Model comparison

Kimi K2.5 Instant vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct

Kimi K2.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2.5 Instant Moonshot AI

43.6

Rank #89 Confirmed

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct Microsoft

29.3

Rank #314 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.5 Instant scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Kimi K2.5 Instant leads 60.6 to 31.1.

Side by side

Kimi K2.5 Instant and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct specifications
Kimi K2.5 InstantPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
ProviderMoonshot AIMicrosoft
Noometry Index43.629.3
Released—2024-04-23
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1832

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 42.6 (#97), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Coding14841101
LMArena WebDev1404—
LiveBench Coding—20.3%

Reasoning Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 29.7 (#90), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14431100
LiveBench Reasoning—15.9%
LiveBench Data Analysis—30.3%
Adversarial NLI—58.1%
BIG-Bench Hard—79.1%
HellaSwag—77%
LiveBench—24%
WinoGrande—81.5%

Math Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 39.4 (#105), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Math14421151
LiveBench Math—17.6%

Knowledge Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 40.2 (#123), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Expert14401067
ARC (AI2) Challenge—90.7%
MMLU—75.7%
OpenBookQA—88%
TriviaQA—58.1%

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 40.2 (#50), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Vision1254—

Multilingual Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 52.0 (#94), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Non-English14061058
LMArena Chinese14491061
LMArena French14031135
LMArena German14131080
LMArena Korean1378894
LMArena Russian14041111
LMArena Spanish14471111
LMArena Japanese—966

Instruction Following Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 75.3 (#65), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14301087
LiveBench Instruction Following—47.2%

Long Context Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 43.9 (#83), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14351088

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 60.6 (#95), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Text14201110
LMArena Creative Writing13811083
LMArena Multi-Turn14271068
LiveBench Language—12.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2.5 Instant better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?

Kimi K2.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Kimi K2.5 Instant or Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better for coding?

Kimi K2.5 Instant scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.6 versus 27.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.5 Instant and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.5 Instant has 18 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.

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