Model comparison

Kimi K2.7 Code vs QwQ-32B

Kimi K2.7 Code is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.3 to 39.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2.7 Code Moonshot AI

43.3

Rank #94 Confirmed

QwQ-32B Alibaba (Qwen)

39.8

Rank #159 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.7 Code scores higher in 4 categories and QwQ-32B in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Kimi K2.7 Code leads 53.5 to 37.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 95.6% for Kimi K2.7 Code and 59.2% for QwQ-32B.

Side by side

Kimi K2.7 Code and QwQ-32B specifications
Kimi K2.7 CodeQwQ-32B
ProviderMoonshot AIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index43.339.8
Released2026-06-122024-11-28
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K—
Max output262K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.95—
Output $ / M tokens$4—
Results tracked1936

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Kimi K2.7 Code: 42.9 (#95), QwQ-32B: 35.4 (#226)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeQwQ-32B
DeepSWE30.5%—
FrontierCode30.1%—
Aider Polyglot—20.9%
LMArena WebDev1473—
SciCode47.5%—
WeirdML54.1%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—44.6%
LiveBench Coding—72.2%
LMArena Coding—1333
BigCodeBench Complete—54.4%
ALE-Bench886.23—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Kimi K2.7 Code: 24.0 (#122), QwQ-32B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeQwQ-32B
APEX-Agents37.6%—
GBAEval0.9%—
Vending-Bench 25,083—

Reasoning Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Kimi K2.7 Code: 39.0 (#61), QwQ-32B: 23.7 (#174)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeQwQ-32B
Chess Puzzles21%5%
Epoch Capabilities Index149.97137.6
SimpleBench57.9%—
CritPt10%—
LiveBench Reasoning—83.5%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1325
LiveBench Data Analysis—65%
Surface Evolver Bench48.8%—
ForecastBench—58.3
LiveBench—72%

Math Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Kimi K2.7 Code: 52.9 (#48), QwQ-32B: 38.0 (#143)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeQwQ-32B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%59.2%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)54%—
FrontierMath Tier 412.2%—
LiveBench Math—77.8%
LMArena Math—1359

Knowledge Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Kimi K2.7 Code: 53.5 (#57), QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#158)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeQwQ-32B
GPQA Diamond87.9%65.3%
SimpleQA Verified36.5%—
Confabulations—15.6%
LMArena Expert—1324

Multilingual Not comparable

Kimi K2.7 Code: —, QwQ-32B: 44.8 (#176)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeQwQ-32B
LMArena Non-English—1305
LMArena Chinese—1378
LMArena French—1336
LMArena German—1313
LMArena Japanese—1262
LMArena Korean—1279
LMArena Russian—1297
LMArena Spanish—1354

Instruction Following Not comparable

Kimi K2.7 Code: —, QwQ-32B: 72.6 (#137)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeQwQ-32B
LiveBench Instruction Following—81.8%
LMArena Instruction Following—1297

Long Context Not comparable

Kimi K2.7 Code: —, QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeQwQ-32B
Fiction.LiveBench—83.3%
LMArena Longer Query—1308

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Kimi K2.7 Code: —, QwQ-32B: 50.6 (#180)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodeQwQ-32B
LMArena Text—1329
LMArena Creative Writing—1288
Short-Story Creative Writing—80.2%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1257
LMArena Multi-Turn—1314
LiveBench Language—51.4%

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2.7 Code better than QwQ-32B?

Kimi K2.7 Code is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.3 to 39.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Kimi K2.7 Code or QwQ-32B better for coding?

Kimi K2.7 Code scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.9 versus 35.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.7 Code and QwQ-32B share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.7 Code has 19 scored results on Noometry and QwQ-32B has 36.

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