Model comparison

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) vs Llama 2-13B

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) Moonshot AI

41.2

Rank #140 Confirmed

Llama 2-13B Meta

29.6

Rank #309 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 2-13B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads 62.3 to 29.8.

Side by side

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) and Llama 2-13B specifications
Kimi K2 (Jul 2025)Llama 2-13B
ProviderMoonshot AIMeta
Noometry Index41.229.6
Released2025-07-122023-07-18
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K—
Max output262K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.57—
Output $ / M tokens$2.30—
Results tracked4232

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 42.4 (#102), Llama 2-13B: 30.9 (#291)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 (Jul 2025)Llama 2-13B
LMArena Coding13991062
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)63.4%—
Aider Polyglot59.1%—
GSO4.9%—
WeirdML42.8%—
ALE-Bench597.5—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 32.4 (#64), Llama 2-13B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 (Jul 2025)Llama 2-13B
Terminal-Bench35.7%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard59.1%—
METR Time Horizons59.2%—

Reasoning Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 23.3 (#179), Llama 2-13B: 12.8 (#337)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 (Jul 2025)Llama 2-13B
LMArena Hard Prompts13841051
Epoch Capabilities Index146.01106.17
SimpleBench26.3%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark64.4%—
Chess Puzzles—0%
DTBench—42.2%
BIG-Bench Hard—58.2%
ForecastBench60.2—
HellaSwag—80.7%
LAMBADA—76.5%
PIQA—80.8%
WinoGrande—72.8%

Math Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 42.7 (#83), Llama 2-13B: 31.1 (#229)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 (Jul 2025)Llama 2-13B
LMArena Math13971065
Omni-MATH65.4%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)21.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)0%—
GSM8K—36.9%

Knowledge Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 37.3 (#157), Llama 2-13B: 28.1 (#249)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 (Jul 2025)Llama 2-13B
LMArena Expert13651030
MMLU-Pro81.9%—
Confabulations20.4%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate17.9%—
GPQA (HELM)65.3%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—60.3%
BoolQ—82.4%
MMLU—55.6%
OpenBookQA—57%
TriviaQA—79.6%

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): —, Llama 2-13B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 (Jul 2025)Llama 2-13B
ScienceQA—55.8%

Multilingual Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 49.6 (#130), Llama 2-13B: 26.5 (#279)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 (Jul 2025)Llama 2-13B
LMArena Non-English13721024
LMArena Chinese14151001
LMArena French13791044
LMArena German13871009
LMArena Japanese1349894
LMArena Korean1325953
LMArena Russian13851055
LMArena Spanish13861087

Instruction Following Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 71.1 (#156), Llama 2-13B: 53.3 (#287)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 (Jul 2025)Llama 2-13B
LMArena Instruction Following13481045
IFEval85%—

Long Context Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 41.2 (#145), Llama 2-13B: 32.3 (#269)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 (Jul 2025)Llama 2-13B
LMArena Longer Query13531064
Fiction.LiveBench66.7%—
CL-bench17.6%—

Writing & Preference Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 62.3 (#78), Llama 2-13B: 29.8 (#289)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 (Jul 2025)Llama 2-13B
LMArena Text13801084
LMArena Creative Writing13501047
LMArena Multi-Turn13711050
Short-Story Creative Writing85.6%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1666—
WildBench86.2%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) better than Llama 2-13B?

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) or Llama 2-13B better for coding?

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.4 versus 30.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) and Llama 2-13B share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) has 42 scored results on Noometry and Llama 2-13B has 32.

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