert1534—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Fable 5: 45.3 (#17), Kimi K2.7 Code: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Kimi K2.7 Code
LMArena Vision1324—
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly35.8%—
LMArena Document1496—

Multilingual Not comparable

Claude Fable 5: 57.3 (#9), Kimi K2.7 Code: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Kimi K2.7 Code
LMArena Non-English1481—
LMArena Chinese1543—
LMArena French1505—
LMArena German1486—
LMArena Japanese1506—
LMArena Korean1488—
LMArena Russian1504—
LMArena Spanish1498—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Claude Fable 5: 78.6 (#8), Kimi K2.7 Code: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Kimi K2.7 Code
LMArena Instruction Following1502—

Long Context Not comparable

Claude Fable 5: 46.3 (#23), Kimi K2.7 Code: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Kimi K2.7 Code
LMArena Longer Query1509—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Claude Fable 5: 75.9 (#5), Kimi K2.7 Code: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Kimi K2.7 Code
LMArena Text1491—
LMArena Creative Writing1494—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1943—
EQ-Bench 41340—
LMArena Multi-Turn1504—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Fable 5 better than Kimi K2.7 Code?

Claude Fable 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 66.8 to 43.3 on the Noometry Index. Kimi K2.7 Code costs 12× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Fable 5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Claude Fable 5 or Kimi K2.7 Code?

Kimi K2.7 Code is cheaper. It lists at $0.95 per million input tokens and $4 per million output tokens; Claude Fable 5 lists at $10 and $50.

Is Claude Fable 5 or Kimi K2.7 Code better for coding?

Claude Fable 5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 70.6 versus 42.9 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Claude Fable 5 does, with 1M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Claude Fable 5 and Kimi K2.7 Code share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Fable 5 has 62 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.7 Code has 19.

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