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Grok 4.7 vs Kimi K3

Grok 4.7 and Kimi K3 are both in llmwise. What each gets on every plan, what it reads, how it's served and what happens when its provider fails, from the catalog and the code that runs them.

Model prices and specs checked against OpenRouter's Grok 4.7 page, OpenRouter's Kimi K3 page. Updated .

Short answer

Grok 4.7 gets twice as many messages: up to 250 messages a month on Pro, against up to 125 messages a month for Kimi K3. Otherwise, only Grok 4.7 reads a PDF as the whole file. In our test runs, Grok 4.7 passed 47 of the 50 prompts both answered and Kimi K3 46; 7 prompts split them, most on summarization (5 to 3).

Grok 4.7 vs Kimi K3, prompt by prompt

Every prompt Grok 4.7 and Kimi K3 both answered, compared directly, their biggest differences first. One run each, through OpenRouter: a wait depends on the provider and the load that day, so a lead under 10% counts as close.

Of the 50 prompts both answered, both passed 43, only Grok 4.7 passed 4, only Kimi K3 passed 3, and neither passed 0. Grok 4.7 answered sooner on 9 of the 50 and Kimi K3 on 37; the rest were within 10% of each other. The 50 replies cost $0.3163 on Grok 4.7 and $0.1938 on Kimi K3: 1.6× less on Kimi K3.

The 7 prompts only one of Grok 4.7 and Kimi K3 passed

  • Announce a second bakery shop on LinkedIn (writing): Kimi K3 passed and Grok 4.7 didn't. Grok 4.7: Graded 4.5 of 5 on average (lowest 4); but 94 words, under the 100 asked for. Kimi K3: Graded 4.5 of 5 on average (lowest 4).

  • Rewrite corporate jargon in plain words (writing): Kimi K3 passed and Grok 4.7 didn't. Grok 4.7: Graded 3.7 of 5 on average (lowest 3). Kimi K3: Graded 4.3 of 5 on average (lowest 4).

  • A product announcement with five rules (writing): Grok 4.7 passed and Kimi K3 didn't. Grok 4.7: Graded 4.0 of 5 on average (lowest 3). Kimi K3: Graded 4.3 of 5 on average (lowest 4); but doesn't end with a question.

  • An article in three bullets (summarization): Grok 4.7 passed and Kimi K3 didn't. Grok 4.7: Graded 4.7 of 5 on average (lowest 4). Kimi K3: Graded 4.0 of 5 on average (lowest 3); but 62 words, over the 60 allowed.

  • An email thread in one sentence (summarization): Grok 4.7 passed and Kimi K3 didn't. Grok 4.7: Graded 4.3 of 5 on average (lowest 4). Kimi K3: Graded 5.0 of 5 on average (lowest 5); but 32 words, over the 30 allowed.

  • A frustrated customer (customer support): Kimi K3 passed and Grok 4.7 didn't. Grok 4.7: Graded 3.3 of 5 on average (lowest 3). Kimi K3: Graded 4.0 of 5 on average (lowest 3).

  • A refund request outside the window (customer support): Grok 4.7 passed and Kimi K3 didn't. Grok 4.7: Graded 4.3 of 5 on average (lowest 4). Kimi K3: Graded 4.0 of 5 on average (lowest 2).

Job by job, the widest gaps first

  • Summarization: Grok 4.7 passed 5 of 5 and Kimi K3 3 of 5. Kimi K3 answered 1.4× sooner at the median, 4.7 s against 3.4 s. They cost about the same, $0.0161 against $0.0172 for the 5 replies. Kimi K3's replies ran 23% longer, in tokens of reply, thinking not counted.

  • Writing: Grok 4.7 passed 3 of 5 and Kimi K3 4 of 5. Kimi K3 answered 1.3× sooner at the median, 4.0 s against 3.0 s. They cost about the same, $0.0210 against $0.0192 for the 5 replies. Kimi K3's replies ran 54% longer, in tokens of reply, thinking not counted.

  • Coding: Grok 4.7 passed 5 of 5 and Kimi K3 5 of 5. Kimi K3 answered 6.1× sooner at the median, 25.3 s against 4.1 s. Kimi K3 cost 3.5× less, $0.1099 against $0.0316 for the 5 replies. Their replies ran to about the same length.

  • Translation: Grok 4.7 passed 5 of 5 and Kimi K3 5 of 5. Kimi K3 answered 2.6× sooner at the median, 13.8 s against 5.2 s. Kimi K3 cost 1.9× less, $0.0347 against $0.0179 for the 5 replies. Kimi K3's replies ran 135% longer, in tokens of reply, thinking not counted.

