Model comparison

GPT-4o vs Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.4 to 28.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4o OpenAI

28.5

Rank #316 Confirmed

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo Moonshot AI

45.4

Rank #63 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4o scores higher in 0 categories and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads 45.5 to 10.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 6.4% for GPT-4o and 83.1% for Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo.
  • Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-4o and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo specifications
GPT-4oKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
ProviderOpenAIMoonshot AI
Noometry Index28.545.4
Released2024-05-132025-11-06
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window128K—
Max output16K—
Input $ / M tokens$2.50—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked7221

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

GPT-4o: 25.1 (#323), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 38.1 (#166)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Coding12971454
SWE-bench Verified31%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)21.6%—
Aider Polyglot45.3%—
LMArena WebDev—1322
GSO0%—
WeirdML25.1%—
BigCodeBench Instruct51.1%—
LiveBench Coding51.4%—
BigCodeBench Complete61.1%—
CadEval26%—
HumanEval+87.2%—
MBPP+72.2%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4o: 20.8 (#133), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
GDPval9.9%—
TheAgentCompany8.6%—
Cybench12.5%—
BALROG32.3%—
LMArena Search1006—
METR Time Horizons40.8%—

Reasoning Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

GPT-4o: 9.4 (#338), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 31.4 (#72)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
Chess Puzzles13%20%
LMArena Hard Prompts12811428
ARC-AGI-20%—
SimpleBench17.8%—
ARC-AGI-14.5%—
CritPt0%—
EnigmaEval0.8%—
LiveBench Reasoning55.8%—
DTBench64.5%—
LiveBench Data Analysis60.9%—
LMCA16.6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index128.97—
ForecastBench57.7—
LiveBench55.3%—

Math Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

GPT-4o: 10.2 (#303), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 45.5 (#62)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20256.4%83.1%
LMArena Math12851429
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)0.4%—
Omni-MATH29.3%—
LiveBench Math49.5%—
MATH Level 553.3%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)0.3%—

Knowledge Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

GPT-4o: 28.8 (#235), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 50.9 (#64)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
GPQA Diamond49.2%84.2%
LMArena Expert12501439
Humanity's Last Exam2.7%—
SimpleQA Verified26%—
MMLU-Pro71.3%—
Confabulations15.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.6%—
GPQA (HELM)52%—
MMLU88.1%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4o: 33.9 (#85), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Vision1137—
Video-MME71.9%—
GeoBench71%—
VPCT40%—
ScienceQA88.5%—

Multilingual Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

GPT-4o: 43.4 (#181), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 51.6 (#104)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Non-English12831398
LMArena Chinese12771457
LMArena French13031425
LMArena German12821390
LMArena Japanese12571356
LMArena Korean12341329
LMArena Russian12861390
LMArena Spanish12921407

Instruction Following Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

GPT-4o: 66.8 (#202), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 74.2 (#103)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Instruction Following12781403
LiveBench Instruction Following68.6%—
IFEval81.7%—

Long Context Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

GPT-4o: 39.4 (#174), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 43.2 (#99)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Longer Query12891415
Fiction.LiveBench66.7%—

Writing & Preference Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

GPT-4o: 52.8 (#160), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 60.2 (#99)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Text13001415
LMArena Creative Writing12911373
LMArena Multi-Turn13021414
Short-Story Creative Writing81.8%—
WildBench82.8%—
LiveBench Language47.6%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4o better than Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo?

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.4 to 28.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-4o or Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo better for coding?

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.1 versus 25.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4o and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4o has 72 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo has 21.

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