Model comparison
GPT-5 Pro vs Kimi K2.5
Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 46.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5 Pro scores higher in 2 categories and Kimi K2.5 in 2 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5 Pro leads 38.9 to 31.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is EnigmaEval: 18.8% for GPT-5 Pro and 3.4% for Kimi K2.5.
- Kimi K2.5 is cheaper at $0.45 / $2.25 per million input/output tokens, against $15 / $120 for GPT-5 Pro.
- GPT-5 Pro accepts more context: 400K tokens versus 262K.
- Kimi K2.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| GPT-5 Pro | Kimi K2.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Moonshot AI |
| Noometry Index | 46.4 | 48.1 |
| Released | 2025-10-06 | 2026-01-27 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 400K | 262K |
| Max output | 272K | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $15 | $0.45 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $120 | $2.25 |
| Results tracked | 12 | 51 |
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Category by category
Coding Kimi K2.5 leads
GPT-5 Pro: 44.0 (#80), Kimi K2.5: 48.8 (#53)
| Benchmark | GPT-5 Pro | Kimi K2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 60.4% | 45.6% |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 73.8% |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 70.8% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1437 |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | — | 67.3% |
| SciCode | — | 49% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1474 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 821.65 |
| AlgoTune | 1.31 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
GPT-5 Pro: —, Kimi K2.5: 34.2 (#48)
| Benchmark | GPT-5 Pro | Kimi K2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 43.2% |
| OSWorld | — | 63.3% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 1,198 |
Reasoning GPT-5 Pro leads
GPT-5 Pro: 38.9 (#62), Kimi K2.5: 31.2 (#80)
| Benchmark | GPT-5 Pro | Kimi K2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 18.3% | 11.8% |
| SimpleBench | 61.6% | 46.8% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 76.8% | 78.5% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 70.2% | 65.3% |
| EnigmaEval | 18.8% | 3.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 150.28 | 148.03 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 69.9% |
| CritPt | — | 3.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 12% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 69.4% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1453 |
Math Kimi K2.5 leads
GPT-5 Pro: 48.5 (#63), Kimi K2.5: 51.8 (#53)
| Benchmark | GPT-5 Pro | Kimi K2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 14.6% | 4.2% |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 55.8% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 19.5% | — |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 62.3% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 92.2% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1470 |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 27.9% |
Knowledge GPT-5 Pro leads
GPT-5 Pro: 56.7 (#42), Kimi K2.5: 53.6 (#56)
| Benchmark | GPT-5 Pro | Kimi K2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Humanity's Last Exam | 31.6% | 24.4% |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 87.6% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 34.3% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 14.2% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1466 |
Multimodal Not comparable
GPT-5 Pro: —, Kimi K2.5: 41.1 (#39)
| Benchmark | GPT-5 Pro | Kimi K2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1269 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1430 |
Multilingual Not comparable
GPT-5 Pro: —, Kimi K2.5: 53.9 (#53)
| Benchmark | GPT-5 Pro | Kimi K2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1433 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1495 |
| LMArena French | — | 1454 |
| LMArena German | — | 1441 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1421 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1410 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1435 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1450 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
GPT-5 Pro: —, Kimi K2.5: 75.3 (#64)
| Benchmark | GPT-5 Pro | Kimi K2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1431 |
Long Context Not comparable
GPT-5 Pro: —, Kimi K2.5: 52.1 (#7)
| Benchmark | GPT-5 Pro | Kimi K2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 86.1% |
| CL-bench | — | 19.3% |
| CL-bench Life | — | 13.2% |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1445 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
GPT-5 Pro: —, Kimi K2.5: 65.1 (#53)
| Benchmark | GPT-5 Pro | Kimi K2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1445 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1423 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1579 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1444 |
Frequently asked questions
Is GPT-5 Pro better than Kimi K2.5?
Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 46.4 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, GPT-5 Pro or Kimi K2.5?
Kimi K2.5 is cheaper. It lists at $0.45 per million input tokens and $2.25 per million output tokens; GPT-5 Pro lists at $15 and $120.
Is GPT-5 Pro or Kimi K2.5 better for coding?
Kimi K2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.8 versus 44.0 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
GPT-5 Pro does, with 400K tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do GPT-5 Pro and Kimi K2.5 share?
9 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5 Pro has 12 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.5 has 51.