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Model comparison

Kimi K2.5 Instant vs Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct

Kimi K2.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2.5 Instant Moonshot AI

42.9

Rank #92 Confirmed

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct Alibaba (Qwen)

37.7

Rank #186 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.5 Instant scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where Kimi K2.5 Instant leads 42.3 to 36.2.

Side by side

Kimi K2.5 InstantQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
ProviderMoonshot AIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index42.937.7
Released—2025-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.50
Output $ / M tokens—$7.50
Results tracked1825

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 42.3 (#95), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 36.2 (#199)

BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena WebDev14041275
LMArena Coding14831413
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—55.4%
GSO—4.9%
WeirdML—41.2%
ALE-Bench—461.45
AlgoTune—1.44

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Kimi K2.5 Instant: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 23.7 (#116)

BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
Terminal-Bench—27.2%

Reasoning Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 28.5 (#88), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 24.7 (#141)

BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14431372
Kagi LLM Benchmark—49.5%

Math Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 36.6 (#105), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 34.9 (#151)

BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Math14431364

Knowledge Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 39.5 (#121), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 36.4 (#159)

BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Expert14381337

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 39.5 (#47), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: —

BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Vision1254—

Multilingual Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 52.2 (#89), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 47.8 (#143)

BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Non-English14061345
LMArena Chinese14501356
LMArena French14031394
LMArena German14131324
LMArena Korean13781307
LMArena Russian14041367
LMArena Spanish14481360
LMArena Japanese—1309

Instruction Following Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 75.5 (#61), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 71.8 (#142)

BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14301356

Long Context Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 43.8 (#82), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 42.0 (#126)

BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14351379

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 60.8 (#91), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 55.5 (#142)

BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Text14201356
LMArena Creative Writing13791333
LMArena Multi-Turn14271365

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2.5 Instant better than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?

Kimi K2.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Kimi K2.5 Instant or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct better for coding?

Kimi K2.5 Instant scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.3 versus 36.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.5 Instant and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.5 Instant has 18 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has 25.

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