Model comparison
Kimi K2.5 Instant vs Qwen3 32B
Kimi K2.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.5 Instant scores higher in 6 categories and Qwen3 32B in 2 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Kimi K2.5 Instant leads 28.5 to 19.6.
Side by side
| Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen3 32B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Moonshot AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 42.9 | 38.8 |
| Released | — | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.70 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.80 |
| Results tracked | 18 | 26 |
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Category by category
Coding Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 42.3 (#95), Qwen3 32B: 37.3 (#184)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1483 | 1358 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 40% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1404 | — |
| SciCode | — | 35.4% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Kimi K2.5 Instant: —, Qwen3 32B: 32.3 (#58)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 48.7% |
Reasoning Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 28.5 (#88), Qwen3 32B: 19.6 (#233)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1443 | 1335 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 54.9% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| DTBench | — | 67.5% |
| LMCA | — | 17.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 138.51 |
Math Qwen3 32B leads
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 36.6 (#105), Qwen3 32B: 37.9 (#89)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1443 | 1399 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 66.9% |
Knowledge Too close to call
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 39.5 (#121), Qwen3 32B: 40.0 (#112)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1438 | 1362 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 65.7% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.9% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 39.5 (#47), Qwen3 32B: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1254 | — |
Multilingual Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 52.2 (#89), Qwen3 32B: 45.8 (#162)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1406 | 1317 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1450 | 1357 |
| LMArena German | 1413 | 1341 |
| LMArena Russian | 1404 | 1311 |
| LMArena French | 1403 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1378 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1448 | — |
Instruction Following Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 75.5 (#61), Qwen3 32B: 69.1 (#174)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1430 | 1305 |
Long Context Too close to call
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 43.8 (#82), Qwen3 32B: 43.7 (#83)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1435 | 1327 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 74.2% |
Writing & Preference Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 60.8 (#91), Qwen3 32B: 53.1 (#158)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1420 | 1340 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1379 | 1297 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1427 | 1331 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Kimi K2.5 Instant better than Qwen3 32B?
Kimi K2.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Kimi K2.5 Instant or Qwen3 32B better for coding?
Kimi K2.5 Instant scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.3 versus 37.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.5 Instant and Qwen3 32B share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.5 Instant has 18 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 32B has 26.