Model comparison

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) vs Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) scores higher in 7 categories and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads 62.3 to 42.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Omni-MATH: 65.4% for Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) and 16.1% for Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct.

Side by side

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct specifications
Kimi K2 (Jul 2025)Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
ProviderMoonshot AIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index41.232.7
Released2025-07-12—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K—
Max output262K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.57—
Output $ / M tokens$2.30—
Results tracked4216

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 42.4 (#102), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 35.2 (#227)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 (Jul 2025)Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Coding13991210
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), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 (Jul 2025)Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
Terminal-Bench35.7%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard59.1%—
METR Time Horizons59.2%—

Reasoning Too close to call

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 23.3 (#179), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 23.6 (#175)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 (Jul 2025)Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts13841208
SimpleBench26.3%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark64.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index146.01—
ForecastBench60.2—

Math Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 42.7 (#83), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 26.8 (#255)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 (Jul 2025)Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
Omni-MATH65.4%16.1%
LMArena Math13971208
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)21.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)0%—

Knowledge Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 37.3 (#157), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 19.5 (#279)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 (Jul 2025)Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
MMLU-Pro81.9%41.4%
GPQA (HELM)65.3%28.7%
Confabulations20.4%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate17.9%—
LMArena Expert1365—

Multilingual Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 49.6 (#130), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 34.8 (#248)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 (Jul 2025)Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Non-English13721160
LMArena Chinese14151192
LMArena Russian13851187
LMArena French1379—
LMArena German1387—
LMArena Japanese1349—
LMArena Korean1325—
LMArena Spanish1386—

Instruction Following Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 71.1 (#156), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 61.5 (#244)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 (Jul 2025)Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
IFEval85%78%
LMArena Instruction Following13481186

Long Context Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 41.2 (#145), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 36.2 (#234)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 (Jul 2025)Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query13531194
Fiction.LiveBench66.7%—
CL-bench17.6%—

Writing & Preference Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 62.3 (#78), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 42.1 (#236)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 (Jul 2025)Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Text13801218
LMArena Creative Writing13501199
WildBench86.2%73.4%
LMArena Multi-Turn13711221
Short-Story Creative Writing85.6%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1666—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) better than Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct?

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) or Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct better for coding?

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.4 versus 35.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) has 42 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has 16.

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