Model comparison
Kimi K2.5 vs Llama 3.2 90B
Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 5 shared benchmarks.
MetaSummary
- They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.5 scores higher in 5 categories and Llama 3.2 90B in 0 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Kimi K2.5 leads 51.8 to 11.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 92.2% for Kimi K2.5 and 2.6% for Llama 3.2 90B.
Side by side
| Kimi K2.5 | Llama 3.2 90B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Moonshot AI | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 48.1 | 27.5 |
| Released | 2026-01-27 | 2024-09-24 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 262K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.45 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.25 | — |
| Results tracked | 51 | 9 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Kimi K2.5: 48.8 (#53), Llama 3.2 90B: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 73.8% | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 70.8% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1437 | — |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | 67.3% | — |
| SciCode | 49% | — |
| WeirdML | 45.6% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1474 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 821.65 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Kimi K2.5 leads
Kimi K2.5: 34.2 (#48), Llama 3.2 90B: 30.0 (#80)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 43.2% | — |
| OSWorld | 63.3% | — |
| BALROG | — | 27.3% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 1,198 | — |
Reasoning Kimi K2.5 leads
Kimi K2.5: 31.2 (#80), Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#217)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| EnigmaEval | 3.4% | 0.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 148.03 | 125.5 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 11.8% | — |
| SimpleBench | 46.8% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 78.5% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 69.9% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 65.3% | — |
| CritPt | 3.1% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 12% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 69.4% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1453 | — |
Math Kimi K2.5 leads
Kimi K2.5: 51.8 (#53), Llama 3.2 90B: 11.1 (#308)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 92.2% | 2.6% |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 62.3% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1470 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 39.4% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 27.9% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 4.2% | — |
Knowledge Kimi K2.5 leads
Kimi K2.5: 53.6 (#56), Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#274)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 87.6% | 41% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 24.4% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 34.3% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 14.2% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1466 | — |
| MMLU | — | 80.3% |
Multimodal Kimi K2.5 leads
Kimi K2.5: 41.1 (#39), Llama 3.2 90B: 25.4 (#124)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1269 | 1000 |
| GeoBench | — | 52% |
| LMArena Document | 1430 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Kimi K2.5: 53.9 (#53), Llama 3.2 90B: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1433 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1495 | — |
| LMArena French | 1454 | — |
| LMArena German | 1441 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1421 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1410 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1435 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1450 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Kimi K2.5: 75.3 (#64), Llama 3.2 90B: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1431 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Kimi K2.5: 52.1 (#7), Llama 3.2 90B: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 86.1% | — |
| CL-bench | 19.3% | — |
| CL-bench Life | 13.2% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1445 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Kimi K2.5: 65.1 (#53), Llama 3.2 90B: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1445 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1423 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1579 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1444 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Kimi K2.5 better than Llama 3.2 90B?
Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.5 and Llama 3.2 90B share?
5 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.5 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 90B has 9.