Model comparison
Granite 4.0 Micro vs Kimi K2.5 Instant
Kimi K2.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Kimi K2.5 Instant leads 40.2 to 9.9.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 Micro | Kimi K2.5 Instant | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Moonshot AI |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 43.6 |
| Released | 2025-10-02 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 118K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.017 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.11 | — |
| Results tracked | 8 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Kimi K2.5 Instant: 42.6 (#97)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1404 |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1484 |
Reasoning Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 29.7 (#90)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1443 |
Math Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 39.4 (#105)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.8% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 20.9% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1442 |
Knowledge Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 40.2 (#123)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 28.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 39.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1440 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Kimi K2.5 Instant: 40.2 (#50)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1254 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Kimi K2.5 Instant: 52.0 (#94)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1406 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1449 |
| LMArena French | — | 1403 |
| LMArena German | — | 1413 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1378 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1404 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1447 |
Instruction Following Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 75.3 (#65)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 84.9% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1430 |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Kimi K2.5 Instant: 43.9 (#83)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1435 |
Writing & Preference Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 60.6 (#95)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1420 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1381 |
| WildBench | 67% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1427 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 Micro better than Kimi K2.5 Instant?
Kimi K2.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 Micro and Kimi K2.5 Instant share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 Micro has 8 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.5 Instant has 18.