Model comparison

Kimi K2.5 Instant vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Kimi K2.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 30.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2.5 Instant Moonshot AI

43.6

Rank #89 Confirmed

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct Alibaba (Qwen)

30.1

Rank #297 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where Kimi K2.5 Instant leads 39.4 to 16.2.

Side by side

Kimi K2.5 Instant and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct specifications
Kimi K2.5 InstantQwen2.5 32B Instruct
ProviderMoonshot AIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index43.630.1
Released—2024-09
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—131K
Max output—8K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.70
Output $ / M tokens—$2.80
Results tracked187

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 42.6 (#97), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 38.7 (#169)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantQwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena WebDev1404—
BigCodeBench Instruct—45%
LMArena Coding1484—
BigCodeBench Complete—52.3%

Reasoning Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 29.7 (#90), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 19.2 (#266)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantQwen2.5 32B Instruct
Chess Puzzles—0%
LMArena Hard Prompts1443—
Epoch Capabilities Index—128.52

Math Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 39.4 (#105), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 16.2 (#296)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantQwen2.5 32B Instruct
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—7.4%
LMArena Math1442—
MATH Level 5—56.1%

Knowledge Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 40.2 (#123), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 24.9 (#266)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantQwen2.5 32B Instruct
GPQA Diamond—46.1%
LMArena Expert1440—

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 40.2 (#50), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantQwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Vision1254—

Multilingual Not comparable

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 52.0 (#94), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantQwen2.5 32B Instruct
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), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantQwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following1430—

Long Context Not comparable

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 43.9 (#83), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantQwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Longer Query1435—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 60.6 (#95), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantQwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Text1420—
LMArena Creative Writing1381—
LMArena Multi-Turn1427—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2.5 Instant better than Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?

Kimi K2.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 30.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Kimi K2.5 Instant or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct better for coding?

Kimi K2.5 Instant scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.6 versus 38.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.5 Instant and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.5 Instant has 18 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has 7.

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