Model comparison

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo vs Solar Pro4

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.8 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo Moonshot AI

45.8

Rank #70 Confirmed

Solar Pro4 Upstage

42.1

Rank #121 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo scores higher in 7 categories and Solar Pro4 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 39.8.
  • Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo and Solar Pro4 specifications
Kimi K2 Thinking TurboSolar Pro4
ProviderMoonshot AIUpstage
Noometry Index45.842.1
Released2025-11-062026-08-06
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—524K
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.30
Output $ / M tokens—$1.20
Results tracked2118

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Category by category

Coding Solar Pro4 leads

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 38.4 (#178), Solar Pro4: 40.1 (#149)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 Thinking TurboSolar Pro4
LMArena WebDev13221371
LMArena Coding14541437

Reasoning Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 32.5 (#75), Solar Pro4: 28.5 (#104)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 Thinking TurboSolar Pro4
LMArena Hard Prompts14281399
Chess Puzzles20%—

Math Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 47.4 (#68), Solar Pro4: 38.8 (#128)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 Thinking TurboSolar Pro4
LMArena Math14291416
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202583.1%—

Knowledge Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 50.9 (#69), Solar Pro4: 39.8 (#129)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 Thinking TurboSolar Pro4
LMArena Expert14391427
GPQA Diamond84.2%—

Multilingual Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 51.4 (#109), Solar Pro4: 48.7 (#139)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 Thinking TurboSolar Pro4
LMArena Non-English13981361
LMArena Chinese14561415
LMArena French14251397
LMArena German13901364
LMArena Japanese13571309
LMArena Korean13301382
LMArena Russian13911360
LMArena Spanish14061401

Instruction Following Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 74.0 (#109), Solar Pro4: 72.7 (#132)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 Thinking TurboSolar Pro4
LMArena Instruction Following14031377

Long Context Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 43.2 (#102), Solar Pro4: 42.1 (#130)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 Thinking TurboSolar Pro4
LMArena Longer Query14151381

Writing & Preference Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 60.0 (#104), Solar Pro4: 56.5 (#138)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 Thinking TurboSolar Pro4
LMArena Text14151386
LMArena Creative Writing13741316
LMArena Multi-Turn14141385

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo better than Solar Pro4?

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.8 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo or Solar Pro4 better for coding?

Solar Pro4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.1 versus 38.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo and Solar Pro4 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo has 21 scored results on Noometry and Solar Pro4 has 18.

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