Model comparison
Kimi K2.5 Instant vs Qwen2.5-Coder-32B
Kimi K2.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.5 Instant scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Kimi K2.5 Instant leads 42.6 to 22.6.
Side by side
| Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Moonshot AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 43.6 | 33.4 |
| Released | — | 2024-09-18 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 33K |
| Max output | — | 29K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.66 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1 |
| Results tracked | 18 | 31 |
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Category by category
Coding Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 42.6 (#97), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 22.6 (#333)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1484 | 1276 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 9% |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 16.4% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1404 | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 49% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 56.9% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 58% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 87.2% |
| MBPP+ | — | 77% |
Reasoning Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 29.7 (#90), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 21.2 (#225)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1443 | 1251 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 42.1% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 49.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 119.49 |
| HellaSwag | — | 83% |
| LiveBench | — | 46.2% |
| WinoGrande | — | 80.8% |
Math Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 39.4 (#105), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 33.3 (#204)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1442 | 1251 |
| LiveBench Math | — | 46.6% |
| GSM8K | — | 93% |
Knowledge Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 40.2 (#123), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 33.4 (#203)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1440 | 1221 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 70.5% |
| MMLU | — | 79.1% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 40.2 (#50), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1254 | — |
Multilingual Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 52.0 (#94), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 37.8 (#235)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1406 | 1205 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1449 | 1222 |
| LMArena Russian | 1404 | 1228 |
| LMArena French | 1403 | — |
| LMArena German | 1413 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1378 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1447 | — |
Instruction Following Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 75.3 (#65), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 61.4 (#245)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1430 | 1223 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 58.7% |
Long Context Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 43.9 (#83), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 38.0 (#208)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1435 | 1251 |
Writing & Preference Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 60.6 (#95), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 41.6 (#240)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1420 | 1230 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1381 | 1174 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1427 | 1222 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 23.3% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Kimi K2.5 Instant better than Qwen2.5-Coder-32B?
Kimi K2.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Kimi K2.5 Instant or Qwen2.5-Coder-32B better for coding?
Kimi K2.5 Instant scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.6 versus 22.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.5 Instant and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.5 Instant has 18 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B has 31.