Model comparison
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo vs Mistral Large 3
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.4 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo scores higher in 7 categories and Mistral Large 3 in 1 category; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads 31.4 to 14.6.
Side by side
| Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Mistral Large 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Moonshot AI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 45.4 | 38.6 |
| Released | 2025-11-06 | 2025-12-02 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.75 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 38.1 (#166), Mistral Large 3: 34.1 (#230)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1322 | 1230 |
| LMArena Coding | 1454 | 1447 |
Reasoning Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 31.4 (#72), Mistral Large 3: 14.6 (#314)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1428 | 1429 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 50.9% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 7.5% |
| Chess Puzzles | 20% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 23% |
Math Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 45.5 (#62), Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#131)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1429 | 1415 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 83.1% | — |
Knowledge Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 50.9 (#64), Mistral Large 3: 35.5 (#173)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1439 | 1421 |
| GPQA Diamond | 84.2% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 14.5% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: —, Mistral Large 3: 37.6 (#65)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1222 |
Multilingual Mistral Large 3 leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 51.6 (#104), Mistral Large 3: 52.6 (#79)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1398 | 1412 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1457 | 1448 |
| LMArena French | 1425 | 1456 |
| LMArena German | 1390 | 1438 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1356 | 1399 |
| LMArena Korean | 1329 | 1384 |
| LMArena Russian | 1390 | 1412 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1407 | 1437 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 74.2 (#103), Mistral Large 3: 74.1 (#104)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1403 | 1402 |
Long Context Too close to call
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 43.2 (#99), Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#102)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1415 | 1413 |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 60.2 (#99), Mistral Large 3: 60.2 (#100)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1415 | 1427 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1373 | 1385 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1414 | 1429 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1412 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo better than Mistral Large 3?
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.4 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index.
Is Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo or Mistral Large 3 better for coding?
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.1 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo and Mistral Large 3 share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo has 21 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 3 has 24.