Model comparison

GPT-4.5 vs Kimi K2.5

Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 37.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 28 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.5 OpenAI

37.2

Rank #208 Confirmed

Kimi K2.5 Moonshot AI

48.1

Rank #57 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 28 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.5 scores higher in 0 categories and Kimi K2.5 in 10 categories; 10 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Kimi K2.5 leads 53.6 to 32.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-1: 10.3% for GPT-4.5 and 65.3% for Kimi K2.5.
  • Kimi K2.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-4.5 and Kimi K2.5 specifications
GPT-4.5Kimi K2.5
ProviderOpenAIMoonshot AI
Noometry Index37.248.1
Released2025-02-272026-01-27
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—262K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.45
Output $ / M tokens—$2.25
Results tracked4251

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 42.2 (#109), Kimi K2.5: 48.8 (#53)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Kimi K2.5
WeirdML39.4%45.6%
LMArena Coding13961474
SWE-bench Verified—73.8%
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—70.8%
Aider Polyglot44.9%—
LMArena WebDev—1437
SWE-bench Multilingual—67.3%
SciCode—49%
LiveBench Coding75.2%—
ALE-Bench—821.65

Agentic & Tool Use Kimi K2.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 27.9 (#97), Kimi K2.5: 34.2 (#48)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Kimi K2.5
Terminal-Bench—43.2%
Cybench17.5%—
OSWorld—63.3%
Vending-Bench 2—1,198

Reasoning Kimi K2.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 13.9 (#330), Kimi K2.5: 31.2 (#80)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Kimi K2.5
ARC-AGI-20.8%11.8%
SimpleBench34.5%46.8%
ARC-AGI-110.3%65.3%
EnigmaEval3.2%3.4%
LMArena Hard Prompts14031453
Epoch Capabilities Index136.74148.03
Kagi LLM Benchmark—78.5%
NYT Connections (extended)—69.9%
CritPt—3.1%
Chess Puzzles—12%
Thematic Generalization—69.4%
LiveBench Reasoning71.1%—
LiveBench Data Analysis64.3%—
ForecastBench61.7—
LiveBench69%—

Math Kimi K2.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 32.6 (#211), Kimi K2.5: 51.8 (#53)

Knowledge Kimi K2.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 32.5 (#211), Kimi K2.5: 53.6 (#56)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Kimi K2.5
GPQA Diamond68.7%87.6%
Humanity's Last Exam5.4%24.4%
LMArena Expert13941466
SimpleQA Verified—34.3%
Confabulations13.6%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—14.2%

Multimodal Kimi K2.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 37.6 (#71), Kimi K2.5: 41.1 (#39)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Kimi K2.5
LMArena Vision11951269
VPCT45%—
LMArena Document—1430

Multilingual Kimi K2.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 52.5 (#83), Kimi K2.5: 53.9 (#53)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Kimi K2.5
LMArena Non-English14131433
LMArena Chinese14211495
LMArena French14181454
LMArena German14571441
LMArena Japanese14161421
LMArena Korean13921410
LMArena Russian14191435
LMArena Spanish—1450

Instruction Following Kimi K2.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 72.6 (#134), Kimi K2.5: 75.3 (#64)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Kimi K2.5
LMArena Instruction Following14041431
LiveBench Instruction Following72.3%—

Long Context Kimi K2.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 40.4 (#155), Kimi K2.5: 52.1 (#7)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Kimi K2.5
Fiction.LiveBench63.9%86.1%
LMArena Longer Query14061445
CL-bench—19.3%
CL-bench Life—13.2%

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 56.9 (#134), Kimi K2.5: 65.1 (#53)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Kimi K2.5
LMArena Text14171445
LMArena Creative Writing13941423
EQ-Bench Creative Writing12581579
LMArena Multi-Turn14441444
Short-Story Creative Writing75.6%—
LiveBench Language61.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4.5 better than Kimi K2.5?

Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 37.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-4.5 or Kimi K2.5 better for coding?

Kimi K2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.8 versus 42.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4.5 and Kimi K2.5 share?

28 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.5 has 42 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.5 has 51.

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