Model comparison

Kimi K2.5 vs Llama 13b

Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2.5 Moonshot AI

48.1

Rank #57 Confirmed

Llama 13b Meta

24.4

Rank #348 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.5 scores higher in 6 categories and Llama 13b in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Kimi K2.5 leads 65.1 to 13.8.

Side by side

Kimi K2.5 and Llama 13b specifications
Kimi K2.5Llama 13b
ProviderMoonshot AIMeta
Noometry Index48.124.4
Released2026-01-272023-02-24
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K—
Max output262K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.45—
Output $ / M tokens$2.25—
Results tracked5121

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 48.8 (#53), Llama 13b: 21.4 (#337)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Llama 13b
LMArena Coding1474683
SWE-bench Verified73.8%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)70.8%—
LMArena WebDev1437—
SWE-bench Multilingual67.3%—
SciCode49%—
WeirdML45.6%—
ALE-Bench821.65—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Kimi K2.5: 34.2 (#48), Llama 13b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Llama 13b
Terminal-Bench43.2%—
OSWorld63.3%—
Vending-Bench 21,198—

Reasoning Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 31.2 (#80), Llama 13b: 14.0 (#329)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Llama 13b
LMArena Hard Prompts1453728
Epoch Capabilities Index148.03100.58
ARC-AGI-211.8%—
SimpleBench46.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark78.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)69.9%—
ARC-AGI-165.3%—
CritPt3.1%—
Chess Puzzles12%—
EnigmaEval3.4%—
Thematic Generalization69.4%—
BIG-Bench Hard—37.9%
HellaSwag—79.2%
LAMBADA—75.2%
PIQA—80.1%
WinoGrande—73%

Math Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 51.8 (#53), Llama 13b: 26.7 (#256)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Llama 13b
LMArena Math1470838
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions62.3%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202592.2%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)27.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—
GSM8K—20.6%

Knowledge Not comparable

Kimi K2.5: 53.6 (#56), Llama 13b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Llama 13b
GPQA Diamond87.6%—
Humanity's Last Exam24.4%—
SimpleQA Verified34.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate14.2%—
LMArena Expert1466—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—52.7%
BoolQ—78.7%
MMLU—47.7%
OpenBookQA—56.4%
TriviaQA—77.9%

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K2.5: 41.1 (#39), Llama 13b: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Llama 13b
LMArena Vision1269—
LMArena Document1430—
ScienceQA—43.3%

Multilingual Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 53.9 (#53), Llama 13b: 16.6 (#297)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Llama 13b
LMArena Non-English1433819
LMArena Chinese1495—
LMArena French1454—
LMArena German1441—
LMArena Japanese1421—
LMArena Korean1410—
LMArena Russian1435—
LMArena Spanish1450—

Instruction Following Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 75.3 (#64), Llama 13b: 36.7 (#305)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Llama 13b
LMArena Instruction Following1431781

Long Context Not comparable

Kimi K2.5: 52.1 (#7), Llama 13b: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Llama 13b
Fiction.LiveBench86.1%—
CL-bench19.3%—
CL-bench Life13.2%—
LMArena Longer Query1445—

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 65.1 (#53), Llama 13b: 13.8 (#312)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Llama 13b
LMArena Text1445834
LMArena Creative Writing1423794
LMArena Multi-Turn1444753
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1579—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2.5 better than Llama 13b?

Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Kimi K2.5 or Llama 13b better for coding?

Kimi K2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.8 versus 21.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.5 and Llama 13b share?

9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.5 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Llama 13b has 21.

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