  • SQL: Grok 4.7 passed 5 of 5 and Kimi K3 5 of 5. Kimi K3 answered 3.1× sooner at the median, 4.9 s against 1.6 s. Kimi K3 cost 1.6× less, $0.0189 against $0.0118 for the 5 replies. Kimi K3's replies ran 14% longer, in tokens of reply, thinking not counted.

  • RAG and answering from documents: Grok 4.7 passed 5 of 5 and Kimi K3 5 of 5. Grok 4.7 answered 1.4× sooner at the median, 1.9 s against 2.6 s. Kimi K3 cost 1.6× less, $0.0115 against $0.0073 for the 5 replies. Kimi K3's replies ran 97% longer, in tokens of reply, thinking not counted.

  • Math: Grok 4.7 passed 5 of 5 and Kimi K3 5 of 5. Kimi K3 answered 1.7× sooner at the median, 9.1 s against 5.4 s. Kimi K3 cost 1.3× less, $0.0251 against $0.0187 for the 5 replies. Grok 4.7's replies ran 37% longer, in tokens of reply, thinking not counted.

  • Data analysis: Grok 4.7 passed 5 of 5 and Kimi K3 5 of 5. Kimi K3 answered 2.7× sooner at the median, 9.4 s against 3.5 s. Kimi K3 cost 1.2× less, $0.0423 against $0.0339 for the 5 replies. Kimi K3's replies ran 43% longer, in tokens of reply, thinking not counted.

  • Customer support: Grok 4.7 passed 4 of 5 and Kimi K3 4 of 5. Kimi K3 answered 1.8× sooner at the median, 7.9 s against 4.3 s. They cost about the same, $0.0239 against $0.0228 for the 5 replies. Kimi K3's replies ran 24% longer, in tokens of reply, thinking not counted.

  • Agents and tool use: Grok 4.7 passed 5 of 5 and Kimi K3 5 of 5. Kimi K3 answered 1.2× sooner at the median, 2.5 s against 2.0 s. They cost about the same, $0.0129 against $0.0135 for the 5 replies. Kimi K3's replies ran 25% longer, in tokens of reply, thinking not counted.

