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xAIMoonshot AILLM matchup

Grok 4.7vs.Kimi K3

Which one is better?

Grok 4.7 and Kimi K3 perform about equally well, but Kimi K3 costs 1.5 times (input) and 2.5 times (output) as much.

level
IntelligenceOverall index, 100 points = average
103.4

Grok 4.7

Rank 21

101.2

Kimi K3

Rank 23

Grok 4.7 faster
SpeedTokens per second
71

Grok 4.7

39

Kimi K3

Grok 4.7 cheaper
Price$ per 1M tokens
$3

Grok 4.7

$6

Kimi K3

Kimi K3 more popular
Popularity0 to 100
61

Grok 4.7

Rank 37 of 876

68

Kimi K3

Rank 21 of 876

Above 200,000 tokens of context, Grok 4.7 costs more: $4 input and $12 output per 1M tokens.

Choose Grok 4.7 for

AgentsKnowledgeEducationReasoningCoding (not certain)

Choose Kimi K3 for

MultimodalProductivityMathematics (not certain)

Where is the difference?

Strengths at a glance

Grok 4.7Kimi K3Median of all ranked models

9510511585Codingslightly Grok4.7ReasoningGrok 4.7Mathematicsslightly KimiK3KnowledgeGrok 4.7AgentsGrok 4.7GenerallevelMultimodalKimi K3FinancelevelLegallevelHealthlevel
CodingGrok 4.7 slightly ahead
Grok 4.7103.2Rank 22
Kimi K397.3Rank 37
Median of ranked models84.1

95 % range: Grok 4.7 100.2 to 106.1, Kimi K3 90.7 to 103.9.

AreaGrok 4.7Kimi K3

The same values and verdicts as the bars below. In the close-up the net starts at 85 points, just below the weaker model's lowest value; the reference group average is 100.

Grok 4.7 is ahead in 3 of 10 areas, Kimi K3 in 1.

Grok 4.7 ahead: 3Grok 4.7 slightly ahead: 1level: 4Kimi K3 slightly ahead: 1Kimi K3 ahead: 1

Areas in the overall index
AgentsGrok 4.7 +10107.4 to 97.4
KnowledgeGrok 4.7 +10105.5 to 95.8
MultimodalKimi K3 +596.0 to 100.8
ReasoningGrok 4.7 +5102.2 to 97.5
Mathematicsleaning Kimi K3not certain · 4 tests each
Codingleaning Grok 4.7not certain · 13 and 16 tests
Generallevel101.6 to 104.4
Specialist fields
Healthlevel106.2 to 103.9
Legallevel109.9 to 108.5
Financelevel105.3 to 104.9

Bar length shows the gap in index points (full width 15 points, one standard deviation of the reference group). Solid means clearly ahead, hatched not certain yet, a thin grey bar level.

Show 3 more areas that do not count toward the overall index
EducationGrok 4.7 +5106.0 to 101.1
ProductivityKimi K3 +2103.3 to 105.1
Cybersecuritytoo little data104.2 to 105.0

Bar length shows the gap in index points (full width 15 points, one standard deviation of the reference group). Solid means clearly ahead, hatched not certain yet, a thin grey bar level.

Grok 4.7 vs. Kimi K3 at the same effort

Both models measured at the same reasoning efforts. This shows whether a lead comes from the model or only from more compute.

lowGrok 4.7 ahead
Grok 4.7 98.8 vs. Kimi K3 87.0 · Gap 18.2 · Test series 12
Overall index (xhigh vs. max)level
Grok 4.7 103.4 vs. Kimi K3 101.2

Gap and verdict compare only the Artificial Analysis test series in which both models are measured at that effort. Tied below 3 points, ahead only beyond two standard errors. The single values rest on all test series of each model, so their difference can deviate from the gap.

Which model for which task?

Everyday tasks, translated from the area values above. Each row names the values it rests on.

Writing and debugging codeleaning Grok 4.7Coding 103.2 to 97.3
Maths and data analysisdepends on the partMathematics 94.8 to 101.7, Reasoning 102.2 to 97.5
Facts and researchGrok 4.7Knowledge 105.5 to 95.8
Agents and workflowsGrok 4.7Agents 107.4 to 97.4
Fast chat repliesGrok 4.771 to 39 tokens per second
Security analysisopenCybersecurity 104.2 to 105.0 (too little data)
Many requests on a small budgetGrok 4.7$3 to $6 per 1M tokens
Finance, legal and medical textslevelFinance 105.3 to 104.9, Legal 109.9 to 108.5, Health 106.2 to 103.9
Images, screenshots and PDFsKimi K3Multimodal 96.0 to 100.8

See for yourself: same task, one attempt

The same prompt for both models. We show the latest attempt without fixes; it does not count toward the overall index.

