Noometry

Model comparison

Inkling vs Kimi K2.7 Code

Inkling and Kimi K2.7 Code score almost the same on the Noometry Index (44.1 vs 43.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Inkling Thinking Machines Lab

44.1

Rank #80 Confirmed

Kimi K2.7 Code Moonshot AI

43.3

Rank #94 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Inkling scores higher in 3 categories and Kimi K2.7 Code in 2 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Kimi K2.7 Code leads 52.9 to 31.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is WeirdML: 32.3% for Inkling and 54.1% for Kimi K2.7 Code.
  • Kimi K2.7 Code is cheaper at $0.95 / $4 per million input/output tokens, against $1.87 / $4.68 for Inkling.
  • Kimi K2.7 Code accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 66K.

Side by side

InklingKimi K2.7 Code
ProviderThinking Machines LabMoonshot AI
Noometry Index44.143.3
Released2026-07-152026-06-12
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window66K262K
Max output66K262K
Input $ / M tokens$1.87$0.95
Output $ / M tokens$4.68$4
Results tracked4119

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Inkling: 34.5 (#234), Kimi K2.7 Code: 42.9 (#95)

BenchmarkInklingKimi K2.7 Code
FrontierCode14%30.1%
LMArena WebDev14131473
SciCode47%47.5%
WeirdML32.3%54.1%
ALE-Bench946886.23
DeepSWE—30.5%
FrontierSWE4.1%—
LMArena Coding1464—

Agentic & Tool Use Inkling leads

Inkling: 29.6 (#85), Kimi K2.7 Code: 24.0 (#122)

BenchmarkInklingKimi K2.7 Code
APEX-Agents33.8%37.6%
τ²-bench Banking25%—
GBAEval—0.9%
Vending-Bench 2—5,083

Reasoning Inkling leads

Inkling: 40.4 (#56), Kimi K2.7 Code: 39.0 (#61)

BenchmarkInklingKimi K2.7 Code
SimpleBench50%57.9%
CritPt5.4%10%
Chess Puzzles21%21%
Epoch Capabilities Index148.54149.97
ARC-AGI-236.5%—
ARC-AGI-179.5%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1451—
DTBench87.5%—
LMCA37.6%—
Surface Evolver Bench—48.8%

Math Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Inkling: 31.3 (#225), Kimi K2.7 Code: 52.9 (#48)

BenchmarkInklingKimi K2.7 Code
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)33.3%54%
FrontierMath Tier 44.9%12.2%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202588.9%95.6%
ProofBench0%—
LMArena Math1479—

Knowledge Inkling leads

Inkling: 55.1 (#49), Kimi K2.7 Code: 53.5 (#57)

BenchmarkInklingKimi K2.7 Code
GPQA Diamond88.3%87.9%
SimpleQA Verified40.3%36.5%
LMArena Expert1465—

Multilingual Not comparable

Inkling: 54.0 (#52), Kimi K2.7 Code: —

BenchmarkInklingKimi K2.7 Code
LMArena Non-English1434—
LMArena Chinese1490—
LMArena French1458—
LMArena German1446—
LMArena Japanese1429—
LMArena Korean1404—
LMArena Russian1429—
LMArena Spanish1448—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Inkling: 75.1 (#71), Kimi K2.7 Code: —

BenchmarkInklingKimi K2.7 Code
LMArena Instruction Following1426—

Long Context Not comparable

Inkling: 43.8 (#86), Kimi K2.7 Code: —

BenchmarkInklingKimi K2.7 Code
LMArena Longer Query1434—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Inkling: 65.2 (#51), Kimi K2.7 Code: —

BenchmarkInklingKimi K2.7 Code
LMArena Text1441—
LMArena Creative Writing1387—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1611—
EQ-Bench 41226—
LMArena Multi-Turn1436—

Frequently asked questions

Is Inkling better than Kimi K2.7 Code?

Inkling and Kimi K2.7 Code score almost the same on the Noometry Index (44.1 vs 43.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Which is cheaper, Inkling 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; Inkling lists at $1.87 and $4.68.

Is Inkling or Kimi K2.7 Code better for coding?

Kimi K2.7 Code scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.9 versus 34.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Kimi K2.7 Code does, with 262K tokens against 66K.

How many benchmarks do Inkling and Kimi K2.7 Code share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Inkling has 41 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.7 Code has 19.

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