Model comparison

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo vs Laguna M.1

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.8 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo Moonshot AI

45.8

Rank #70 Confirmed

Laguna M.1 Poolside

32.5

Rank #256 Reported

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo scores higher in 3 categories and Laguna M.1 in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads 47.4 to 21.1.

Side by side

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo and Laguna M.1 specifications
Kimi K2 Thinking TurboLaguna M.1
ProviderMoonshot AIPoolside
Noometry Index45.832.5
Released2025-11-062026-04-28
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—33K
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked213

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 38.4 (#178), Laguna M.1: 36.6 (#204)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 Thinking TurboLaguna M.1
LMArena WebDev13221349
LMArena Coding1454—

Reasoning Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 32.5 (#75), Laguna M.1: 23.1 (#184)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 Thinking TurboLaguna M.1
Chess Puzzles20%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1428—
Surface Evolver Bench—15.6%

Math Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 47.4 (#68), Laguna M.1: 21.1 (#283)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 Thinking TurboLaguna M.1
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202583.1%—
ProofBench—0%
LMArena Math1429—

Knowledge Not comparable

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 50.9 (#69), Laguna M.1: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 Thinking TurboLaguna M.1
GPQA Diamond84.2%—
LMArena Expert1439—

Multilingual Not comparable

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 51.4 (#109), Laguna M.1: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 Thinking TurboLaguna M.1
LMArena Non-English1398—
LMArena Chinese1456—
LMArena French1425—
LMArena German1390—
LMArena Japanese1357—
LMArena Korean1330—
LMArena Russian1391—
LMArena Spanish1406—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 74.0 (#109), Laguna M.1: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 Thinking TurboLaguna M.1
LMArena Instruction Following1403—

Long Context Not comparable

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 43.2 (#102), Laguna M.1: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 Thinking TurboLaguna M.1
LMArena Longer Query1415—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 60.0 (#104), Laguna M.1: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 Thinking TurboLaguna M.1
LMArena Text1415—
LMArena Creative Writing1374—
LMArena Multi-Turn1414—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo better than Laguna M.1?

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.8 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo or Laguna M.1 better for coding?

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.4 versus 36.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo and Laguna M.1 share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo has 21 scored results on Noometry and Laguna M.1 has 3.

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