Pelican on a bicycle

Prompt

Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle

Task origin: Simon Willison

Grok 4.7

Grok 4.7: Pelican on a bicycle
A community classic for free-form SVG drawing.

Oct 1, 2026 · 13 s · $0.0072

Test details
Run date
Oct 1, 2026
API provider
openrouter
Requested API model
x-ai/grok-4.7
Reasoning setting
high
Token limit including reasoning
8,192 tokens
Output tokens
1,069 tokens
Cost of the attempt
$0.0072
Response time
13.4 s
API model reported in response
x-ai/grok-4.7
Pinned endpoint
xAI | x-ai/grok-4.7-20260916
Temperature
Provider default
Test protocol
community-visual-tests-v1
Technical checks
Passed, not a quality rating

Visually reviewed. This individual test does not establish overall model quality.

Earlier attempts (1)

  • Oct 1, 2026API request failedReasoning setting: high

Kimi K3

Kimi K3: Pelican on a bicycle
A community classic for free-form SVG drawing.

Oct 1, 2026 · 173 s · $0.08

Test details
Run date
Oct 1, 2026
API provider
openrouter
Requested API model
moonshotai/kimi-k3
Reasoning setting
high
Token limit including reasoning
8,192 tokens
Output tokens
5,145 tokens
Cost of the attempt
$0.0775
Response time
173.4 s
API model reported in response
moonshotai/kimi-k3
Pinned endpoint
Moonshot AI | moonshotai/kimi-k3-20260715
Temperature
Provider default
Test protocol
community-visual-tests-v1
Technical checks
Passed, not a quality rating

Visually reviewed. This individual test does not establish overall model quality.

Earlier attempts (1)

  • Sep 7, 2026API request failedReasoning setting: high
SVG short test

SVG short test

One SVG task with the same fixed settings for every model, without hidden thinking.

Prompt

Return only one standalone SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle. Use viewBox="0 0 800 600", simple shapes, two clearly visible wheels and a recognizable pelican with a long beak. At most 30 SVG elements and 1800 characters. No Markdown, explanations, comments, scripts, animation, CSS or external resources.

Grok 4.7

Unavailable in this round

Kimi K3

Kimi K3: SVG short test

Oct 14, 2026 · $0.0049

Test details
Test run
Oct 14, 2026
Provider
chutes/mxfp4
API model
moonshotai/kimi-k3
Output
495 tokens
Reasoning
API reports 0 reasoning tokens
Cost of the attempt
$0.0049
Test round
43b8c5c46830

Grok 4.7 and Kimi K3 in the overall index

Every model with a place in the overall index, both models of this matchup highlighted. You can add or hide other models.

Overall index (Gradually Meta-Score v4)

20 of 92 models

5 models in this view are measured at a lower reasoning effort than max in the overall index. Dashed column: lower reasoning effort than the top.

Claude Opus 5.5max126.1
Gemini 4 Carbonhigh125.8
Claude Fable 5.1max123.8
Claude Sonnet 5.5max122.8
Gemini 4 Argonhigh122.3
GPT-6 Astramax121.3
GPT-6.1 Solmax119.2
Muse Wonder Fullmax118.3
Claude Opus 5max117.2
Muse Wondermax113.4
Kimi K3.1 Promax112.9
Claude Fable 5max112.5
GPT-6 Solmax110.5
GPT-5.6 Solmax108.7
Muse Spark 1.3max107.4
Gemini 3.7 Flashhigh107.1
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017max106.6
Gemini 3.8 Flashhigh106.5
Grok 4.7xhigh103.4
Kimi K3max101.2

Popularity compared

How often the models are searched for, used and mentioned, on a scale from 0 to 100.

Kimi K3 is more popular than Grok 4.7: 68 to 61 out of 100.

Over time

Weekly values from October 18, 2026 to November 6, 2026

Grok 4.7Kimi K3

All data side by side

The better value is bold. For the overall index only when the gap is clear.

