Kimi K2.7 CodevsGrok 4.6
Kimi K2.7 Code | Grok 4.6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Specifications | ||
Parameters | 1T | — |
Context window | 256k | — |
| Benchmarks | ||
Agentic coding CursorBench v3.2Cursor's own test of harder, real-world coding tasks inside a code editor, on the refreshed v3.2 task set. Scores aren't comparable with v3.1. Higher is better. | 49.7% | 69.9%Best |
Agentic coding DeepSWE 1.1Artificial Analysis' independent test of deep, agentic software-engineering work — the AI has to plan and carry out substantial coding tasks end to end. (Version 1.1 of the test.) Higher is better. | 31% | 65.9%Best |
Agentic coding FrontierCode v1.1 (Extended) · extended splitfrontier-difficulty agentic coding tasks (v1.1, extended split) | — | 61.3% |
Expert software engineering APEX-SWEexpert-level software-engineering tasks (AI Productivity Index) | — | 56.4% |
Next.js coding Next.js EvalsVercel's open eval of how well AI coding agents build and migrate real Next.js apps — measured as the share of tasks the agent completes successfully. Higher is better. | 75% | — |
Agentic terminal coding Terminal-Bench 3.0command-line task completion (v3.0, much harder task set) | — | 26% |
Expert agentic work APEX-Agentsexpert-level agentic work tasks (AI Productivity Index) | — | 57.5% |
Agentic legal work Harvey's Legal Agent BenchmarkHarvey's test of whether an AI agent can complete real legal work — drafting and reviewing documents, working with spreadsheets and presentations, and navigating files the way a lawyer's assistant would. Higher is better. | — | 15.8% |
Overall intelligence AA Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis composite intelligence index across evals | — | 61 |
Knowledge work GDPval-AA v2economically valuable knowledge work (v2, re-based Elo) | — | 1753 |
Knowledge work AA-BriefcaseArtificial Analysis agentic office-work eval (Elo) | — | 1577 |
Community preference (code) Arena Elo (Code)Like the text arena, but people vote on which AI writes better code. The votes become a chess-style Elo rating on arena.ai. Higher is better. | 1469 | — |
| Overview | ||
| Company | Moonshot AI | SpaceXAI |
| Release date | Jun 12 2026 | Aug 12 2026 |
| Access | Open Weight | Proprietary |
Which is better: Kimi K2.7 Code or Grok 4.6?
Grok 4.6 leads Kimi K2.7 Code on 2 of the 2 benchmarks they both report (CursorBench v3.2, DeepSWE 1.1). Kimi K2.7 Code shipped 61 days before Grok 4.6, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Kimi K2.7 Code is open weight, while Grok 4.6 is proprietary.
On CursorBench v3.2, Grok 4.6 leads at 69.9% vs Kimi K2.7 Code at 49.7%. On DeepSWE 1.1, Grok 4.6 leads at 65.9% vs Kimi K2.7 Code at 31%.
Frequently asked questions
Kimi K2.7 Code was released by Moonshot AI on Jun 12 2026.
Grok 4.6 was released by SpaceXAI on Aug 12 2026.
Grok 4.6 leads on CursorBench v3.2 — Kimi K2.7 Code 49.7% vs Grok 4.6 69.9%.
Kimi K2.7 Code is an open weight model released by Moonshot AI. Grok 4.6 is a proprietary model released by SpaceXAI.
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