Model comparison
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo vs Magistral Medium
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.8 to 35.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo scores higher in 7 categories and Magistral Medium in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads 32.5 to 8.6.
Side by side
| Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Magistral Medium | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Moonshot AI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 45.8 | 35.2 |
| Released | 2025-11-06 | 2025-03-17 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $5 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 38.4 (#178), Magistral Medium: 39.1 (#161)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1454 | 1319 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1322 | — |
| SciCode | — | 39.2% |
Reasoning Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 32.5 (#75), Magistral Medium: 8.6 (#348)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1428 | 1267 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 16.2% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 6.1% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | 20% | — |
Math Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 47.4 (#68), Magistral Medium: 35.1 (#189)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1429 | 1250 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 83.1% | — |
Knowledge Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 50.9 (#69), Magistral Medium: 33.5 (#202)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1439 | 1223 |
| GPQA Diamond | 84.2% | — |
Multilingual Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 51.4 (#109), Magistral Medium: 39.6 (#224)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1398 | 1232 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1456 | 1227 |
| LMArena French | 1425 | 1267 |
| LMArena German | 1390 | 1248 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1357 | 1175 |
| LMArena Korean | 1330 | 1125 |
| LMArena Russian | 1391 | 1224 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1406 | 1271 |
Instruction Following Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 74.0 (#109), Magistral Medium: 66.0 (#211)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1403 | 1254 |
Long Context Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 43.2 (#102), Magistral Medium: 39.3 (#183)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1415 | 1295 |
Writing & Preference Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 60.0 (#104), Magistral Medium: 46.3 (#219)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1415 | 1255 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1374 | 1245 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1414 | 1275 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo better than Magistral Medium?
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.8 to 35.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo or Magistral Medium better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (38.4 vs 39.1); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo and Magistral Medium share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo has 21 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Medium has 22.