All 50 prompts: who passed, who answered sooner, who cost less
Grok 4.7 and Kimi K3 on each prompt of our test runs
PromptResultSoonerCheaper
Turn a title into a URL slugBoth passedKimi K3, 2.6×took 6.7 s and 2.6 sKimi K3, 1.4×cost $0.0048 and $0.0035
Parse a duration like “1h 30m”Both passedKimi K3, 3.6×took 25.3 s and 7.1 sKimi K3, 2.4×cost $0.0151 and $0.0063
Merge overlapping intervalsBoth passedKimi K3, 1.9×took 3.8 s and 2.0 sGrok 4.7, 1.5×cost $0.0025 and $0.0036
Evaluate an arithmetic expression, no evalBoth passedKimi K3, 12.6×took 124.9 s and 9.9 sKimi K3, 4.2×cost $0.0472 and $0.0113
Parse CSV with quoted fieldsBoth passedKimi K3, 24.3×took 100.4 s and 4.1 sKimi K3, 5.8×cost $0.0403 and $0.0069
Announce a second bakery shop on LinkedInOnly Kimi K3Closetook 4.0 s and 3.9 sGrok 4.7, 2.1×cost $0.0022 and $0.0046
Rewrite corporate jargon in plain wordsOnly Kimi K3Kimi K3, 9.7×took 19.3 s and 2.0 sKimi K3, 2.9×cost $0.0088 and $0.0030
Decline a meeting and offer two timesBoth passedGrok 4.7, 1.3×took 2.3 s and 3.0 sGrok 4.7, 1.8×cost $0.0019 and $0.0034
A product announcement with five rulesOnly Grok 4.7Kimi K3, 1.1×took 2.6 s and 2.3 sGrok 4.7, 2.0×cost $0.0017 and $0.0033
Argue both sides of free busesBoth passedKimi K3, 3.4×took 12.1 s and 3.6 sKimi K3, 1.3×cost $0.0065 and $0.0049
A discount, then sales taxBoth passedGrok 4.7, 1.3×took 3.9 s and 5.0 sGrok 4.7, 1.4×cost $0.0027 and $0.0037
Pens at 3 for $4Both passedKimi K3, 7.6×took 40.7 s and 5.4 sKimi K3, 1.9×cost $0.0087 and $0.0046
Compound interest over three yearsBoth passedClosetook 5.5 s and 5.9 sGrok 4.7, 1.4×cost $0.0031 and $0.0044
Four-digit numbers whose digits sum to 9Both passedKimi K3, 1.9×took 11.1 s and 6.0 sKimi K3, 1.7×cost $0.0056 and $0.0032
The highest of three dice is a 5Both passedKimi K3, 3.8×took 9.1 s and 2.4 sKimi K3, 1.8×cost $0.0050 and $0.0027
An article in three bulletsOnly Grok 4.7Kimi K3, 3.5×took 9.8 s and 2.8 sKimi K3, 1.8×cost $0.0051 and $0.0028
An email thread in one sentenceOnly Grok 4.7Grok 4.7, 3.7×took 1.7 s and 6.4 sGrok 4.7, 1.6×cost $0.0018 and $0.0030
Decisions and action items from a meetingBoth passedKimi K3, 1.4×took 4.7 s and 3.4 sGrok 4.7, 1.5×cost $0.0028 and $0.0044
A quarterly memo for the CEOBoth passedGrok 4.7, 2.5×took 6.1 s and 15.7 sGrok 4.7, 1.1×cost $0.0044 and $0.0049
A study with a negative resultBoth passedClosetook 3.0 s and 3.2 sClosecost $0.0020 and $0.0021
The region with the most revenueBoth passedKimi K3, 4.2×took 9.4 s and 2.2 sKimi K3, 1.2×cost $0.0057 and $0.0049
Average order value in AugustBoth passedKimi K3, 2.1×took 5.5 s and 2.7 sGrok 4.7, 1.4×cost $0.0037 and $0.0054
Revenue change from July to AugustBoth passedKimi K3, 1.6×took 10.1 s and 6.4 sClosecost $0.0071 and $0.0064
A median, filtered two waysBoth passedKimi K3, 1.2×took 4.2 s and 3.5 sGrok 4.7, 1.2×cost $0.0036 and $0.0042
Correlation between ad spend and sign-upsBoth passedKimi K3, 2.2×took 45.4 s and 20.2 sKimi K3, 1.7×cost $0.0222 and $0.0131
A late orderBoth passedKimi K3, 6.9×took 17.2 s and 2.5 sKimi K3, 1.7×cost $0.0076 and $0.0045
A return inside the windowBoth passedKimi K3, 1.1×took 4.7 s and 4.3 sClosecost $0.0032 and $0.0033
A frustrated customerOnly Kimi K3Kimi K3, 1.7×took 9.4 s and 5.6 sGrok 4.7, 1.2×cost $0.0050 and $0.0063
A refund request outside the windowOnly Grok 4.7Kimi K3, 3.0×took 7.6 s and 2.6 sClosecost $0.0041 and $0.0045
A message with a planted instructionBoth passedGrok 4.7, 1.5×took 7.9 s and 11.5 sClosecost $0.0040 and $0.0041
A delivery message into SpanishBoth passedKimi K3, 4.7×took 13.8 s and 2.9 sKimi K3, 2.1×cost $0.0066 and $0.0031
A product description into FrenchBoth passedKimi K3, 4.2×took 22.7 s and 5.4 sKimi K3, 2.6×cost $0.0097 and $0.0037
A meeting note into GermanBoth passedKimi K3, 4.2×took 12.6 s and 3.0 sKimi K3, 4.3×cost $0.0060 and $0.0014
Idioms into natural JapaneseBoth passedKimi K3, 1.9×took 10.0 s and 5.2 sGrok 4.7, 1.1×cost $0.0048 and $0.0053
A lease clause into Brazilian PortugueseBoth passedKimi K3, 1.5×took 15.0 s and 10.1 sKimi K3, 1.7×cost $0.0076 and $0.0044
Customers in one countryBoth passedKimi K3, 1.6×took 1.8 s and 1.1 sClosecost $0.0018 and $0.0018
Count orders by statusBoth passedClosetook 1.4 s and 1.5 sKimi K3, 2.0×cost $0.0017 and $0.0009
Revenue by categoryBoth passedKimi K3, 3.1×took 4.9 s and 1.6 sKimi K3, 1.6×cost $0.0031 and $0.0019
Every customer, even those without ordersBoth passedKimi K3, 2.1×took 5.3 s and 2.5 sKimi K3, 1.2×cost $0.0037 and $0.0031
Monthly revenue with a running totalBoth passedKimi K3, 6.8×took 16.9 s and 2.5 sKimi K3, 2.0×cost $0.0086 and $0.0042
A fact from one sectionBoth passedGrok 4.7, 2.4×took 2.7 s and 6.5 sKimi K3, 2.4×cost $0.0025 and $0.0010
Core hours and start timesBoth passedKimi K3, 1.5×took 1.9 s and 1.2 sKimi K3, 2.0×cost $0.0022 and $0.0011
Two sections in one answerBoth passedGrok 4.7, 1.8×took 1.5 s and 2.6 sGrok 4.7, 1.1×cost $0.0018 and $0.0020
A later amendment changes the answerBoth passedKimi K3, 1.2×took 5.5 s and 4.8 sKimi K3, 1.3×cost $0.0030 and $0.0022
A question the handbook doesn't answerBoth passedKimi K3, 1.9×took 1.8 s and 0.9 sKimi K3, 2.1×cost $0.0021 and $0.0010
Pick the tool and work out the dateBoth passedGrok 4.7, 2.4×took 1.5 s and 3.7 sGrok 4.7, 1.8×cost $0.0018 and $0.0032
Convert a currencyBoth passedGrok 4.7, 1.9×took 1.5 s and 2.9 sGrok 4.7, 1.9×cost $0.0013 and $0.0025
Book a meeting from a sentenceBoth passedKimi K3, 5.8×took 9.1 s and 1.6 sKimi K3, 1.5×cost $0.0048 and $0.0031
Search, but don't bookBoth passedKimi K3, 1.2×took 2.5 s and 2.0 sGrok 4.7, 1.7×cost $0.0020 and $0.0034
Two calls with a unit conversionBoth passedKimi K3, 2.6×took 4.5 s and 1.7 sKimi K3, 2.4×cost $0.0029 and $0.0012

