Model comparison
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo vs Magistral Small
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.8 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo scores higher in 3 categories and Magistral Small in 1 category; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads 32.5 to 6.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 83.1% for Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo and 30% for Magistral Small.
Side by side
| Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Magistral Small | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Moonshot AI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 45.8 | 30.2 |
| Released | 2025-11-06 | 2025-06-10 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 40K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 38.4 (#178), Magistral Small: 38.4 (#176)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1322 | — |
| SciCode | — | 35.2% |
| LMArena Coding | 1454 | — |
Reasoning Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 32.5 (#75), Magistral Small: 6.8 (#350)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 20% | 3% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 6.3% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 5% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1428 | — |
| DTBench | — | 61.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 133.19 |
Math Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 47.4 (#68), Magistral Small: 26.2 (#261)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 83.1% | 30% |
| LMArena Math | 1429 | — |
Knowledge Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 50.9 (#69), Magistral Small: 30.9 (#223)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 84.2% | 56.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1439 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 51.4 (#109), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1398 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1456 | — |
| LMArena French | 1425 | — |
| LMArena German | 1390 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1357 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1330 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1391 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1406 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 74.0 (#109), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1403 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 43.2 (#102), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1415 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 60.0 (#104), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1415 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1374 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1414 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo better than Magistral Small?
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.8 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo or Magistral Small better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (38.4 vs 38.4); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo and Magistral Small share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo has 21 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Small has 10.