Model comparison
Kimi K2.5 vs Qwen Turbo
Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.8 to 26.8 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Turbo costs 10× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Kimi K2.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.5 scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen Turbo in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Kimi K2.5 leads 50.3 to 14.5.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 92.2% for Kimi K2.5 and 6.1% for Qwen Turbo.
- Qwen Turbo is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.45 / $2.25 for Kimi K2.5.
- Qwen Turbo accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.
- Kimi K2.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Kimi K2.5 | Qwen Turbo | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Moonshot AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 47.8 | 26.8 |
| Released | 2026-01-27 | 2024-11-01 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 262K | 1M |
| Max output | 262K | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.45 | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.25 | $0.20 |
| Results tracked | 51 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Kimi K2.5: 48.7 (#48), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 73.8% | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 70.8% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1436 | — |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | 67.3% | — |
| SciCode | 49% | — |
| WeirdML | 45.6% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1474 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 821.65 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Kimi K2.5: 34.0 (#44), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 43.2% | — |
| OSWorld | 63.3% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 1,198 | — |
Reasoning Not comparable
Kimi K2.5: 31.2 (#74), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| 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% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 3.4% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 69.4% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1454 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 148.05 | — |
Math Kimi K2.5 leads
Kimi K2.5: 50.3 (#46), Qwen Turbo: 14.5 (#291)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 92.2% | 6.1% |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 62.3% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1470 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 56.2% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 27.9% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 4.2% | — |
Knowledge Kimi K2.5 leads
Kimi K2.5: 53.6 (#52), Qwen Turbo: 22.2 (#267)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 87.6% | 41.8% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 24.4% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 34.3% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 14.2% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1466 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Kimi K2.5: 40.4 (#37), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1269 | — |
| LMArena Document | 1430 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Kimi K2.5: 54.1 (#50), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1433 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1495 | — |
| LMArena French | 1454 | — |
| LMArena German | 1441 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1422 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1412 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1436 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1450 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Kimi K2.5: 75.5 (#60), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1431 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Kimi K2.5: 52.1 (#7), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 86.1% | — |
| CL-bench | 19.3% | — |
| CL-bench Life | 13.2% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1445 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Kimi K2.5: 65.3 (#51), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Qwen Turbo?
Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.8 to 26.8 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Turbo costs 10× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Kimi K2.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Kimi K2.5 or Qwen Turbo?
Qwen Turbo is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens; Kimi K2.5 lists at $0.45 and $2.25.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen Turbo does, with 1M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.5 and Qwen Turbo share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.5 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Turbo has 3.