Grok 4.7 vs Kimi K3 in our test runs

Grok 4.7 and Kimi K3 on the same prompts, job by job: how many replies passed their check.

Based on 100 of our test runs on , through OpenRouter with the app's own prompt and settings. Updated .

Grok 4.7 and Kimi K3 in our test runs, job by job
JobGrok 4.7Kimi K3
Coding5 of 55 of 5
Writing3 of 54 of 5
Math5 of 55 of 5
Summarization5 of 53 of 5
Data analysis5 of 55 of 5
Customer support4 of 54 of 5
Translation5 of 55 of 5
SQL5 of 55 of 5
RAG and answering from documents5 of 55 of 5
Agents and tool use5 of 55 of 5
All jobs47 of 50 · 1 message each · $0.0063 a reply46 of 50 · 1 message each · $0.0039 a reply

The same prompts, sent to both through llmwise's own pipeline and checked the same way: five for each job. A bold count is the one that passed more. Messages: what each reply counted as on Pro. Cost: what OpenRouter charged us per reply, on average. Every prompt, and how it's scored.

Where they differed most, summarization: both replies to a prompt only one of them passed.

An everyday prompt: “An article in three bullets”, in full.

  • Grok 4.7

    Passed: Graded 4.7 of 5 on average (lowest 4).

    - Aldmoor’s Market Street bike-lane trial ended; the council votes in November. Daily bike trips rose from 900 to 2,300.
    - Car traffic fell 14% and rush-hour delays rose about one minute; cyclist injuries dropped from nine to two.
    - Of 60 shops, 27 saw more customers and 19 fewer. Installation cost €410,000; permanence would add €1.1 million.

    1,758 tokens in, 756 out (666 of them reasoning) · 9.8 s · $0.0051 · 1 message on Pro · answered by x-ai/grok-4.7 via xAI ·

  • Kimi K3

    Failed: Graded 4.0 of 5 on average (lowest 3); but 62 words, over the 60 allowed.

    - Aldmoor's six-month protected bike lane trial on Market Street ended; the council votes in November on making them permanent.
    - Bike trips rose from 900 to 2,300 daily, cyclist injuries dropped from nine to two, while car traffic fell 14% with only slightly longer rush-hour drive times.
    - Businesses were split on customer impact; installation cost €410,000, with permanent lanes requiring €1.1 million more.

    608 tokens in, 109 out (10 of them reasoning) · 2.8 s · $0.0028 · 1 message on Pro · answered by moonshotai/kimi-k3 via Phala ·

Grok 4.7 and Kimi K3 on every plan

Whether the one-time free trial reaches each model, then each paid plan's messages on it.

