Model comparison
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo vs Ministral 8B
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.8 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo scores higher in 8 categories and Ministral 8B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads 50.9 to 12.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 84.2% for Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo and 27.1% for Ministral 8B.
Side by side
| Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Ministral 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Moonshot AI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 45.8 | 28.2 |
| Released | 2025-11-06 | 2024-10-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.15 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.15 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 38.4 (#178), Ministral 8B: 35.0 (#230)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1454 | 1202 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1322 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: —, Ministral 8B: 16.4 (#148)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 11.1% |
Reasoning Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 32.5 (#75), Ministral 8B: 18.4 (#281)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1428 | 1191 |
| Chess Puzzles | 20% | — |
| DTBench | — | 45.7% |
Math Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 47.4 (#68), Ministral 8B: 25.7 (#267)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1429 | 1188 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 83.1% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 14.9% |
Knowledge Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 50.9 (#69), Ministral 8B: 12.6 (#297)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 84.2% | 27.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1439 | 1170 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 7.4% |
Multilingual Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 51.4 (#109), Ministral 8B: 35.1 (#247)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1398 | 1165 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1456 | 1193 |
| LMArena Russian | 1391 | 1195 |
| LMArena French | 1425 | — |
| LMArena German | 1390 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1357 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1330 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1406 | — |
Instruction Following Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 74.0 (#109), Ministral 8B: 60.5 (#250)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1403 | 1161 |
Long Context Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 43.2 (#102), Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#227)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1415 | 1212 |
Writing & Preference Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 60.0 (#104), Ministral 8B: 39.6 (#246)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1415 | 1191 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1374 | 1175 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1414 | 1166 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo better than Ministral 8B?
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.8 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo or Ministral 8B better for coding?
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.4 versus 35.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo and Ministral 8B share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo has 21 scored results on Noometry and Ministral 8B has 17.