Kimi K2.7 Code Highspeed vs Mercury Edit 2 vs Trinity Large Thinking
Trinity Large Thinking comes out ahead, 55 to 44 and 35 on our weighted score.
Moonshot AIKimi K2.7 Code Highspeed
44/100- ECI—
- Price$1.90 / $8.00
- Context262K
InceptionMercury Edit 2
35/100- ECI—
- Price$0.25 / $0.75
- Context32K
- Our pick
Arcee AITrinity Large Thinking
55/100- ECI—
- Price$0.25 / $0.80
- Context524K
Trinity Large Thinking is our pick
Trinity Large Thinking is the better all-round choice, scoring 55/100 against Kimi K2.7 Code Highspeed (44) and Mercury Edit 2 (35). It leads on context window. Kimi K2.7 Code Highspeed wins on inputs & features. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
- CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
- Lowest priceMercury Edit 2Mercury Edit 2 $0.375 · Trinity Large Thinking $0.388 · Kimi K2.7 Code Highspeed $3.42 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextTrinity Large ThinkingTrinity Large Thinking 524,288 · Kimi K2.7 Code Highspeed 262,144 · Mercury Edit 2 32,000 tokens
- Widest inputsKimi K2.7 Code HighspeedKimi K2.7 Code Highspeed: Text, Images, Video · Mercury Edit 2: Text · Trinity Large Thinking: Text
- Self-hostingKimi K2.7 Code Highspeed and Trinity Large ThinkingPublishes downloadable weights (OpenMDW-1.1)
| Measure | Weight | Kimi K2.7 Code Highspeed | Mercury Edit 2 | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | 50% | 25 | 70 | 69 |
| Inputs & features | 30% | 80 | 0 | 35 |
| Context window | 20% | 37 | 0 | 49 |
| Overall | 100% | 44/100 | 35/100 | 55/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.
| Specification | Kimi K2.7 Code HighspeedMoonshot AI | Mercury Edit 2Inception | Trinity Large ThinkingArcee AI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | — | — |
| ECI rank | — | — | — |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $1.90 | $0.25 (best) | $0.25 (best) |
| Output | $8.00 | $0.75 (best) | $0.80 |
| Cached input | — | $0.025 (best) | $0.06 |
| Blended (3:1) | $3.42 | $0.375 (best) | $0.388 |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Median of 11 providers | Official Inception API | Official Arcee API |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 262,144 tokens | 32,000 tokens | 524,288 tokens (best) |
| Max output | 262,144 tokens (best) | 8,192 tokens | 262,144 tokens (best) |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | No | No |
| PDFs | No | No | No |
| Audio | No | No | No |
| Video | Yes | No | No |
| Reasoning | Yes | No | Yes |
| Tool calling | Yes | No | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes | No | No |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Open | Proprietary | OpenOpenMDW-1.1 |
| API model ID | — | mercury-edit-2 | trinity-large-thinking |
| API providers | 11 (best) | 1 | 6 |
| Released | Jun 12, 2026 | Mar 30, 2026 | Apr 1, 2026 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Jan 2025 | — | — |
What would a month cost?
Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.
- Kimi K2.7 Code Highspeed$35.00
- Mercury Edit 2$4.00
- Trinity Large Thinking$4.10
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Kimi K2.7 Code Highspeed, Mercury Edit 2 or Trinity Large Thinking?
Trinity Large Thinking is the better all-round choice, scoring 55/100 against Kimi K2.7 Code Highspeed (44) and Mercury Edit 2 (35). It leads on context window. Kimi K2.7 Code Highspeed wins on inputs & features. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
Which is cheaper, Kimi K2.7 Code Highspeed, Mercury Edit 2 or Trinity Large Thinking?
Mercury Edit 2 is cheaper at $0.25 input / $0.75 output per million tokens (official Inception API price). Trinity Large Thinking costs $0.25 input / $0.80 output per million tokens (official Arcee API price); Kimi K2.7 Code Highspeed costs $1.90 input / $8.00 output per million tokens (median across 11 API providers). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.375 per million tokens for Mercury Edit 2 versus $0.388 for Trinity Large Thinking (1× as much) and $3.42 for Kimi K2.7 Code Highspeed (9.1× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. Kimi K2.7 Code Highspeed has not been scored yet, Mercury Edit 2 has not been scored yet and Trinity Large Thinking has not been scored yet.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Kimi K2.7 Code Highspeed, Mercury Edit 2 and Trinity Large Thinking yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Note that Mercury Edit 2 does not support tool calling, which most coding agents need.
Which has the bigger context window?
Trinity Large Thinking has the largest context window at 524,288 tokens, against 262,144 for Kimi K2.7 Code Highspeed and 32,000 for Mercury Edit 2. Maximum output per response: Kimi K2.7 Code Highspeed up to 262,144, Mercury Edit 2 up to 8,192, Trinity Large Thinking up to 262,144 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Kimi K2.7 Code Highspeed accepts text, images and video; Mercury Edit 2 accepts text; Trinity Large Thinking accepts text. Kimi K2.7 Code Highspeed handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
Kimi K2.7 Code Highspeed and Trinity Large Thinking publishes its weights (OpenMDW-1.1) and can be self-hosted; Mercury Edit 2 is proprietary.
Which is newer?
Kimi K2.7 Code Highspeed is the newest, released Jun 12, 2026. Trinity Large Thinking came out Apr 1, 2026; Mercury Edit 2 came out Mar 30, 2026. Knowledge cutoff: Kimi K2.7 Code Highspeed Jan 2025.
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.
