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Model comparison

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo vs Molmo 2 8b

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.8 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo Moonshot AI

45.8

Rank #70 Confirmed

Molmo 2 8b Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)

39.1

Rank #174 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo scores higher in 4 categories and Molmo 2 8b in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads 60.0 to 49.4.

Side by side

Kimi K2 Thinking TurboMolmo 2 8b
ProviderMoonshot AIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index45.839.1
Released2025-11-06—
WeightsOpenOpen
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Results tracked215

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 38.4 (#178), Molmo 2 8b: —

BenchmarkKimi K2 Thinking TurboMolmo 2 8b
LMArena WebDev1322—
LMArena Coding1454—

Reasoning Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 32.5 (#75), Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)

BenchmarkKimi K2 Thinking TurboMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Hard Prompts14281287
Chess Puzzles20%—

Math Not comparable

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 47.4 (#68), Molmo 2 8b: —

BenchmarkKimi K2 Thinking TurboMolmo 2 8b
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202583.1%—
LMArena Math1429—

Knowledge Not comparable

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 50.9 (#69), Molmo 2 8b: —

BenchmarkKimi K2 Thinking TurboMolmo 2 8b
GPQA Diamond84.2%—
LMArena Expert1439—

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: —, Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)

BenchmarkKimi K2 Thinking TurboMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Vision—1081

Multilingual Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 51.4 (#109), Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)

BenchmarkKimi K2 Thinking TurboMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Non-English13981276
LMArena Chinese1456—
LMArena French1425—
LMArena German1390—
LMArena Japanese1357—
LMArena Korean1330—
LMArena Russian1391—
LMArena Spanish1406—

Instruction Following Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 74.0 (#109), Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)

BenchmarkKimi K2 Thinking TurboMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Instruction Following14031270

Long Context Not comparable

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 43.2 (#102), Molmo 2 8b: —

BenchmarkKimi K2 Thinking TurboMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Longer Query1415—

Writing & Preference Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 60.0 (#104), Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)

BenchmarkKimi K2 Thinking TurboMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Text14151288
LMArena Creative Writing1374—
LMArena Multi-Turn1414—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo better than Molmo 2 8b?

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.8 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo and Molmo 2 8b share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo has 21 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.

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