Model comparison

Kimi K2.7 Code vs MiniMax-M3

Kimi K2.7 Code and MiniMax-M3 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (43.3 vs 43.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Last verified October 11, 2026. 14 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2.7 Code Moonshot AI

43.3

Rank #94 Confirmed

MiniMax-M3

MiniMax

43.8

Rank #85 Confirmed

Summary

They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.7 Code scores higher in 4 categories and MiniMax-M3 in 1 category; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in math, where Kimi K2.7 Code leads 52.9 to 40.0.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 95.6% for Kimi K2.7 Code and 71.1% for MiniMax-M3.
MiniMax-M3 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.95 / $4 for Kimi K2.7 Code.
MiniMax-M3 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.

Side by side

Kimi K2.7 Code and MiniMax-M3 specifications
	Kimi K2.7 Code	MiniMax-M3
Provider	Moonshot AI	MiniMax
Noometry Index	43.3	43.8
Released	2026-06-12	2026-06-01
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	262K	1M
Max output	262K	512K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.95	$0.30
Output $ / M tokens	$4	$1.20
Results tracked	19	41

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Kimi K2.7 Code: 42.9 (#95), MiniMax-M3: 41.8 (#118)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Kimi K2.7 Code	MiniMax-M3
FrontierCode	30.1%	14.7%
LMArena WebDev	1473	1482
SciCode	47.5%	47.1%
ALE-Bench	886.23	640.02
DeepSWE	30.5%	—
WeirdML	54.1%	—
LMArena Coding	—	1469

Agentic & Tool Use Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Kimi K2.7 Code: 24.0 (#122), MiniMax-M3: 22.6 (#130)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Kimi K2.7 Code	MiniMax-M3
APEX-Agents	37.6%	37.7%
GBAEval	0.9%	0.9%
Vending-Bench 2	5,083	2,158
OSWorld 2.0	—	4.6%

Reasoning Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Kimi K2.7 Code: 39.0 (#61), MiniMax-M3: 30.1 (#87)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Kimi K2.7 Code	MiniMax-M3
SimpleBench	57.9%	45.8%
CritPt	10%	3.7%
Chess Puzzles	21%	14%
Surface Evolver Bench	48.8%	55%
Epoch Capabilities Index	149.97	146.95
NYT Connections (extended)	—	65.1%
LMArena Hard Prompts	—	1447
Mystery Game Puzzles	—	8%
DTBench	—	78.9%
LMCA	—	33.7%
ForecastBench	—	61.4

Math Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Kimi K2.7 Code: 52.9 (#48), MiniMax-M3: 40.0 (#95)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Kimi K2.7 Code	MiniMax-M3
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	95.6%	71.1%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)	54%	—
FrontierMath Tier 4	12.2%	—
ProofBench	—	18%
LMArena Math	—	1429

Knowledge MiniMax-M3 leads

Kimi K2.7 Code: 53.5 (#57), MiniMax-M3: 58.4 (#35)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Kimi K2.7 Code	MiniMax-M3
GPQA Diamond	87.9%	90.9%
SimpleQA Verified	36.5%	—
LMArena Expert	—	1461

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K2.7 Code: —, MiniMax-M3: 40.2 (#51)

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	Kimi K2.7 Code	MiniMax-M3
LMArena Vision	—	1253
LMArena Document	—	1435

Multilingual Not comparable

Kimi K2.7 Code: —, MiniMax-M3: 53.0 (#75)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Kimi K2.7 Code	MiniMax-M3
LMArena Non-English	—	1420
LMArena Chinese	—	1463
LMArena French	—	1447
LMArena German	—	1426
LMArena Japanese	—	1381
LMArena Korean	—	1372
LMArena Russian	—	1428
LMArena Spanish	—	1432

Instruction Following Not comparable

Kimi K2.7 Code: —, MiniMax-M3: 75.5 (#62)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Kimi K2.7 Code	MiniMax-M3
LMArena Instruction Following	—	1433

Long Context Not comparable

Kimi K2.7 Code: —, MiniMax-M3: 44.2 (#72)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Kimi K2.7 Code	MiniMax-M3
LMArena Longer Query	—	1445

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Kimi K2.7 Code: —, MiniMax-M3: 62.1 (#83)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Kimi K2.7 Code	MiniMax-M3
LMArena Text	—	1433
LMArena Creative Writing	—	1404
EQ-Bench 4	—	1150
LMArena Multi-Turn	—	1442

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2.7 Code better than MiniMax-M3?

Kimi K2.7 Code and MiniMax-M3 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (43.3 vs 43.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Which is cheaper, Kimi K2.7 Code or MiniMax-M3?

MiniMax-M3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Kimi K2.7 Code lists at $0.95 and $4.

Is Kimi K2.7 Code or MiniMax-M3 better for coding?

Kimi K2.7 Code scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.9 versus 41.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

MiniMax-M3 does, with 1M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.7 Code and MiniMax-M3 share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.7 Code has 19 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M3 has 41.