Messages on Grok 4.7 and Kimi K3, plan by plan
PlanPriceGrok 4.7Kimi K3
Free$0In the one-time trial of 5 messagesIn the one-time trial of 5 messages
Pro$20 a monthUp to 250 a monthUp to 125 a month
Max$50 a monthUp to 800 a monthUp to 400 a month
Ultra$100 a monthUp to 1,800 a monthUp to 900 a month
Studio$200 a monthUp to 4,000 a monthUp to 2,000 a month

Prices don't include tax, which is added where it applies and shown before you pay. A paid plan's month is one allowance shared by every model, so each monthly count is the most you get if all of it goes to that model. It renews each billing period; everyday models refill daily at 00:00 UTC. Long chats count more per reply. How pricing works.

Every limit is published. Paid plans also have a monthly fair-use limit on AI cost: Pro $7.50, Max $20, Ultra $42, Studio $85. Using every message on your plan at typical sizes stays under it; very large messages and heavy research use it faster. Every limit, explained.

What differs

  • Messages on Pro

    Grok 4.7 gets twice as many messages: up to 250 messages a month on Pro, against up to 125 messages a month for Kimi K3.

  • Context window

    Grok 4.7 takes up to 500K tokens; Kimi K3 up to 1.05M tokens. A chat in llmwise holds up to 200k tokens, which fits in either, so the difference shows only through each maker's own API.

  • Images and PDFs

    Both read images. Kimi K3 gets a PDF's text rather than the file itself.

  • On Free

    Both are in the free trial.

  • Where messages go

    Grok 4.7: Served through OpenRouter by xAI alone, on an endpoint that doesn't store or train on prompts. Kimi K3: Served through OpenRouter, only by hosts that don't store or train on prompts. The maker's own endpoint is never asked.

Fact by fact

Grok 4.7 and Kimi K3, fact by fact
FactGrok 4.7Kimi K3
Context window500K tokens1.05M tokens
Reads imagesYesYes
PDFsWhole fileText only
ReasoningYesYes
API price (September 2026)$1.60 in / $4.80 out per million tokens$3.00 in / $15.00 out per million tokens
A typical message at API prices (4,000 tokens in, 700 out)$0.0098$0.0225
A $10 top-up adds200 messages100 messages
Where a message goesServed through OpenRouter by xAI alone, on an endpoint that doesn't store or train on prompts.Served through OpenRouter, only by hosts that don't store or train on prompts. The maker's own endpoint is never asked.
If the provider failsxAI is its only host, so there's no other host to move to: if xAI fails, send the message again or pick another model.When one host is down, OpenRouter moves the request to another host that meets the same rules.
Anthropic's safety fallbackDoesn't applyDoesn't apply
API prices are what our model catalog lists (Grok: xAI's price, served through OpenRouter; Kimi: Moonshot's list price). In llmwise you pay per message, not per token: the counts above are what you get.

Grok 4.7 or Kimi K3?

From the facts above and our test runs: the rest is how their answers suit your work, which one chat can show you.

  • Pick Grok 4.7: more messages for the money, up to 250 messages a month on Pro; it reads a PDF as the whole file, charts and scans included.

Each model's page, the families, and other pairs

Grok 4.7 vs Kimi K3 is one pair of models. The page below covers the whole families.

Questions

Is Grok 4.7 or Kimi K3 cheaper in llmwise?

Grok 4.7 gets twice as many messages: up to 250 messages a month on Pro, against up to 125 messages a month for Kimi K3. Every paid plan's monthly allowance is shared by all models, so each count is the most you get if it all goes to that model.

Can I try Grok 4.7 and Kimi K3 for free?

Yes: both are in the free trial of 5 messages.

Which has the bigger context window, Grok 4.7 or Kimi K3?

Kimi K3: 1.05M tokens, against 500K tokens. A chat in llmwise holds up to 200k tokens, which fits in either, so the difference shows only through each maker's own API.

Can I use Grok 4.7 and Kimi K3 in the same chat?

Yes. Pick Grok 4.7 for one message and Kimi K3 for the next; the second sees the whole chat, including the first one's answer.

Which did better in your test runs, Grok 4.7 or Kimi K3?

On the same 50 prompts, run on September 27, 2026, Grok 4.7 passed 47 and Kimi K3 passed 46. The table on this page has each job, and every reply is published.

Claude, GPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, Grok, Kimi, and GLM, in one chat.

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