Model Comparison 2026

GPT-5.6 Terra vs Kimi K2.7 Code

GPT-5.6 Terra
OpenAI · Balanced · Proprietary
$6.25/1M · 1.1M ctx
Kimi K2.7 Code
Moonshot AI · Balanced · Open weights
$1.57/1M · 262K ctx

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Output Quality
Correctness and depth of what it produces
Agentic Ability
Tool calls, instruction-following, and multi-step tasks
Speed
Tokens per second and time-to-first-token
Value for $
How much capability you get per dollar
Reliability
Consistent results — fewer refusals, loops, and format breaks

Specs & Pricing, Side by Side

Spec
Terra
Kimi K2.7 Code
Maker
OpenAI
Moonshot AI
Blended price / 1M
$6.25
$1.57
Input / output
$2.50 in · $15 out / 1M tokens
$0.75 in · $3.50 out / 1M tokens
Context window
1.1M
262K
Open weights
No
Yes
Tool use
Yes
Yes
Reasoning
Yes
Yes
Output Quality
9.0
8.6
Agentic Ability
9.0
9.2
Speed
8.4
7.8
Value for $
8.8
9.2
Reliability
9.2
8.9

Pricing and capabilities synced from the OpenRouter catalogue. Scores are editorial (0–10).

Verdict: Terra or Kimi K2.7 Code?

Updated 2026-07-17

Choose GPT-5.6 Terra if you want the everyday OpenAI default for agents — volume work with frontier-adjacent quality. Choose Kimi K2.7 Code if you want cheap, capable open-weight coding agents.

In our editorial scoring, GPT-5.6 Terra leads in 3 of five dimensions (output quality, speed and reliability), while Kimi K2.7 Code leads in 2. On price, GPT-5.6 Terra runs about $6.25 per 1M tokens (blended) and is proprietary; Kimi K2.7 Code is about $1.57 and open-weight.

Where Terra falls short
  • Steps behind Sol on the hardest tasks
  • Very new — long-run agent behavior still being characterized
Full Terra breakdown →
Where Kimi K2.7 Code falls short
  • Below the very top models on hard reasoning
  • Throughput varies by host
Full Kimi K2.7 Code breakdown →

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