Model comparison
Command R+ vs Kimi K2.5 Instant
Kimi K2.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
CohereSummary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ 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 reasoning, where Kimi K2.5 Instant leads 29.7 to 9.2.
Side by side
| Command R+ | Kimi K2.5 Instant | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Moonshot AI |
| Noometry Index | 32.4 | 43.6 |
| Released | 2024-08-30 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 4K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | — |
| Results tracked | 34 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Command R+: 29.1 (#309), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 42.6 (#97)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1187 | 1484 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1404 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 33.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 19.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 41.9% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 56.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 63.5% | — |
Reasoning Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Command R+: 9.2 (#344), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 29.7 (#90)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1186 | 1443 |
| SimpleBench | 17.4% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 24.8% | — |
| DTBench | 54.9% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 38.1% | — |
| LMCA | 5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.34 | — |
| LiveBench | 31.8% | — |
Math Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Command R+: 28.9 (#242), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 39.4 (#105)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1188 | 1442 |
| LiveBench Math | 21.3% | — |
Knowledge Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Command R+: 36.4 (#169), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 40.2 (#123)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1174 | 1440 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.9% | — |
| MMLU | 69.4% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Command R+: —, Kimi K2.5 Instant: 40.2 (#50)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1254 |
Multilingual Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Command R+: 38.6 (#227), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 52.0 (#94)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1406 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1226 | 1449 |
| LMArena French | 1209 | 1403 |
| LMArena German | 1216 | 1413 |
| LMArena Korean | 1138 | 1378 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1404 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1189 | 1447 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1166 | — |
Instruction Following Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Command R+: 60.0 (#254), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 75.3 (#65)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1197 | 1430 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 57.6% | — |
Long Context Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Command R+: 37.3 (#219), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 43.9 (#83)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1230 | 1435 |
Writing & Preference Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Command R+: 43.5 (#228), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 60.6 (#95)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1420 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1235 | 1381 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1213 | 1427 |
| LiveBench Language | 29.7% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command R+ better than Kimi K2.5 Instant?
Kimi K2.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Command R+ or Kimi K2.5 Instant better for coding?
Kimi K2.5 Instant scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.6 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Command R+ and Kimi K2.5 Instant share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.5 Instant has 18.