Grok 4.7 vs Kimi K3
Too close to call on our weighted score (Grok 4.7 61, Kimi K3 60). The right pick depends on what you value most.
Too close to call
It is close. Our weighted score puts them within a point (Grok 4.7 61/100, Kimi K3 60/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Kimi K3 for raw capability and Grok 4.7 on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%. Capability uses the average of shared benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, FrontierMath Tiers 1–3, OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 and SimpleQA Verified), because Grok 4.7 has no Capabilities Index score yet.
- CapabilityKimi K3Shared benchmarks: Kimi K3 78.3% · Grok 4.7 74.9%
- Lowest priceGrok 4.7Grok 4.7 $3.00 · Kimi K3 $6.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextKimi K3Kimi K3 1,048,576 · Grok 4.7 500,000 tokens
- Widest inputsSame inputsGrok 4.7: Text, Images, PDFs · Kimi K3: Text, Images, Video
- Self-hostingKimi K3Publishes downloadable weights
| Measure | Weight | Grok 4.7 | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CapabilityShared benchmarks | 50% | 75 | 78 |
| Price | 25% | 27 | 13 |
| Inputs & features | 15% | 80 | 80 |
| Context window | 10% | 48 | 61 |
| Overall | 100% | 61/100 | 60/100 |
Every spec in one table
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| Specification |  Grok 4.7xAI |  Kimi K3Moonshot AI |
|---|---|---|
| Capability | ||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | 157.6 |
| ECI rank | — | #13 of 148 |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | 92.7% | 93.1% (best) |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics | 53.0% | 72.2% (best) |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | 98.1% (best) | 97.2% |
| SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions | 56.0% (best) | 50.6% |
| Price per million tokens | ||
| Input | $2.00 (best) | $3.00 |
| Output | $6.00 (best) | $15.00 |
| Cached input | $0.50 | $0.30 (best) |
| Blended (3:1) | $3.00 (best) | $6.00 |
| Long-context rate | Over 200K: $4.00 / $12.00 | Same rate |
| Price source | Official xAI API | Official Moonshot AI API |
| Limits | ||
| Context window | 500,000 tokens | 1,048,576 tokens (best) |
| Max output | 500,000 tokens (best) | 131,072 tokens |
| Inputs and features | ||
| Text | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | Yes |
| PDFs | Yes | No |
| Audio | No | No |
| Video | No | Yes |
| Reasoning | Yeslow · medium · high · xhigh | Yeslow · high · max |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes | Yes |
| Availability | ||
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| API model ID | grok-4.7 | kimi-k3 |
| API providers | 17 | 68 (best) |
| Released | Sep 21, 2026 | Jul 16, 2026 |
| Knowledge cutoff | May 2026 | — |
What would a month cost?
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- Grok 4.7$32.00
- Kimi K3$60.00
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Grok 4.7 or Kimi K3?
It is close. Our weighted score puts them within a point (Grok 4.7 61/100, Kimi K3 60/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Kimi K3 for raw capability and Grok 4.7 on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%. Capability uses the average of shared benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, FrontierMath Tiers 1–3, OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 and SimpleQA Verified), because Grok 4.7 has no Capabilities Index score yet.
Which is cheaper, Grok 4.7 or Kimi K3?
Grok 4.7 is cheaper at $2.00 input / $6.00 output per million tokens (official xAI API price). Kimi K3 costs $3.00 input / $15.00 output per million tokens (official Moonshot AI API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $3.00 per million tokens for Grok 4.7 versus $6.00 for Kimi K3 (2× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
Not every model here has a Capabilities Index score, so we compare the average of shared benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, FrontierMath Tiers 1–3, OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 and SimpleQA Verified): Kimi K3 78.3% and Grok 4.7 74.9%. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Kimi K3 93.1%, Grok 4.7 92.7%; FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 — Kimi K3 72.2%, Grok 4.7 53.0%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — Grok 4.7 98.1%, Kimi K3 97.2%; SimpleQA Verified — Grok 4.7 56.0%, Kimi K3 50.6%.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Grok 4.7 and Kimi K3 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Kimi K3 leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. Both support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
Kimi K3 has the largest context window at 1,048,576 tokens, against 500,000 for Grok 4.7. Maximum output per response: Grok 4.7 up to 500,000, Kimi K3 up to 131,072 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Grok 4.7 accepts text, images and PDFs; Kimi K3 accepts text, images and video. They handle the same number of input types.
Are any of these open source?
Kimi K3 publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Grok 4.7 is proprietary.
Which is newer?
Grok 4.7 is the newest, released Sep 21, 2026. Kimi K3 came out Jul 16, 2026. Knowledge cutoff: Grok 4.7 May 2026.
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.
