Model comparison

Kimi K2.5 vs Trinity Large Thinking

Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index. Trinity Large Thinking costs 2.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Kimi K2.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 23 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2.5 Moonshot AI

48.1

Rank #57 Confirmed

Trinity Large Thinking Arcee AI

38.6

Rank #185 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 23 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.5 scores higher in 8 categories and Trinity Large Thinking in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where Kimi K2.5 leads 48.8 to 34.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 69.9% for Kimi K2.5 and 16.5% for Trinity Large Thinking.
  • Trinity Large Thinking is cheaper at $0.25 / $0.80 per million input/output tokens, against $0.45 / $2.25 for Kimi K2.5.

Side by side

Kimi K2.5 and Trinity Large Thinking specifications
Kimi K2.5Trinity Large Thinking
ProviderMoonshot AIArcee AI
Noometry Index48.138.6
Released2026-01-272026-04-01
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K262K
Max output262K80K
Input $ / M tokens$0.45$0.25
Output $ / M tokens$2.25$0.80
Results tracked5124

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 48.8 (#53), Trinity Large Thinking: 34.1 (#244)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Trinity Large Thinking
LMArena WebDev14371238
SciCode49%36.1%
LMArena Coding14741381
SWE-bench Verified73.8%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)70.8%—
SWE-bench Multilingual67.3%—
WeirdML45.6%—
ALE-Bench821.65—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

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

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

Reasoning Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 31.2 (#80), Trinity Large Thinking: 16.9 (#298)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Trinity Large Thinking
NYT Connections (extended)69.9%16.5%
CritPt3.1%0.9%
Thematic Generalization69.4%41.6%
LMArena Hard Prompts14531350
ARC-AGI-211.8%—
SimpleBench46.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark78.5%—
ARC-AGI-165.3%—
Chess Puzzles12%—
EnigmaEval3.4%—
Surface Evolver Bench—15.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index148.03—

Math Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 51.8 (#53), Trinity Large Thinking: 37.6 (#149)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Trinity Large Thinking
LMArena Math14701366
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), Trinity Large Thinking: 40.9 (#113)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Trinity Large Thinking
Vectara Hallucination Rate14.2%6.9%
LMArena Expert14661360
GPQA Diamond87.6%—
Humanity's Last Exam24.4%—
SimpleQA Verified34.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K2.5: 41.1 (#39), Trinity Large Thinking: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Trinity Large Thinking
LMArena Vision1269—
LMArena Document1430—

Multilingual Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 53.9 (#53), Trinity Large Thinking: 46.2 (#160)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Trinity Large Thinking
LMArena Non-English14331325
LMArena Chinese14951373
LMArena French14541374
LMArena German14411356
LMArena Japanese14211311
LMArena Korean14101306
LMArena Russian14351337
LMArena Spanish14501357

Instruction Following Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 75.3 (#64), Trinity Large Thinking: 70.5 (#162)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Trinity Large Thinking
LMArena Instruction Following14311334

Long Context Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 52.1 (#7), Trinity Large Thinking: 41.3 (#144)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Trinity Large Thinking
LMArena Longer Query14451355
Fiction.LiveBench86.1%—
CL-bench19.3%—
CL-bench Life13.2%—

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 65.1 (#53), Trinity Large Thinking: 53.8 (#158)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Trinity Large Thinking
LMArena Text14451340
LMArena Creative Writing14231320
LMArena Multi-Turn14441342
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1579—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2.5 better than Trinity Large Thinking?

Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index. Trinity Large Thinking costs 2.3× 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 Trinity Large Thinking?

Trinity Large Thinking is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $0.80 per million output tokens; Kimi K2.5 lists at $0.45 and $2.25.

Is Kimi K2.5 or Trinity Large Thinking better for coding?

Kimi K2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.8 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 262K tokens.

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

23 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.5 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Trinity Large Thinking has 24.

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