Model comparison

Kimi K2.7 Code vs Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B

Kimi K2.7 Code and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (43.3 vs 43.2), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

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Kimi K2.7 Code Moonshot AI

43.3

Rank #94 Confirmed

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B Alibaba (Qwen)

43.2

Rank #95 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where Kimi K2.7 Code leads 52.9 to 39.0.
  • Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is cheaper at $0.70 / $2.80 per million input/output tokens, against $0.95 / $4 for Kimi K2.7 Code.
  • Kimi K2.7 Code accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 131K.

Side by side

Kimi K2.7 Code and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B specifications
Kimi K2.7 CodeQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
ProviderMoonshot AIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index43.343.2
Released2026-06-122025-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K131K
Max output262K33K
Input $ / M tokens$0.95$0.70
Output $ / M tokens$4$2.80
Results tracked1918

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Kimi K2.7 Code: 42.9 (#95), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 42.4 (#100)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
DeepSWE30.5%—
FrontierCode30.1%—
LMArena WebDev1473—
SciCode47.5%—
WeirdML54.1%—
LMArena Coding—1439
ALE-Bench886.23—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Kimi K2.7 Code: 24.0 (#122), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
APEX-Agents37.6%—
GBAEval0.9%—
Vending-Bench 25,083—

Reasoning Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Kimi K2.7 Code: 39.0 (#61), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 29.3 (#92)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
SimpleBench57.9%—
CritPt10%—
Chess Puzzles21%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1428
Surface Evolver Bench48.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index149.97—

Math Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Kimi K2.7 Code: 52.9 (#48), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.0 (#118)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)54%—
FrontierMath Tier 412.2%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%—
LMArena Math—1426

Knowledge Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Kimi K2.7 Code: 53.5 (#57), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 40.3 (#121)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
GPQA Diamond87.9%—
SimpleQA Verified36.5%—
LMArena Expert—1442

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K2.7 Code: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.8 (#55)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Vision—1247

Multilingual Not comparable

Kimi K2.7 Code: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 51.9 (#97)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Non-English—1405
LMArena Chinese—1463
LMArena French—1452
LMArena German—1424
LMArena Japanese—1385
LMArena Korean—1394
LMArena Russian—1408
LMArena Spanish—1428

Instruction Following Not comparable

Kimi K2.7 Code: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 74.2 (#101)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Instruction Following—1406

Long Context Not comparable

Kimi K2.7 Code: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 43.4 (#98)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Longer Query—1420

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Kimi K2.7 Code: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 60.2 (#99)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Text—1420
LMArena Creative Writing—1366
LMArena Multi-Turn—1428

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2.7 Code better than Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B?

Kimi K2.7 Code and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (43.3 vs 43.2), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Which is cheaper, Kimi K2.7 Code or Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B?

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is cheaper. It lists at $0.70 per million input tokens and $2.80 per million output tokens; Kimi K2.7 Code lists at $0.95 and $4.

Is Kimi K2.7 Code or Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (42.9 vs 42.4); test both on your own repository before choosing.

Which has the bigger context window?

Kimi K2.7 Code does, with 262K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.7 Code and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.7 Code has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B has 18.

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