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Comparison · 3 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

Grok 4.3 vs Kimi K2.7 Code vs o3

Too close to call on our weighted score (Grok 4.3 67, Kimi K2.7 Code 64, o3 58). The right pick depends on what you value most.

  1. xAI

    Grok 4.3

    Released Apr 17, 2026

    67/100
    • ECI149.2
    • Price$1.25 / $2.50
    • Context1M
    Full specs Remove Grok 4.3

  2. Moonshot AI

    Kimi K2.7 Code

    Released Jun 12, 2026

    64/100
    • ECI150.0
    • Price$0.95 / $4.00
    • Context262K
    Full specs Remove Kimi K2.7 Code

  3. OpenAI

    o3

    Released Apr 16, 2025

    58/100
    • ECI146.9
    • Price$2.00 / $8.00
    • Context200K
    Full specs Remove o3
01 — Verdict

Too close to call

It is close. Our weighted score puts them within 2 points (Grok 4.3 67/100, Kimi K2.7 Code 64/100, o3 58/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Kimi K2.7 Code for raw capability, Grok 4.3 on price and Grok 4.3 for long inputs. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

  • CapabilityKimi K2.7 CodeCapabilities Index (ECI): Kimi K2.7 Code 150.0 · Grok 4.3 149.2 · o3 146.9
  • Lowest priceGrok 4.3Grok 4.3 $1.56 · Kimi K2.7 Code $1.71 · o3 $3.50 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextGrok 4.3Grok 4.3 1,000,000 · Kimi K2.7 Code 262,144 · o3 200,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsSame inputsGrok 4.3: Text, Images, PDFs · Kimi K2.7 Code: Text, Images, Video · o3: Text, Images, PDFs
  • Self-hostingKimi K2.7 CodePublishes downloadable weights
How the score is built
MeasureWeightGrok 4.3Kimi K2.7 Codeo3
CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI)50%777874
Price25%413924
Inputs & features15%808080
Context window10%603732
Overall100%67/10064/10058/100
02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

Grok 4.3 vs Kimi K2.7 Code vs o3 specifications side by side
SpecificationGrok 4.3xAIKimi K2.7 CodeMoonshot AIo3OpenAI
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)149.2150.0 (best)146.9
ECI rank#55 of 148#49 of 148 (best)#63 of 148
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions88.8% (best)87.9%81.8%
FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics42.8%54.0% (best)33.3%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics93.3%95.6% (best)84.4%
SWE-bench VerifiedFixing real GitHub issues——62.3%
SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions33.2%36.5%49.4% (best)
Price per million tokens
Input$1.25$0.95 (best)$2.00
Output$2.50 (best)$4.00$8.00
Cached input$0.20$0.19 (best)$0.50
Blended (3:1)$1.56 (best)$1.71$3.50
Long-context rateOver 200K: $2.50 / $5.00Same rateSame rate
Price sourceOfficial xAI APIOfficial Moonshot AI APIOfficial OpenAI API
Limits
Context window1,000,000 tokens (best)262,144 tokens200,000 tokens
Max output30,000 tokens262,144 tokens (best)100,000 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYesYes
ImagesYesYesYes
PDFsYesNoYes
AudioNoNoNo
VideoNoYesNo
ReasoningYeslow · medium · highYesYeslow · medium · high
Tool callingYesYesYes
Structured outputYesYesYes
Availability
WeightsProprietaryOpenProprietary
API model IDgrok-4.3kimi-k2.7-codeo3
API providers2751 (best)18
ReleasedApr 17, 2026Jun 12, 2026Apr 16, 2025
Knowledge cutoff—Jan 2025May 2024
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.

  • Grok 4.3$17.50
  • Kimi K2.7 Code$17.50
  • o3$36.00
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Grok 4.3, Kimi K2.7 Code or o3?

It is close. Our weighted score puts them within 2 points (Grok 4.3 67/100, Kimi K2.7 Code 64/100, o3 58/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Kimi K2.7 Code for raw capability, Grok 4.3 on price and Grok 4.3 for long inputs. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

Which is cheaper, Grok 4.3, Kimi K2.7 Code or o3?

Grok 4.3 is cheaper at $1.25 input / $2.50 output per million tokens (official xAI API price). Kimi K2.7 Code costs $0.95 input / $4.00 output per million tokens (official Moonshot AI API price); o3 costs $2.00 input / $8.00 output per million tokens (official OpenAI API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $1.56 per million tokens for Grok 4.3 versus $1.71 for Kimi K2.7 Code (1.1× as much) and $3.50 for o3 (2.2× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

Kimi K2.7 Code scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Kimi K2.7 Code 150.0 (#49 of 148), Grok 4.3 149.2 (#55 of 148) and o3 146.9 (#63 of 148). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (148.1–151.8 vs 147.6–150.8), so treat the gap as small. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Grok 4.3 88.8%, Kimi K2.7 Code 87.9%, o3 81.8%; FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 — Kimi K2.7 Code 54.0%, Grok 4.3 42.8%, o3 33.3%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — Kimi K2.7 Code 95.6%, Grok 4.3 93.3%, o3 84.4%; SimpleQA Verified — o3 49.4%, Kimi K2.7 Code 36.5%, Grok 4.3 33.2%.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Grok 4.3 and Kimi K2.7 Code yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Kimi K2.7 Code leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

Grok 4.3 has the largest context window at 1,000,000 tokens, against 262,144 for Kimi K2.7 Code and 200,000 for o3. Maximum output per response: Grok 4.3 up to 30,000, Kimi K2.7 Code up to 262,144, o3 up to 100,000 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Grok 4.3 accepts text, images and PDFs; Kimi K2.7 Code accepts text, images and video; o3 accepts text, images and PDFs. They handle the same number of input types.

Are any of these open source?

Kimi K2.7 Code publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Grok 4.3 and o3 is proprietary.

Which is newer?

Kimi K2.7 Code is the newest, released Jun 12, 2026. Grok 4.3 came out Apr 17, 2026; o3 came out Apr 16, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Kimi K2.7 Code Jan 2025, o3 May 2024.

How do you decide the winner?

Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.

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