MetricGrok 4.7Kimi K3
Intelligence
Overall indexpoints, 100 = reference group average, higher is better103.4101.2
RankRank 21 of 92Rank 23 of 92
Price per 1M tokens
Inputwhat you send$2above 200,000 tokens: $4$3
Outputwhat the model writes$6above 200,000 tokens: $12$15
Cost per task (own tests)average of 1 original-protocol task both models passed (SVG short test not included)$0.007$0.077
Speed
Tokens per second7139
Popularity
Popularitysearch, usage and mentions, 0 to 10061Rank 37 of 87668Rank 21 of 876
Technical
Context windowhow much text the model reads at once500,000 tokens≈ 750 A4 pages1.05 M tokens≈ 1,570 A4 pages
Knowledge cutoffMay 2026n/a
ReleasedSep 21, 2026Jul 16, 2026
AvailabilityActiveActive
Open weightsnoyes

Prices without caching or batch discounts · Page count as a rule of thumb from Artificial Analysis

Is there a better choice?

Successor of Kimi K3Kimi K3.1 Pro

Overall index 112.9, rank 11$2 input and $10 output per 1M tokens

Grok 4.7 vs. Kimi K3.1 Pro
Cheaper than Grok 4.7Muse Spark 1.3

Overall index 107.4, rank 15$1.25 input and $4.25 output per 1M tokens

Grok 4.7 vs. Muse Spark 1.3
Best model in the overall indexClaude Opus 5.5

Overall index 126.1, rank 1$4 input and $20 output per 1M tokens

Grok 4.7 vs. Claude Opus 5.5

Shared benchmarks

Single results from the same benchmark version, task and metric. A value is bold only with the same test setup and a clear gap.

