Model comparison

Kimi K2.5 vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024

Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2.5 Moonshot AI

48.1

Rank #57 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.5 scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Kimi K2.5 leads 65.1 to 29.6.

Side by side

Kimi K2.5 and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 specifications
Kimi K2.5Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
ProviderMoonshot AIMicrosoft
Noometry Index48.131.3
Released2026-01-27—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K—
Max output262K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.45—
Output $ / M tokens$2.25—
Results tracked5115

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 48.8 (#53), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.8 (#279)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Coding14741093
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), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
Terminal-Bench43.2%—
OSWorld63.3%—
Vending-Bench 21,198—

Reasoning Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 31.2 (#80), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 20.8 (#231)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Hard Prompts14531087
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), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 33.0 (#208)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Math14701152
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), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 28.6 (#244)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Expert14661051
GPQA Diamond87.6%—
Humanity's Last Exam24.4%—
SimpleQA Verified34.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate14.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K2.5: 41.1 (#39), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Vision1269—
LMArena Document1430—

Multilingual Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 53.9 (#53), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 25.9 (#282)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Non-English14331013
LMArena Chinese14951033
LMArena German14411031
LMArena Japanese1421954
LMArena Korean1410880
LMArena Russian14351019
LMArena French1454—
LMArena Spanish1450—

Instruction Following Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 75.3 (#64), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 54.1 (#282)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Instruction Following14311058

Long Context Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 52.1 (#7), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.7 (#277)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Longer Query14451042
Fiction.LiveBench86.1%—
CL-bench19.3%—
CL-bench Life13.2%—

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 65.1 (#53), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 29.6 (#294)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Text14451080
LMArena Creative Writing14231045
LMArena Multi-Turn14441049
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1579—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2.5 better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024?

Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Kimi K2.5 or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 better for coding?

Kimi K2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.8 versus 31.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.5 and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.5 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has 15.

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