Model comparison
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo vs Nova Premier 1.0
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.4 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.
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Summary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads 50.9 to 35.4.
- Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Nova Premier 1.0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Moonshot AI | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 45.4 | 37.7 |
| Released | 2025-11-06 | 2025-04-30 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 10K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $2.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $12.50 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 38.1 (#166), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1322 | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1454 | — |
Reasoning Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 31.4 (#72), Nova Premier 1.0: 22.3 (#182)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 44.8% |
| Chess Puzzles | 20% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1428 | — |
Math Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 45.5 (#62), Nova Premier 1.0: 31.5 (#194)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 83.1% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 35% |
| LMArena Math | 1429 | — |
Knowledge Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 50.9 (#64), Nova Premier 1.0: 35.4 (#176)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 84.2% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 72.6% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 51.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1439 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 51.6 (#104), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1398 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1457 | — |
| LMArena French | 1425 | — |
| LMArena German | 1390 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1356 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1329 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1390 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1407 | — |
Instruction Following Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 74.2 (#103), Nova Premier 1.0: 66.9 (#201)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 80.3% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1403 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 43.2 (#99), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1415 | — |
Writing & Preference Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 60.2 (#99), Nova Premier 1.0: 51.0 (#174)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1415 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1373 | — |
| WildBench | — | 78.8% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1414 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo better than Nova Premier 1.0?
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.4 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo and Nova Premier 1.0 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo has 21 scored results on Noometry and Nova Premier 1.0 has 6.