Model comparison
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo vs Qwen2.5-Max
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.8 to 40.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen2.5-Max in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads 50.9 to 35.3.
- Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Qwen2.5-Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Moonshot AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 45.8 | 40.7 |
| Released | 2025-11-06 | 2025-01-25 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 21 | 27 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen2.5-Max leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 38.4 (#178), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.8 (#117)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1454 | 1359 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1322 | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 64.4% |
Reasoning Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 32.5 (#75), Qwen2.5-Max: 25.6 (#147)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1428 | 1360 |
| Chess Puzzles | 20% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 51.4% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 67.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 132.53 |
| LiveBench | — | 62.3% |
Math Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 47.4 (#68), Qwen2.5-Max: 36.9 (#162)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1429 | 1369 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 83.1% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 58.4% |
Knowledge Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 50.9 (#69), Qwen2.5-Max: 35.3 (#186)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1439 | 1337 |
| GPQA Diamond | 84.2% | — |
| Confabulations | — | 21.8% |
Multilingual Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 51.4 (#109), Qwen2.5-Max: 48.1 (#146)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1398 | 1352 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1456 | 1382 |
| LMArena French | 1425 | 1396 |
| LMArena German | 1390 | 1350 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1357 | 1300 |
| LMArena Korean | 1330 | 1304 |
| LMArena Russian | 1391 | 1353 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1406 | 1377 |
Instruction Following Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 74.0 (#109), Qwen2.5-Max: 71.3 (#152)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1403 | 1335 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 75.3% |
Long Context Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 43.2 (#102), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.4 (#142)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1415 | 1358 |
Writing & Preference Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 60.0 (#104), Qwen2.5-Max: 55.4 (#146)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1415 | 1367 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1374 | 1339 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1414 | 1364 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 72.9% |
| LiveBench Language | — | 56.3% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo better than Qwen2.5-Max?
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.8 to 40.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo or Qwen2.5-Max better for coding?
Qwen2.5-Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 38.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo and Qwen2.5-Max share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Max has 27.