Model comparison

Kimi K2.5 vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct

Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2.5 Moonshot AI

48.1

Rank #57 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.5 scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Kimi K2.5 leads 53.6 to 34.1.

Side by side

Kimi K2.5 and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct specifications
Kimi K2.5Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
ProviderMoonshot AINVIDIA
Noometry Index48.137.6
Released2026-01-272024-12-18
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K—
Max output262K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.45—
Output $ / M tokens$2.25—
Results tracked5114

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 48.8 (#53), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 35.9 (#216)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Coding14741272
SWE-bench Verified73.8%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)70.8%—
LMArena WebDev1437—
SWE-bench Multilingual67.3%—
SciCode49%—
WeirdML45.6%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—38.7%
BigCodeBench Complete—48.2%
ALE-Bench821.65—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Kimi K2.5: 34.2 (#48), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
Terminal-Bench43.2%—
OSWorld63.3%—
Vending-Bench 21,198—

Reasoning Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 31.2 (#80), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 25.0 (#152)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14531266
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%—
Epoch Capabilities Index148.03—

Math Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 51.8 (#53), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 35.5 (#182)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Math14701271
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions62.3%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202592.2%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)27.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 53.6 (#56), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 34.1 (#199)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Expert14661242
GPQA Diamond87.6%—
Humanity's Last Exam24.4%—
SimpleQA Verified34.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate14.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K2.5: 41.1 (#39), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Vision1269—
LMArena Document1430—

Multilingual Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 53.9 (#53), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 40.5 (#217)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Non-English14331245
LMArena Chinese14951263
LMArena Russian14351227
LMArena French1454—
LMArena German1441—
LMArena Japanese1421—
LMArena Korean1410—
LMArena Spanish1450—

Instruction Following Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 75.3 (#64), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 65.9 (#213)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14311252

Long Context Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 52.1 (#7), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#215)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14451238
Fiction.LiveBench86.1%—
CL-bench19.3%—
CL-bench Life13.2%—

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 65.1 (#53), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 48.4 (#203)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Text14451283
LMArena Creative Writing14231269
LMArena Multi-Turn14441275
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1579—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2.5 better than Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct?

Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is Kimi K2.5 or Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct better for coding?

Kimi K2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.8 versus 35.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.5 and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.5 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct has 14.

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