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How much energy does Kimi K2.7 Code use?

Moonshot · released 2026-06-12

Complex prompt
11.5 Wh – 94.1 Wh
Everyday chat
2.26 Wh
Capability
87.9
Energy rank
117 of 134

What this figure is

Day-one estimate  Calculated from an estimated parameter count — the maker hasn't published one. Every model on this site is calculated the same way, so the comparison holds even where the absolute value carries uncertainty. Our figures are good to roughly a factor of two to three, which is why we only ever state a difference of 5× or more.

We cannot pin this one down. Moonshot has never published how Kimi K2.7 Code is built, and the two plausible answers are far apart — which is why a range is shown rather than a figure. It is listed because leaving it out would reward the silence, and it is barred from every headline claim on this site.

Is there a better choice?

A lighter model that does the job
OpenAI · capability 93.3. It is more capable than Kimi K2.7 Code and uses about 6.7× less energy per answer: 7.94 Wh against 52.8 Wh.

What Moonshot publishes

Energy cannot be worked out without knowing how big a model is. Of the 5 models from Moonshot that we track, 2 can be assessed at all — the rest publish too little for anyone outside the company to calculate anything.

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Figure calculated 2026-09-01 · how these numbers are made · the full comparison of 134 models