Model comparison

Kimi K2.5 vs Pixtral Large

Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2.5 Moonshot AI

48.1

Rank #57 Confirmed

Pixtral Large Mistral AI

32.2

Rank #259 Reported

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.5 scores higher in 3 categories and Pixtral Large in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Kimi K2.5 leads 65.1 to 32.9.
  • Kimi K2.5 is cheaper at $0.45 / $2.25 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Pixtral Large.
  • Kimi K2.5 accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.

Side by side

Kimi K2.5 and Pixtral Large specifications
Kimi K2.5Pixtral Large
ProviderMoonshot AIMistral AI
Noometry Index48.132.2
Released2026-01-272024-11-01
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K128K
Max output262K128K
Input $ / M tokens$0.45$2
Output $ / M tokens$2.25$6
Results tracked513

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Kimi K2.5: 48.8 (#53), Pixtral Large: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Pixtral Large
SWE-bench Verified73.8%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)70.8%—
LMArena WebDev1437—
SWE-bench Multilingual67.3%—
SciCode49%—
WeirdML45.6%—
LMArena Coding1474—
ALE-Bench821.65—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Kimi K2.5: 34.2 (#48), Pixtral Large: —

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

Reasoning Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 31.2 (#80), Pixtral Large: 21.7 (#218)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Pixtral Large
EnigmaEval3.4%0.8%
ARC-AGI-211.8%—
SimpleBench46.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark78.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)69.9%—
ARC-AGI-165.3%—
CritPt3.1%—
Chess Puzzles12%—
Thematic Generalization69.4%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1453—
Epoch Capabilities Index148.03—

Math Not comparable

Kimi K2.5: 51.8 (#53), Pixtral Large: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Pixtral Large
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions62.3%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202592.2%—
LMArena Math1470—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)27.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Kimi K2.5: 53.6 (#56), Pixtral Large: —

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

Multimodal Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 41.1 (#39), Pixtral Large: 30.6 (#111)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Pixtral Large
LMArena Vision12691089
LMArena Document1430—

Multilingual Not comparable

Kimi K2.5: 53.9 (#53), Pixtral Large: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Pixtral Large
LMArena Non-English1433—
LMArena Chinese1495—
LMArena French1454—
LMArena German1441—
LMArena Japanese1421—
LMArena Korean1410—
LMArena Russian1435—
LMArena Spanish1450—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Kimi K2.5: 75.3 (#64), Pixtral Large: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Pixtral Large
LMArena Instruction Following1431—

Long Context Not comparable

Kimi K2.5: 52.1 (#7), Pixtral Large: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Pixtral Large
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), Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#278)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Pixtral Large
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1579988
LMArena Text1445—
LMArena Creative Writing1423—
LMArena Multi-Turn1444—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2.5 better than Pixtral Large?

Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Kimi K2.5 or Pixtral Large?

Kimi K2.5 is cheaper. It lists at $0.45 per million input tokens and $2.25 per million output tokens; Pixtral Large lists at $2 and $6.

Which has the bigger context window?

Kimi K2.5 does, with 262K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.5 and Pixtral Large share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.5 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Pixtral Large has 3.

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