This week, Moonshot AI released Kimi K2.7-Code. It is a coding-focused, agentic model. The model weights ship on Hugging Face under a Modified MIT license. You can also reach it through the Kimi API and Kimi Code.
K2.7-Code targets long-horizon software engineering, not general chat. It plans, edits, runs tools, and debugs across many steps. Moonshot pairs the model with a subscription coding platform around it.
Kimi K2.7-Code
K2.7-Code is a Mixture-of-Experts model. It holds 1T total parameters and activates 32B per token. The design uses 384 experts, with 8 selected per token and 1 shared. It has 61 layers, including 1 dense layer.
Attention uses MLA, and the feed-forward path uses SwiGLU. A MoonViT vision encoder adds 400M parameters for image and video input. The model ships with native INT4 quantization. The context window is 256K tokens (262,144).
Two constraints matters: Thinking mode is mandatory; disabling it returns an API error. Sampling is fixed: temperature 1.0, top_p 0.95, n 1, penalties 0.0. Default max output is 32,768 tokens.
You can self-host with vLLM, SGLang, or KTransformers. The Hugging Face repository is large, roughly 595 GB on disk. This is a server-class deployment target, not a laptop model.
Benchmark
Moonshot team published six benchmark rows. They compare K2.7-Code against K2.6, GPT-5.5, and Claude Opus 4.8. K2.7-Code beats K2.6 on every row. The largest coding jump is Kimi Code Bench v2, from 50.9 to 62.0.
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Kimi K2.7-Code | GPT-5.5 | Claude Opus 4.8 | K2.7 vs K2.6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimi Code Bench v2 | 50.9 | 62.0 | 69.0 | 67.4 | +21.8% |
| Program Bench | 48.3 | 53.6 | 69.1 | 63.8 | +11.0% |
| MLS Bench Lite | 26.7 | 35.1 | 35.5 | 42.8 | +31.5% |
| Kimi Claw 24/7 Bench | 42.9 | 46.9 | 52.8 | 50.4 | +9.3% |
| MCP Atlas | 69.4 | 76.0 | 79.4 | 81.3 | +9.5% |
| MCP Mark Verified | 72.8 | 81.1 | 92.9 | 76.4 | +11.4% |
K2.7-Code does beat Opus 4.8 on MCP Mark Verified, 81.1 versus 76.4. It also lands close to GPT-5.5 on MLS Bench Lite. K2.7-Code ran in Kimi Code CLI, GPT-5.5 in Codex xhigh, and Opus 4.8 in Claude Code xhigh.
Reasoning-Token Efficiency: A Cost Claim, Not Just Quality
Moonshot team reports about 30% lower reasoning-token usage than K2.6. It frames this as ‘less overthinking.’
Reasoning tokens bill as output tokens on most price cards. Agentic coding runs hundreds or thousands of steps. Each plan, retry, and verification pays the thinking cost again. A 30% cut compounds across a long run.
The effect lands in three places at once. First, lower output-token cost per task. Second, faster steps, which helps interactive CLI sessions. Third, more steps before hitting context limits.
Use Cases With Examples
- Repo-scale refactors are the main use case. Point the agent at a failing test suite. It reads files, edits across modules, then reruns tests until green.
- Code review is a second fit. Feed a pull request diff and ask for risk analysis. The 256K window holds large diffs, logs, and related files together.
- MCP tool-use workflows are a third fit. K2.7-Code scored 81.1 on MCP Mark Verified. That suite tests correct tool invocation through the Model Context Protocol. Think CI checks, ticket updates, and file edits in one loop.
- Long-context analysis is a fourth fit. The model accepts text, image, and video input. Documentation, screenshots, and a recorded repro can share one prompt.
Marktechpost’s Interactive Explorer
Kimi K2.7-Code — Interactive Explorer
Company-reported benchmarks and official API pricing. Released June 12, 2026. Verified June 12, 2026.
