MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.7 Code vs SpaceXAI: Grok Build 0.1
Side-by-side comparison of specs, pricing, benchmark scores, and task rankings. Updated 2026-11-07.
| MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.7 Code | SpaceXAI: Grok Build 0.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | moonshotai | x-ai |
| Quality Score | 100 | 100 |
| Benchmark Score | 74.1 | - |
| Input Price | $0.60/M | $1.00/M |
| Output Price | $3.50/M | $2.00/M |
| Context Window | 262,144 | 256,000 |
| Max Output | 235,929 | 230,400 |
| Tool Calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structured Output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reasoning Mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio | - | - |
| Benchmark Scores | ||
| ai_index | 69.2 | - |
| ai_index_agentic | 48.8 | - |
| ai_index_coding | 100.0 | - |
The verdict
For a sample job of 1 million input tokens and 250,000 output tokens, Kimi K2.7 Code costs $1.48 and Grok Build 0.1 costs $1.50, so Kimi K2.7 Code is slightly cheaper for the same work.
Both take in a similar amount of text: 262,144 and 256,000 tokens, about 393 and 384 pages.
Across the 20 tasks where they differ, Kimi K2.7 Code scores higher on 20 (SQL Generation, Code Review, Code Completion and others).
Kimi K2.7 Code was released in June 2026 and Grok Build 0.1 in May 2026.
Pick Kimi K2.7 Code if you need lower cost or the stronger all-round task scores.
Costs use current list prices per million tokens; page counts assume about 0.75 words per token and 500 words per page.
Who wins by task?
| Task | MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.7 Code | SpaceXAI: Grok Build 0.1 |
|---|---|---|
| SQL Generation | 163 | 130 |
| Code Review | 155 | 126 |
| Code Completion | 129 | 116 |
| Code Refactoring | 151 | 127 |
| Bug Fixing | 165 | 130 |
| Unit Test Generation | 147 | 121 |
| Code Documentation | 135 | 125 |
| Regex Writing | 133 | 119 |
| CI/CD Pipelines | 138 | 117 |
| Frontend Component Design | 142 | 122 |
| Data Analysis | 162 | 124 |
| CSV / Spreadsheet Cleanup | 147 | 127 |
| ETL Scripting | 144 | 122 |
| JSON Extraction | 147 | 123 |
| Bulk Data Labeling | 134 | 121 |
| OCR / Document Parsing | 142 | 128 |
| Table Extraction from PDFs | 142 | 128 |
| Long-Document Summarization | 147 | 129 |
| Short-Form Summarization | 130 | 115 |
| Blog Post Writing | 134 | 118 |
Scores reflect capability match + benchmark data + pricing for each task. Methodology →