Model comparison
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo vs Pixtral Large
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.8 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads 60.0 to 32.9.
Side by side
| Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Pixtral Large | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Moonshot AI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 45.8 | 32.2 |
| Released | 2025-11-06 | 2024-11-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $6 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 38.4 (#178), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1322 | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1454 | — |
Reasoning Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 32.5 (#75), Pixtral Large: 21.7 (#218)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 20% | — |
| EnigmaEval | — | 0.8% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1428 | — |
Math Not comparable
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 47.4 (#68), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 83.1% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1429 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 50.9 (#69), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 84.2% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1439 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: —, Pixtral Large: 30.6 (#111)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1089 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 51.4 (#109), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| 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), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1403 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 43.2 (#102), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1415 | — |
Writing & Preference Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 60.0 (#104), Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#278)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1415 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1374 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 988 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1414 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo better than Pixtral Large?
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.8 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo and Pixtral Large share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo has 21 scored results on Noometry and Pixtral Large has 3.