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Tool call · 5 checks · max 400 tokens · benched 2026-09-16

Kimi K3 vs Kimi K2.7 Code vs Kimi K2.6 vs Kimi K2.5 on emit a weather tool call

Moonshotai models side by side on "Emit a weather tool call": Kimi K2.7 Code scores 10/10; Kimi K2.7 Code is the cheapest answer scoring 8+ at $0.31 per 1,000 runs. Outputs, checks, judge reasons, latency and cost.

The prompt every model received

System

You are a function-calling engine. Reply with JSON only, no prose, no code fences.

User

You have one tool:
{"name": "get_weather", "parameters": {"city": "string", "unit": "one of 'c' or 'f'"}}

Produce the tool call for this user message as a JSON object of the shape {"name": string, "arguments": object}.

User: What's it like in Lisbon right now? Fahrenheit please.

Rubric for the judge: Exactly {"name":"get_weather","arguments":{"city":"Lisbon","unit":"f"}} with no extra keys or text.

Side by side

Every cell is one OpenRouter call at temperature 0 with the prompt's token cap and reasoning effort "low" where the model supports it. Cost is usage × the catalogue rate in models.json. Quality is one judge call to anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5 against the prompt's rubric, cached per prompt version.

Kimi K3

moonshotai/kimi-k3

10/10
Latency
806ms
Cost
$0.00074
Per 1,000
$0.74

192 in · 60 out (29 reasoning) · 1 words · checks 5/5

  • json_valid
  • json_keys
  • regex
  • regex
  • regex
{"name":"get_weather","arguments":{"city":"Lisbon","unit":"f"}}

Judge: Output exactly matches the required format with correct tool name, city, and unit parameters, and no extra keys or text.

Kimi K2.7 Code

moonshotai/kimi-k2.7-code

10/10
top judge scorecheapest scoring 8+
Latency
894ms
Cost
$0.00031
Per 1,000
$0.31

107 in · 67 out (42 reasoning) · 7 words · checks 5/5

  • json_valid
  • json_keys
  • regex
  • regex
  • regex
{"name": "get_weather", "arguments": {"city": "Lisbon", "unit": "f"}}

Judge: Output exactly matches the required format with correct tool name, city, and unit parameters, no extra keys or commentary.

Kimi K2.6

moonshotai/kimi-k2.6

10/10
Latency
884ms
Cost
$0.00081
Per 1,000
$0.81

107 in · 177 out (142 reasoning) · 7 words · checks 5/5

  • json_valid
  • json_keys
  • regex
  • regex
  • regex
 {"name": "get_weather", "arguments": {"city": "Lisbon", "unit": "f"}}

Judge: Output exactly matches the required format with correct tool name, city, and unit parameters, and no extra text.

Kimi K2.5

moonshotai/kimi-k2.5

10/10
Latency
686ms
Cost
$0.00041
Per 1,000
$0.41

107 in · 161 out (135 reasoning) · 7 words · checks 5/5

  • json_valid
  • json_keys
  • regex
  • regex
  • regex
{"name": "get_weather", "arguments": {"city": "Lisbon", "unit": "f"}}

Judge: Output exactly matches the required format with correct tool name, city, and unit parameters, no extra keys or commentary.

Frequently asked

What does this prompt test?

Tool call: Exactly {"name":"get_weather","arguments":{"city":"Lisbon","unit":"f"}} with no extra keys or text. The deterministic checks are json_valid, json_keys, regex, regex, regex.

Which model should I pick for this task?

If the judge's bar of 8/10 is good enough for you, Kimi K2.7 Code at $0.31 per 1,000 runs. If you need the top score, Kimi K2.7 Code at $0.31 per 1,000 runs.

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