Model comparison
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo vs Phi-4 Mini
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.8 to 30.9 on the Noometry Index.
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MicrosoftSummary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads 50.9 to 25.3.
Side by side
| Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Phi-4 Mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Moonshot AI | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 45.8 | 30.9 |
| Released | 2025-11-06 | 2024-12-11 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.075 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 38.4 (#178), Phi-4 Mini: 28.1 (#317)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1322 | — |
| SciCode | — | 10.8% |
| LMArena Coding | 1454 | — |
Reasoning Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 32.5 (#75), Phi-4 Mini: 22.4 (#195)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | 20% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1428 | — |
Math Not comparable
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 47.4 (#68), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 83.1% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1429 | — |
Knowledge Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 50.9 (#69), Phi-4 Mini: 25.3 (#262)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 84.2% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 23.5% |
| LMArena Expert | 1439 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 51.4 (#109), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1398 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1456 | — |
| LMArena French | 1425 | — |
| LMArena German | 1390 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1357 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1330 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1391 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1406 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 74.0 (#109), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1403 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 43.2 (#102), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1415 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 60.0 (#104), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1415 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1374 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1414 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo better than Phi-4 Mini?
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.8 to 30.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo or Phi-4 Mini better for coding?
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.4 versus 28.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo and Phi-4 Mini share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo has 21 scored results on Noometry and Phi-4 Mini has 3.