Model comparison

Kimi K2.5 vs Qwen-14B

Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2.5 Moonshot AI

48.1

Rank #57 Confirmed

Qwen-14B Alibaba (Qwen)

31.4

Rank #275 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.5 scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen-14B in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Kimi K2.5 leads 65.1 to 27.6.

Side by side

Kimi K2.5 and Qwen-14B specifications
Kimi K2.5Qwen-14B
ProviderMoonshot AIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index48.131.4
Released2026-01-272023-09-24
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K—
Max output262K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.45—
Output $ / M tokens$2.25—
Results tracked5118

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 48.8 (#53), Qwen-14B: 31.2 (#288)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Qwen-14B
LMArena Coding14741071
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), Qwen-14B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Qwen-14B
Terminal-Bench43.2%—
OSWorld63.3%—
Vending-Bench 21,198—

Reasoning Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 31.2 (#80), Qwen-14B: 19.6 (#257)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Qwen-14B
LMArena Hard Prompts14531027
Epoch Capabilities Index148.03113.03
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%—
BIG-Bench Hard—55%
LAMBADA—71.1%
PIQA—79.9%

Math Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 51.8 (#53), Qwen-14B: 31.2 (#227)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Qwen-14B
LMArena Math14701068
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions62.3%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202592.2%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)27.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—
GSM8K—61.3%

Knowledge Not comparable

Kimi K2.5: 53.6 (#56), Qwen-14B: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Qwen-14B
GPQA Diamond87.6%—
Humanity's Last Exam24.4%—
SimpleQA Verified34.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate14.2%—
LMArena Expert1466—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—84.4%
BoolQ—86.2%
MMLU—66.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K2.5: 41.1 (#39), Qwen-14B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Qwen-14B
LMArena Vision1269—
LMArena Document1430—

Multilingual Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 53.9 (#53), Qwen-14B: 27.5 (#275)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Qwen-14B
LMArena Non-English14331041
LMArena Chinese14951077
LMArena French1454—
LMArena German1441—
LMArena Japanese1421—
LMArena Korean1410—
LMArena Russian1435—
LMArena Spanish1450—

Instruction Following Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 75.3 (#64), Qwen-14B: 52.4 (#289)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Qwen-14B
LMArena Instruction Following14311031

Long Context Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 52.1 (#7), Qwen-14B: 31.3 (#280)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Qwen-14B
LMArena Longer Query14451028
Fiction.LiveBench86.1%—
CL-bench19.3%—
CL-bench Life13.2%—

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 65.1 (#53), Qwen-14B: 27.6 (#299)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Qwen-14B
LMArena Text14451051
LMArena Creative Writing14231028
LMArena Multi-Turn14441022
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1579—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2.5 better than Qwen-14B?

Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Kimi K2.5 or Qwen-14B better for coding?

Kimi K2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.8 versus 31.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.5 and Qwen-14B share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.5 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Qwen-14B has 18.

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