Model comparison
Command R vs Kimi K2.5 Instant
Kimi K2.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 31.4 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 writing & preference, where Kimi K2.5 Instant leads 60.6 to 38.2.
Side by side
| Command R | Kimi K2.5 Instant | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Moonshot AI |
| Noometry Index | 31.4 | 43.6 |
| Released | 2024-08-30 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 4K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.15 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.60 | — |
| Results tracked | 29 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Command R: 29.3 (#306), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 42.6 (#97)
| Benchmark | Command R | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1169 | 1484 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1404 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 37.1% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 17.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 45.2% | — |
Reasoning Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Command R: 13.8 (#331), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 29.7 (#90)
| Benchmark | Command R | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1164 | 1443 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 21.9% | — |
| DTBench | 46.4% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 33.3% | — |
| LMCA | 9.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 27.5% | — |
Math Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Command R: 28.0 (#246), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 39.4 (#105)
| Benchmark | Command R | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1155 | 1442 |
| LiveBench Math | 19.4% | — |
Knowledge Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Command R: 31.0 (#221), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 40.2 (#123)
| Benchmark | Command R | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1138 | 1440 |
| MMLU | 65.2% | — |
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: 35.7 (#245), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 52.0 (#94)
| Benchmark | Command R | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1174 | 1406 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1182 | 1449 |
| LMArena French | 1162 | 1403 |
| LMArena German | 1176 | 1413 |
| LMArena Korean | 1163 | 1378 |
| LMArena Russian | 1174 | 1404 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1151 | 1447 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1143 | — |
Instruction Following Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Command R: 58.1 (#261), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 75.3 (#65)
| Benchmark | Command R | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1167 | 1430 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 55.6% | — |
Long Context Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Command R: 36.3 (#231), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 43.9 (#83)
| Benchmark | Command R | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1198 | 1435 |
Writing & Preference Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Command R: 38.2 (#254), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 60.6 (#95)
| Benchmark | Command R | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1187 | 1420 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1170 | 1381 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1163 | 1427 |
| LiveBench Language | 16.7% | — |
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 31.4 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 29.3 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 29 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.5 Instant has 18.