Model comparison

Kimi K2.5 vs Olmo 7b Instruct

Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2.5 Moonshot AI

48.1

Rank #57 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.5 scores higher in 6 categories and Olmo 7b Instruct 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 25.8.

Side by side

Kimi K2.5 and Olmo 7b Instruct specifications
Kimi K2.5Olmo 7b Instruct
ProviderMoonshot AIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index48.130.3
Released2026-01-27—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K—
Max output262K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.45—
Output $ / M tokens$2.25—
Results tracked5110

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 48.8 (#53), Olmo 7b Instruct: 29.6 (#303)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Coding14741016
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), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Olmo 7b Instruct
Terminal-Bench43.2%—
OSWorld63.3%—
Vending-Bench 21,198—

Reasoning Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 31.2 (#80), Olmo 7b Instruct: 18.8 (#274)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts1453993
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), Olmo 7b Instruct: 30.2 (#237)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Math14701018
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions62.3%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202592.2%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)27.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Kimi K2.5: 53.6 (#56), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Olmo 7b Instruct
GPQA Diamond87.6%—
Humanity's Last Exam24.4%—
SimpleQA Verified34.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate14.2%—
LMArena Expert1466—

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K2.5: 41.1 (#39), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Vision1269—
LMArena Document1430—

Multilingual Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 53.9 (#53), Olmo 7b Instruct: 24.0 (#291)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Non-English1433977
LMArena Chinese14951014
LMArena Russian1435947
LMArena French1454—
LMArena German1441—
LMArena Japanese1421—
LMArena Korean1410—
LMArena Spanish1450—

Instruction Following Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 75.3 (#64), Olmo 7b Instruct: 49.0 (#301)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following1431978

Long Context Not comparable

Kimi K2.5: 52.1 (#7), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Olmo 7b Instruct
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), Olmo 7b Instruct: 25.8 (#303)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Text14451032
LMArena Creative Writing1423990
LMArena Multi-Turn14441007
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1579—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2.5 better than Olmo 7b Instruct?

Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Kimi K2.5 or Olmo 7b Instruct better for coding?

Kimi K2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.8 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.5 and Olmo 7b Instruct share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.5 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 7b Instruct has 10.

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