Pick a winner in each dimension — change your vote anytime.
Pricing and capabilities synced from the OpenRouter catalogue. Scores are editorial (0–10).
Choose Kimi K2.7 Code if you want cheap, capable open-weight coding agents. Choose MiniMax M3 if you want open-weight autonomous agents that lean on tool use.
In our editorial scoring, Kimi K2.7 Code leads in 4 of five dimensions (output quality, agentic ability, value for $ and reliability), while MiniMax M3 leads in 0. On price, Kimi K2.7 Code runs about $1.35 per 1M tokens (blended) and is open-weight; MiniMax M3 is about $0.57 and open-weight.
The model picks the moves; the agent runs the loop, the tools, and the guardrails. Once you've chosen a model, see which agent gets the most out of it.