Model comparison

GPT-5.5 Pro vs Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo

GPT-5.5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 64.3 to 45.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.5 Pro OpenAI

64.3

Rank #8 Confirmed

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo Moonshot AI

45.8

Rank #70 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.5 Pro scores higher in 3 categories and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.5 Pro leads 73.3 to 32.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 64% for GPT-5.5 Pro and 20% for Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo.
  • Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.5 Pro and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo specifications
GPT-5.5 ProKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
ProviderOpenAIMoonshot AI
Noometry Index64.345.8
Released2026-04-232025-11-06
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$30—
Output $ / M tokens$180—
Results tracked1421

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 38.4 (#178)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena WebDev—1322
LMArena Coding—1454

Reasoning GPT-5.5 Pro leads

GPT-5.5 Pro: 73.3 (#10), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 32.5 (#75)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
Chess Puzzles64%20%
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
SimpleBench76.9%—
ARC-AGI-196.5%—
CritPt30.6%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1428
DTBench96%—
LMCA53.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index162.07—

Math GPT-5.5 Pro leads

GPT-5.5 Pro: 84.0 (#10), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 47.4 (#68)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%83.1%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)87.7%—
FrontierMath Tier 478%—
LMArena Math—1429
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)52.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)39.6%—

Knowledge GPT-5.5 Pro leads

GPT-5.5 Pro: 64.1 (#19), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 50.9 (#69)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
GPQA Diamond93.9%84.2%
LMArena Expert—1439

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 51.4 (#109)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Non-English—1398
LMArena Chinese—1456
LMArena French—1425
LMArena German—1390
LMArena Japanese—1357
LMArena Korean—1330
LMArena Russian—1391
LMArena Spanish—1406

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 74.0 (#109)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Instruction Following—1403

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 43.2 (#102)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Longer Query—1415

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 60.0 (#104)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProKimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Text—1415
LMArena Creative Writing—1374
LMArena Multi-Turn—1414

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.5 Pro better than Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo?

GPT-5.5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 64.3 to 45.8 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.5 Pro and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.5 Pro has 14 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo has 21.

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