Benchmarks
Cost Calculator
Specs
K2.7-Code
Kimi K2.6
GPT-5.5
Opus 4.8
Kimi Code Bench v2
K2.7-Code
62.0
Kimi K2.6
50.9
GPT-5.5
69.0
Opus 4.8
67.4
Program Bench
K2.7-Code
53.6
Kimi K2.6
48.3
GPT-5.5
69.1
Opus 4.8
63.8
MLS Bench Lite
K2.7-Code
35.1
Kimi K2.6
26.7
GPT-5.5
35.5
Opus 4.8
42.8
Kimi Claw 24/7 Bench
K2.7-Code
46.9
Kimi K2.6
42.9
GPT-5.5
52.8
Opus 4.8
50.4
MCP Atlas
K2.7-Code
76.0
Kimi K2.6
69.4
GPT-5.5
79.4
Opus 4.8
81.3
MCP Mark Verified
K2.7-Code
81.1
Kimi K2.6
72.8
GPT-5.5
92.9
Opus 4.8
76.4
Source: Moonshot AI Kimi K2.7-Code model card. K2.7-Code ran in Kimi Code CLI; GPT-5.5 in Codex xhigh; Claude Opus 4.8 in Claude Code xhigh. First-party numbers, not an independent leaderboard.
Input tokens / run: 50,000
Output tokens / run: 8,000
Cache hit rate: 50%
Runs / month: 1,000
Reasoning share of output: 40%
Input cost $28.50
Output cost $32.00
Est. monthly total $60.50
$60.50 /mo
≈ $3.84/mo saved vs K2.6-style reasoning, from ~30% fewer reasoning tokens.
Rates: cached input $0.19 / 1M, cache-miss input $0.95 / 1M, output $4.00 / 1M (official Kimi pricing). Savings line illustrates K2.7-Code’s reported ~30% lower reasoning-token usage vs K2.6, applied to the reasoning share of output. Estimate only.
Architecture
Mixture-of-Experts
Total parameters
1T
Activated parameters
32B
Experts
384 (8 active, 1 shared)
Layers
61 (1 dense)
Attention / activation
MLA / SwiGLU
Context length
256K (262,144)
Vision encoder
MoonViT (400M)
Inputs
Text, image, video
Thinking mode
Required
Default max output
32,768 tokens
Quantization
Native INT4
Deployment
vLLM, SGLang, KTransformers
License
Modified MIT
Source: Kimi K2.7-Code Hugging Face model card and Kimi API docs.
A Minimal Quickstart
The Kimi API is OpenAI-compatible. The model string is kimi-k2.7-code. Do not override the fixed sampling parameters, or the request errors.
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Two tool-use rules come from the docs. Keep reasoning_content from the current turn in context. And set tool_choice to only "auto" or "none".
How K2.7-Code Compares
| Model | License | Params | Context | API price (in / out per 1M) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimi K2.7-Code | Modified MIT (open) | 1T total / 32B active | 256K | $0.95 / $4.00 |
| Kimi K2.6 | Open-weight | 1T-class MoE | 256K | ~$0.67–0.95 / ~$3.39–4.00 |
| GPT-5.5 | Closed | Not disclosed | — | Not in Moonshot table |
| Claude Opus 4.8 | Closed | Not disclosed | 1M | $5.00 / $25.00 |
| Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B | Open (Qwen license) | 480B / 35B active | 256K native | Varies by host |
K2.7-Code lists $0.19 per 1M for cached input.
Strengths and Weaknesses
Strengths:
- Open weights under Modified MIT, with a real self-host path.
- Broad, consistent gains over K2.6 on coding and agent evals.
- Low API pricing relative to closed frontier models.
- Beats Opus 4.8 on the MCP Mark Verified benchmark (company-reported).
Weaknesses:
- All headline numbers are first-party at launch.
- Thinking mode cannot be disabled.
- Sampling controls are locked to fixed values.
- Multi-step tool calls must preserve
reasoning_content. - 595 GB weights make self-hosting a serious commitment.
Key Takeaways
- All headline benchmarks are vendor-run; independent results are pending.
- K2.7-Code is open-weight, coding-specialized, and built on Kimi K2.6.
- Moonshot reports +21.8% on Kimi Code Bench v2 over K2.6.
- The model uses roughly 30% fewer reasoning tokens than K2.6.