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Claude Opus 4.7 vs Kimi K2 Thinking

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Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.7
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2 Thinking
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMoonshot AI
Release dateApr 16 2026Nov 6 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
1T
Context window
256k
Benchmarks
Agentic coding
SWE-Bench Pro
64.3%
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
87.6%Best
71.3%
Multilingual coding
SWE-Bench Multilingual
80.5%
Agentic coding
CursorBench v3.1
61.6%
Agentic terminal coding
Terminal-Bench 2.1
66.1%
Agentic terminal coding
Terminal-Bench 2.0
69.4%
Multi-step tool use
MCP Atlas
79.1%
Web browsing
BrowseComp
79.3%
Cybersecurity
CyberGym
73.1%
Multidisciplinary reasoning
Humanity's Last Exam · no tools
46.9%
Multidisciplinary reasoning
Humanity's Last Exam · with tools
54.7%
Abstract reasoning
ARC-AGI-2
75.8%
Advanced math
FrontierMath · Tier 1–3
43.8%
Advanced math
FrontierMath · Tier 4
22.9%
Science
GPQA Diamond
94.2%
Agentic computer use
OSWorld-Verified
78%
Agentic financial analysis
Finance Agent v2
51.5%
Knowledge work
GDPval-AA
1753
Knowledge work
GDPval (win/tie rate)
80.3%
Chart reasoning
CharXiv Reasoning
82.1%
Multimodal reasoning
MMMU-Pro
75.2%
Spatial reasoning
Blueprint-Bench 2
24.5%
Long context
MRCR v2 (8-needle) · 128k average
59.3%
Timeline
Release gapKimi K2 Thinking shipped 161 days before Claude Opus 4.7

Which is better: Claude Opus 4.7 or Kimi K2 Thinking?

Claude Opus 4.7 leads Kimi K2 Thinking on 1 of the 1 benchmark they both report (SWE-Bench Verified). Kimi K2 Thinking shipped 161 days before Claude Opus 4.7, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Kimi K2 Thinking is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude Opus 4.7 is proprietary.

On SWE-Bench Verified, Claude Opus 4.7 leads at 87.6% vs Kimi K2 Thinking at 71.3%.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude Opus 4.7 released?
Claude Opus 4.7 was released by Anthropic on Apr 16 2026.
When was Kimi K2 Thinking released?
Kimi K2 Thinking was released by Moonshot AI on Nov 6 2025.
Which is better at coding, Claude Opus 4.7 or Kimi K2 Thinking?
Claude Opus 4.7 leads on SWE-Bench Verified — Claude Opus 4.7 87.6% vs Kimi K2 Thinking 71.3%.
Is Claude Opus 4.7 or Kimi K2 Thinking open source?
Kimi K2 Thinking is an open-source / open-weight model released by Moonshot AI. Claude Opus 4.7 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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