Model comparison
Command A vs Kimi K2.5 Instant
Kimi K2.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
CohereSummary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Command A scores higher in 0 categories and Kimi K2.5 Instant in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Kimi K2.5 Instant leads 42.6 to 27.2.
Side by side
| Command A | Kimi K2.5 Instant | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Moonshot AI |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 43.6 |
| Released | 2025-03-13 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 256K | — |
| Max output | 8K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | — |
| Results tracked | 24 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Command A: 27.2 (#322), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 42.6 (#97)
| Benchmark | Command A | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1330 | 1484 |
| Aider Polyglot | 12% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1404 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Command A: 35.9 (#40), Kimi K2.5 Instant: —
| Benchmark | Command A | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 57.1% | — |
Reasoning Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Command A: 18.3 (#283), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 29.7 (#90)
| Benchmark | Command A | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1326 | 1443 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 28.8% | — |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| LMCA | 10.3% | — |
Math Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Command A: 36.2 (#171), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 39.4 (#105)
| Benchmark | Command A | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1300 | 1442 |
Knowledge Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Command A: 37.1 (#159), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 40.2 (#123)
| Benchmark | Command A | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1295 | 1440 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Command A: —, Kimi K2.5 Instant: 40.2 (#50)
| Benchmark | Command A | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1254 |
Multilingual Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Command A: 45.3 (#170), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 52.0 (#94)
| Benchmark | Command A | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | 1406 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1327 | 1449 |
| LMArena French | 1351 | 1403 |
| LMArena German | 1341 | 1413 |
| LMArena Korean | 1285 | 1378 |
| LMArena Russian | 1314 | 1404 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1347 | 1447 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1285 | — |
Instruction Following Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Command A: 69.1 (#177), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 75.3 (#65)
| Benchmark | Command A | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1309 | 1430 |
Long Context Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Command A: 40.6 (#151), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 43.9 (#83)
| Benchmark | Command A | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1334 | 1435 |
Writing & Preference Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Command A: 47.6 (#208), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 60.6 (#95)
| Benchmark | Command A | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1331 | 1420 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 1381 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1339 | 1427 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1145 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command A better than Kimi K2.5 Instant?
Kimi K2.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Command A or Kimi K2.5 Instant better for coding?
Kimi K2.5 Instant scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.6 versus 27.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Command A and Kimi K2.5 Instant share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.5 Instant has 18.