Model comparison
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo vs Mistral
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.8 to 29.9 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 8 categories and Mistral 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 16.6.
- Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Mistral | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Moonshot AI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 45.8 | 29.9 |
| Released | 2025-11-06 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 21 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 38.4 (#178), Mistral: 33.8 (#250)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1454 | 1162 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1322 | — |
Reasoning Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 32.5 (#75), Mistral: 22.2 (#200)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1428 | 1149 |
| Chess Puzzles | 20% | — |
Math Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 47.4 (#68), Mistral: 22.3 (#278)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1429 | 1180 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 83.1% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 7.2% |
Knowledge Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 50.9 (#69), Mistral: 16.6 (#288)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1439 | 1125 |
| GPQA Diamond | 84.2% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 27.7% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 30.3% |
Multilingual Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 51.4 (#109), Mistral: 32.8 (#254)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1398 | 1129 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1456 | 1109 |
| LMArena French | 1425 | 1180 |
| LMArena German | 1390 | 1155 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1357 | 1013 |
| LMArena Korean | 1330 | 1032 |
| LMArena Russian | 1391 | 1168 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1406 | 1143 |
Instruction Following Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 74.0 (#109), Mistral: 52.6 (#288)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1403 | 1152 |
| IFEval | — | 56.8% |
Long Context Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 43.2 (#102), Mistral: 35.0 (#245)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1415 | 1153 |
Writing & Preference Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 60.0 (#104), Mistral: 37.0 (#260)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1415 | 1165 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1374 | 1158 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1414 | 1147 |
| WildBench | — | 66% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo better than Mistral?
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.8 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo or Mistral better for coding?
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.4 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo and Mistral share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo has 21 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.