Model comparison
Kimi K2.5 Instant vs Mistral Small 3.2
Kimi K2.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
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- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Kimi K2.5 Instant leads 60.8 to 45.1.
Side by side
| Kimi K2.5 Instant | Mistral Small 3.2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Moonshot AI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 42.9 | 30.8 |
| Released | — | 2025-06-20 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 256K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.0938 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Results tracked | 18 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 42.3 (#95), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1404 | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1483 | — |
Reasoning Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 28.5 (#88), Mistral Small 3.2: 17.5 (#282)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 40.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1443 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 131.73 |
Math Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 36.6 (#105), Mistral Small 3.2: 24.9 (#251)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 30.3% |
| LMArena Math | 1443 | — |
Knowledge Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 39.5 (#121), Mistral Small 3.2: 26.8 (#249)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 49.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1438 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 39.5 (#47), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1254 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 52.2 (#89), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1406 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1450 | — |
| LMArena French | 1403 | — |
| LMArena German | 1413 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1378 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1404 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1448 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 75.5 (#61), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1430 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 43.8 (#82), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1435 | — |
Writing & Preference Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 60.8 (#91), Mistral Small 3.2: 45.1 (#219)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1420 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1379 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1255 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1427 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Kimi K2.5 Instant better than Mistral Small 3.2?
Kimi K2.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.5 Instant and Mistral Small 3.2 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.5 Instant has 18 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.2 has 6.