A: Grok 4.7B: Kimi K3

AA-BriefcaseOverall · higher is betterGrok 4.7: 1,493.1 eloKimi K3: 985.1 eloArtificial AnalysisAs of 11/06/2026
AA-OmniscienceOverall · higher is betterGrok 4.7: 27.4 pointsKimi K3: -1.7 pointsArtificial AnalysisAs of 11/06/2026
AA-Omniscience AccuracyOverall · higher is betterGrok 4.7: 45.7%Kimi K3: 42.4%Artificial AnalysisAs of 11/06/2026
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateOverall · lower is betterGrok 4.7: 33.8%Kimi K3: 76.6%Artificial AnalysisAs of 11/06/2026
AutomationBench-AAOverall · higher is betterGrok 4.7: 56.7%Kimi K3: 49.3%Artificial AnalysisAs of 11/06/2026
BioMysteryBenchOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 69.3%Kimi K3: 72.6%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
Code MigrationOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 44.8%Kimi K3: 16.1%Vals AIAs of 10/29/2026
Code Migration v1.1Overall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 53.2%Kimi K3: 28.6%Vals AIAs of 10/30/2026
CritPt v2 (Hard Subset)Overall · higher is betterGrok 4.7: 43.5%Kimi K3: 5.5%Artificial AnalysisAs of 11/06/2026
CyberBench v1.1Overall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 69.5%Kimi K3: 75.2%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
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EMBOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 67.0%Kimi K3: 66.7%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
EMB v1.1Overall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 71.5%Kimi K3: 71.3%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
Finance Agent (v2)Overall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 52.3%Kimi K3: 53.1%Vals AIAs of 10/29/2026
Finance Agent v2.1Overall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 60.6%Kimi K3: 60.0%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
FrontierCodeOverall · higher is betterGrok 4.7: 21.8%Kimi K3: 10.9%Artificial AnalysisAs of 11/06/2026
FrontierCode 1.1 MainOverall · higher is betterGrok 4.7: 39.6%Kimi K3: 28.5%Artificial AnalysisAs of 11/06/2026
GDP.pdfOverall · higher is betterGrok 4.7: 21.4%Kimi K3: 18.6%Artificial AnalysisAs of 11/06/2026
GDPval-AAOverall · higher is betterGrok 4.7: 1,591.4 eloKimi K3: 1,135.8 eloArtificial AnalysisAs of 11/06/2026
HLAB-Vals-1.1Overall · Task fully resolved · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 18.3%Kimi K3: 12.9%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
HLE-DiamondOverall · higher is betterGrok 4.7: 18.5%Kimi K3: 14.0%Artificial AnalysisAs of 11/06/2026
ImmigrationOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 68.0%Kimi K3: 68.3%Vals AIAs of 10/28/2026
IOIOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 57.7%Kimi K3: 48.9%Vals AIAs of 10/29/2026
Legal Research BenchOverall · All-pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 47.1%Kimi K3: 46.2%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
LegalBenchOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 84.4%Kimi K3: 86.2%Vals AIAs of 10/13/2026
LMArena Code Arena WebDevOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,637Kimi K3: 1,656LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,441Kimi K3: 1,488LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
MedCodeOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 49.6%Kimi K3: 49.4%Vals AIAs of 10/29/2026
MedScribeOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 89.4%Kimi K3: 88.0%Vals AIAs of 10/29/2026
MMMU-ProOverall · higher is betterGrok 4.7: 78.2%Kimi K3: 78.5%Artificial AnalysisAs of 11/06/2026
ProgramBenchOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 0.5%Kimi K3: 2.0%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
ProofBench v1.1Overall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 26%Kimi K3: 87%Vals AIAs of 10/29/2026
Public Benefits Bench v1.1Overall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 65.6%Kimi K3: 68.2%Vals AIAs of 10/12/2026
SAGEOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 88.7%Kimi K3: 86.8%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
SWE-bench MultimodalOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 42.9%Kimi K3: 44.2%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
Tax Agent BenchOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 34.2%Kimi K3: 33.4%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
Terminal-BenchOverall · higher is betterGrok 4.7: 16.2%Kimi K3: 12.6%Artificial AnalysisAs of 11/06/2026
Terminal-Bench 4.0Overall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 28.8%Kimi K3: 17.2%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
Terminal-Bench-ScienceOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 10.0%Kimi K3: 1.4%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
Terminal-Bench-ScienceOverall · higher is betterGrok 4.7: 4.8%Kimi K3: 1.0%Artificial AnalysisAs of 11/06/2026
Vals Finance IndexOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 58.5%Kimi K3: 58.0%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
Vals IndexOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 58.6%Kimi K3: 53.0%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
Vals Legal IndexOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 72.6%Kimi K3: 71.7%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
Vals Router IndexFull Index · higher is betterGrok 4.7: 58.6%Kimi K3: 53.0%Vals AIAs of 11/03/2026
Vibe Code Bench v1.1Overall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 86.2%Kimi K3: 85.0%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
BioMysteryBenchHard · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 29.4%Kimi K3: 41.2%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
Code MigrationCLI · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 36.4%Kimi K3: 1.5%Vals AIAs of 10/29/2026
Code Migration v1.1CLI · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 40.6%Kimi K3: 11.4%Vals AIAs of 10/30/2026
CyberBench v1.1Patch · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 83.9%Kimi K3: 82.1%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
EMBComps · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 65.0%Kimi K3: 70.8%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
EMB v1.1Comps · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 72.4%Kimi K3: 76.4%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
Finance Agent (v2)Adjustments · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 46.3%Kimi K3: 45.3%Vals AIAs of 10/29/2026
Finance Agent v2.1Adjustments · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 58.5%Kimi K3: 61.8%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
HLAB-Vals-1.1Antitrust Competition · Criteria passed · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 93.5%Kimi K3: 93.1%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
ImmigrationAll-Pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 22.5%Kimi K3: 21.4%Vals AIAs of 10/28/2026
IOIIOI 2024 · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 61.7%Kimi K3: 59.7%Vals AIAs of 10/29/2026
Legal Research BenchAdministrative / Regulatory · All-pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 54.5%Kimi K3: 63.6%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
LegalBenchConclusion Tasks · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 88.6%Kimi K3: 90.1%Vals AIAs of 10/13/2026
LMArena Code Arena WebDevHTML development · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,629Kimi K3: 1,641LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlBusiness, management and finance · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,437Kimi K3: 1,487LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
ProgramBenchAlmost Resolved · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 21.5%Kimi K3: 17.5%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
SAGEComputer Science · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 92.5%Kimi K3: 91.6%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
SWE-bench Multimodalbpmn-js · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 66.0%Kimi K3: 56.6%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
Tax Agent BenchControversy & Precedence Analysis · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 13.3%Kimi K3: 13.3%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
Terminal-Bench 4.0Hardware · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 26.7%Kimi K3: 13.3%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026

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