Model comparison
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo vs Llama 2-13B
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.4 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 2-13B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads 60.2 to 30.0.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 20% for Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo and 0% for Llama 2-13B.
Side by side
| Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Llama 2-13B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Moonshot AI | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 45.4 | 29.1 |
| Released | 2025-11-06 | 2023-07-18 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 21 | 32 |
Sponsored placements are available on pages like this one. Advertise on Noometry
Category by category
Coding Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 38.1 (#166), Llama 2-13B: 30.4 (#287)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Llama 2-13B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1454 | 1062 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1322 | — |
Reasoning Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 31.4 (#72), Llama 2-13B: 12.3 (#333)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Llama 2-13B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 20% | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1428 | 1051 |
| DTBench | — | 42.2% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 58.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 105.8 |
| HellaSwag | — | 80.7% |
| LAMBADA | — | 76.5% |
| PIQA | — | 80.8% |
| WinoGrande | — | 72.8% |
Math Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 45.5 (#62), Llama 2-13B: 28.7 (#226)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Llama 2-13B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1429 | 1065 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 83.1% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 36.9% |
Knowledge Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 50.9 (#64), Llama 2-13B: 27.5 (#244)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Llama 2-13B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1439 | 1030 |
| GPQA Diamond | 84.2% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 60.3% |
| BoolQ | — | 82.4% |
| MMLU | — | 55.6% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 57% |
| TriviaQA | — | 79.6% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: —, Llama 2-13B: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Llama 2-13B |
|---|---|---|
| ScienceQA | — | 55.8% |
Multilingual Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 51.6 (#104), Llama 2-13B: 26.7 (#274)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Llama 2-13B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1398 | 1024 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1457 | 1001 |
| LMArena French | 1425 | 1043 |
| LMArena German | 1390 | 1009 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1356 | 894 |
| LMArena Korean | 1329 | 953 |
| LMArena Russian | 1390 | 1055 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1407 | 1086 |
Instruction Following Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 74.2 (#103), Llama 2-13B: 53.5 (#282)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Llama 2-13B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1403 | 1046 |
Long Context Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 43.2 (#99), Llama 2-13B: 32.3 (#264)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Llama 2-13B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1415 | 1064 |
Writing & Preference Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 60.2 (#99), Llama 2-13B: 30.0 (#284)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Llama 2-13B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1415 | 1085 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1373 | 1047 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1414 | 1050 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo better than Llama 2-13B?
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.4 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo or Llama 2-13B better for coding?
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.1 versus 30.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo and Llama 2-13B share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo has 21 scored results on Noometry and Llama 2-13B has 32.