Model comparison

Kimi K2.5 Instant vs Llama 3.2 90B

Kimi K2.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2.5 Instant Moonshot AI

43.6

Rank #89 Confirmed

Llama 3.2 90B Meta

27.5

Rank #331 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Kimi K2.5 Instant scores higher in 4 categories and Llama 3.2 90B in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Kimi K2.5 Instant leads 39.4 to 11.1.

Side by side

Kimi K2.5 Instant and Llama 3.2 90B specifications
Kimi K2.5 InstantLlama 3.2 90B
ProviderMoonshot AIMeta
Noometry Index43.627.5
Released—2024-09-24
WeightsOpenOpen
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Max output——
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Results tracked189

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 42.6 (#97), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantLlama 3.2 90B
LMArena WebDev1404—
LMArena Coding1484—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Kimi K2.5 Instant: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 30.0 (#80)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantLlama 3.2 90B
BALROG—27.3%

Reasoning Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 29.7 (#90), Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#217)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantLlama 3.2 90B
EnigmaEval—0.4%
LMArena Hard Prompts1443—
Epoch Capabilities Index—125.5

Math Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 39.4 (#105), Llama 3.2 90B: 11.1 (#308)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantLlama 3.2 90B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—2.6%
LMArena Math1442—
MATH Level 5—39.4%

Knowledge Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 40.2 (#123), Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#274)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantLlama 3.2 90B
GPQA Diamond—41%
LMArena Expert1440—
MMLU—80.3%

Multimodal Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 40.2 (#50), Llama 3.2 90B: 25.4 (#124)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantLlama 3.2 90B
LMArena Vision12541000
GeoBench—52%

Multilingual Not comparable

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 52.0 (#94), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantLlama 3.2 90B
LMArena Non-English1406—
LMArena Chinese1449—
LMArena French1403—
LMArena German1413—
LMArena Korean1378—
LMArena Russian1404—
LMArena Spanish1447—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 75.3 (#65), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantLlama 3.2 90B
LMArena Instruction Following1430—

Long Context Not comparable

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 43.9 (#83), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantLlama 3.2 90B
LMArena Longer Query1435—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 60.6 (#95), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantLlama 3.2 90B
LMArena Text1420—
LMArena Creative Writing1381—
LMArena Multi-Turn1427—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2.5 Instant better than Llama 3.2 90B?

Kimi K2.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.5 Instant and Llama 3.2 90B share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Kimi K2.5 Instant has 18 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 90B has 9.

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