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Model comparison

Kimi K2.5 Instant vs MiniMax-M2.5

Kimi K2.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 38.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2.5 Instant Moonshot AI

43.6

Rank #89 Confirmed

MiniMax-M2.5 MiniMax

38.3

Rank #188 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.5 Instant scores higher in 7 categories and MiniMax-M2.5 in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Kimi K2.5 Instant leads 39.4 to 26.9.

Side by side

Kimi K2.5 InstantMiniMax-M2.5
ProviderMoonshot AIMiniMax
Noometry Index43.638.3
Released—2026-02-12
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—205K
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.30
Output $ / M tokens—$1.20
Results tracked1833

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Category by category

Coding MiniMax-M2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 42.6 (#97), MiniMax-M2.5: 48.1 (#58)

BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena WebDev14041387
LMArena Coding14841381
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—75.8%
SWE-bench Multilingual—68.3%
ALE-Bench—618.17

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Kimi K2.5 Instant: —, MiniMax-M2.5: 30.4 (#77)

BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantMiniMax-M2.5
Terminal-Bench—42.7%
Vending-Bench 2—-23.16

Reasoning Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 29.7 (#90), MiniMax-M2.5: 17.5 (#292)

BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Hard Prompts14431372
ARC-AGI-2—4.9%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—55.2%
NYT Connections (extended)—16.8%
ARC-AGI-1—63.7%
Epoch Capabilities Index—146.68

Math Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 39.4 (#105), MiniMax-M2.5: 26.9 (#253)

BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Math14421378
ProofBench—4%

Knowledge Too close to call

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 40.2 (#123), MiniMax-M2.5: 39.2 (#135)

BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Expert14401379
Vectara Hallucination Rate—9.1%

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 40.2 (#50), MiniMax-M2.5: —

BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Vision1254—

Multilingual Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 52.0 (#94), MiniMax-M2.5: 47.1 (#152)

BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Non-English14061338
LMArena Chinese14491393
LMArena French14031362
LMArena German14131362
LMArena Korean13781232
LMArena Russian14041358
LMArena Spanish14471354
LMArena Japanese—1171

Instruction Following Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 75.3 (#65), MiniMax-M2.5: 71.5 (#148)

BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Instruction Following14301353

Long Context Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 43.9 (#83), MiniMax-M2.5: 37.5 (#216)

BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Longer Query14351366
CL-bench—11.4%
CL-bench Life—6.3%

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 60.6 (#95), MiniMax-M2.5: 53.9 (#153)

BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Text14201359
LMArena Creative Writing13811331
LMArena Multi-Turn14271364
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1361

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2.5 Instant better than MiniMax-M2.5?

Kimi K2.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 38.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Kimi K2.5 Instant or MiniMax-M2.5 better for coding?

MiniMax-M2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.1 versus 42.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.5 Instant and MiniMax-M2.5 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.5 Instant has 18 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.5 has 33.

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