Model comparison
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo vs Yi-1.5-34B
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.4 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo scores higher in 8 categories and Yi-1.5-34B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads 50.9 to 14.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 84.2% for Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo and 32% for Yi-1.5-34B.
Side by side
| Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Yi-1.5-34B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Moonshot AI | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 45.4 | 30.2 |
| Released | 2025-11-06 | 2024-05-13 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 21 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 38.1 (#166), Yi-1.5-34B: 31.9 (#267)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1454 | 1169 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1322 | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 33.9% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 43.8% |
Reasoning Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 31.4 (#72), Yi-1.5-34B: 21.5 (#195)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1428 | 1160 |
| Chess Puzzles | 20% | — |
Math Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 45.5 (#62), Yi-1.5-34B: 25.3 (#248)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1429 | 1182 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 83.1% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 25.5% |
Knowledge Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 50.9 (#64), Yi-1.5-34B: 14.8 (#290)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 84.2% | 32% |
| LMArena Expert | 1439 | 1144 |
Multilingual Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 51.6 (#104), Yi-1.5-34B: 32.5 (#251)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1398 | 1121 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1457 | 1213 |
| LMArena French | 1425 | 1155 |
| LMArena German | 1390 | 1111 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1356 | 1021 |
| LMArena Korean | 1329 | 1005 |
| LMArena Russian | 1390 | 1091 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1407 | 1120 |
Instruction Following Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 74.2 (#103), Yi-1.5-34B: 59.4 (#252)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1403 | 1139 |
Long Context Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 43.2 (#99), Yi-1.5-34B: 34.6 (#243)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1415 | 1144 |
Writing & Preference Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 60.2 (#99), Yi-1.5-34B: 37.6 (#252)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1415 | 1173 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1373 | 1135 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1414 | 1153 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo better than Yi-1.5-34B?
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.4 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo or Yi-1.5-34B better for coding?
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.1 versus 31.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo and Yi-1.5-34B share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo has 21 scored results on Noometry and Yi-1.5-34B has 21.