Model comparison
Deepseek Coder v2 vs Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.8 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
DeepSeekSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Deepseek Coder v2 scores higher in 0 categories and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads 60.0 to 38.2.
Side by side
| Deepseek Coder v2 | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | Moonshot AI |
| Noometry Index | 35.9 | 45.8 |
| Released | 2024-06-17 | 2025-11-06 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 24 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Deepseek Coder v2: 38.1 (#183), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 38.4 (#178)
| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1251 | 1454 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1322 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 48.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 59.7% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 82.3% | — |
| MBPP+ | 75.1% | — |
Reasoning Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Deepseek Coder v2: 23.6 (#176), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 32.5 (#75)
| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1207 | 1428 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 20% |
| WinoGrande | 83.7% | — |
Math Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Deepseek Coder v2: 34.9 (#190), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 47.4 (#68)
| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1241 | 1429 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 83.1% |
| GSM8K | 94.5% | — |
Knowledge Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Deepseek Coder v2: 32.3 (#212), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 50.9 (#69)
| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1181 | 1439 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 84.2% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 64.3% | — |
Multilingual Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Deepseek Coder v2: 36.3 (#240), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 51.4 (#109)
| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1182 | 1398 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1201 | 1456 |
| LMArena French | 1185 | 1425 |
| LMArena German | 1164 | 1390 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1126 | 1357 |
| LMArena Korean | 1104 | 1330 |
| LMArena Russian | 1188 | 1391 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1153 | 1406 |
Instruction Following Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Deepseek Coder v2: 61.7 (#242), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 74.0 (#109)
| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1180 | 1403 |
Long Context Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Deepseek Coder v2: 37.0 (#224), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 43.2 (#102)
| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1219 | 1415 |
Writing & Preference Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Deepseek Coder v2: 38.2 (#253), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 60.0 (#104)
| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1191 | 1415 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1120 | 1374 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1177 | 1414 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Deepseek Coder v2 better than Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo?
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.8 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Deepseek Coder v2 or Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (38.1 vs 38.4); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Deepseek Coder v2 and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Deepseek Coder v2 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo has 21.