Model comparison
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo vs Qwen1.5-7B
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.8 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen1.5-7B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads 60.0 to 29.6.
Side by side
| Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Qwen1.5-7B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Moonshot AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 45.8 | 31.4 |
| Released | 2025-11-06 | 2024-02-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 21 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 38.4 (#178), Qwen1.5-7B: 32.2 (#276)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1454 | 1107 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1322 | — |
Reasoning Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 32.5 (#75), Qwen1.5-7B: 20.4 (#240)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1428 | 1065 |
| Chess Puzzles | 20% | — |
Math Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 47.4 (#68), Qwen1.5-7B: 31.4 (#224)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1429 | 1080 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 83.1% | — |
Knowledge Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 50.9 (#69), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.7 (#243)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1439 | 1055 |
| GPQA Diamond | 84.2% | — |
| MMLU | — | 62.6% |
Multilingual Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 51.4 (#109), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.5 (#271)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1398 | 1058 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1456 | 1141 |
| LMArena Russian | 1391 | 1006 |
| LMArena French | 1425 | — |
| LMArena German | 1390 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1357 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1330 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1406 | — |
Instruction Following Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 74.0 (#109), Qwen1.5-7B: 54.1 (#281)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1403 | 1058 |
Long Context Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 43.2 (#102), Qwen1.5-7B: 33.1 (#266)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1415 | 1090 |
Writing & Preference Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 60.0 (#104), Qwen1.5-7B: 29.6 (#293)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1415 | 1083 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1374 | 1035 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1414 | 1062 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo better than Qwen1.5-7B?
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.8 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo or Qwen1.5-7B better for coding?
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.4 versus 32.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo and Qwen1.5-7B share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-7B has 13.