Model comparison

Kimi K2.5 vs Solar Pro4

Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index. Solar Pro4 costs 1.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Kimi K2.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2.5 Moonshot AI

48.1

Rank #57 Confirmed

Solar Pro4 Upstage

42.1

Rank #121 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.5 scores higher in 8 categories and Solar Pro4 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Kimi K2.5 leads 53.6 to 39.8.
  • Solar Pro4 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.45 / $2.25 for Kimi K2.5.
  • Solar Pro4 accepts more context: 524K tokens versus 262K.
  • Kimi K2.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Kimi K2.5 and Solar Pro4 specifications
Kimi K2.5Solar Pro4
ProviderMoonshot AIUpstage
Noometry Index48.142.1
Released2026-01-272026-08-06
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window262K524K
Max output262K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.45$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$2.25$1.20
Results tracked5118

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 48.8 (#53), Solar Pro4: 40.1 (#149)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Solar Pro4
LMArena WebDev14371371
LMArena Coding14741437
SWE-bench Verified73.8%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)70.8%—
SWE-bench Multilingual67.3%—
SciCode49%—
WeirdML45.6%—
ALE-Bench821.65—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Kimi K2.5: 34.2 (#48), Solar Pro4: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Solar Pro4
Terminal-Bench43.2%—
OSWorld63.3%—
Vending-Bench 21,198—

Reasoning Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 31.2 (#80), Solar Pro4: 28.5 (#104)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Solar Pro4
LMArena Hard Prompts14531399
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), Solar Pro4: 38.8 (#128)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Solar Pro4
LMArena Math14701416
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), Solar Pro4: 39.8 (#129)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Solar Pro4
LMArena Expert14661427
GPQA Diamond87.6%—
Humanity's Last Exam24.4%—
SimpleQA Verified34.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate14.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K2.5: 41.1 (#39), Solar Pro4: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Solar Pro4
LMArena Vision1269—
LMArena Document1430—

Multilingual Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 53.9 (#53), Solar Pro4: 48.7 (#139)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Solar Pro4
LMArena Non-English14331361
LMArena Chinese14951415
LMArena French14541397
LMArena German14411364
LMArena Japanese14211309
LMArena Korean14101382
LMArena Russian14351360
LMArena Spanish14501401

Instruction Following Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 75.3 (#64), Solar Pro4: 72.7 (#132)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Solar Pro4
LMArena Instruction Following14311377

Long Context Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 52.1 (#7), Solar Pro4: 42.1 (#130)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Solar Pro4
LMArena Longer Query14451381
Fiction.LiveBench86.1%—
CL-bench19.3%—
CL-bench Life13.2%—

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 65.1 (#53), Solar Pro4: 56.5 (#138)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Solar Pro4
LMArena Text14451386
LMArena Creative Writing14231316
LMArena Multi-Turn14441385
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1579—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2.5 better than Solar Pro4?

Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index. Solar Pro4 costs 1.7× 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 Solar Pro4?

Solar Pro4 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Kimi K2.5 lists at $0.45 and $2.25.

Is Kimi K2.5 or Solar Pro4 better for coding?

Kimi K2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.8 versus 40.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Solar Pro4 does, with 524K tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.5 and Solar Pro4 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.5 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Solar Pro4 has 18.

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