Model comparison

Kimi K2.5 vs Wizardlm 70b

Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2.5 Moonshot AI

48.1

Rank #57 Confirmed

Wizardlm 70b Microsoft

33.0

Rank #249 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.5 scores higher in 7 categories and Wizardlm 70b 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 34.8.

Side by side

Kimi K2.5 and Wizardlm 70b specifications
Kimi K2.5Wizardlm 70b
ProviderMoonshot AIMicrosoft
Noometry Index48.133.0
Released2026-01-27—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K—
Max output262K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.45—
Output $ / M tokens$2.25—
Results tracked5112

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 48.8 (#53), Wizardlm 70b: 31.4 (#285)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Wizardlm 70b
LMArena Coding14741081
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), Wizardlm 70b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Wizardlm 70b
Terminal-Bench43.2%—
OSWorld63.3%—
Vending-Bench 21,198—

Reasoning Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 31.2 (#80), Wizardlm 70b: 20.7 (#234)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Wizardlm 70b
LMArena Hard Prompts14531079
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), Wizardlm 70b: 32.2 (#218)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Wizardlm 70b
LMArena Math14701116
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions62.3%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202592.2%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)27.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Kimi K2.5: 53.6 (#56), Wizardlm 70b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Wizardlm 70b
GPQA Diamond87.6%—
Humanity's Last Exam24.4%—
SimpleQA Verified34.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate14.2%—
LMArena Expert1466—

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K2.5: 41.1 (#39), Wizardlm 70b: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Wizardlm 70b
LMArena Vision1269—
LMArena Document1430—

Multilingual Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 53.9 (#53), Wizardlm 70b: 29.6 (#265)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Wizardlm 70b
LMArena Non-English14331078
LMArena Chinese14951052
LMArena German14411083
LMArena Russian14351155
LMArena French1454—
LMArena Japanese1421—
LMArena Korean1410—
LMArena Spanish1450—

Instruction Following Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 75.3 (#64), Wizardlm 70b: 56.3 (#273)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Wizardlm 70b
LMArena Instruction Following14311093

Long Context Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 52.1 (#7), Wizardlm 70b: 33.3 (#263)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Wizardlm 70b
LMArena Longer Query14451097
Fiction.LiveBench86.1%—
CL-bench19.3%—
CL-bench Life13.2%—

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 65.1 (#53), Wizardlm 70b: 34.8 (#269)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Wizardlm 70b
LMArena Text14451120
LMArena Creative Writing14231149
LMArena Multi-Turn14441108
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1579—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2.5 better than Wizardlm 70b?

Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is Kimi K2.5 or Wizardlm 70b better for coding?

Kimi K2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.8 versus 31.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.5 and Wizardlm 70b share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.5 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Wizardlm 70b has 12.

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