Model comparison
Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) vs Qwen Turbo
Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Turbo costs 11× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Kimi K2 (Jul 2025)'s lead doesn't matter for your workload.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in math, where Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads 42.7 to 15.3.
- Qwen Turbo is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.57 / $2.30 for Kimi K2 (Jul 2025).
- Qwen Turbo accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.
- Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) | Qwen Turbo | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Moonshot AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 41.2 | 27.1 |
| Released | 2025-07-12 | 2024-11-01 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 262K | 1M |
| Max output | 262K | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.57 | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.30 | $0.20 |
| Results tracked | 42 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 42.4 (#102), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 63.4% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | 59.1% | — |
| GSO | 4.9% | — |
| WeirdML | 42.8% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1399 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 597.5 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 32.4 (#64), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 35.7% | — |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 59.1% | — |
| METR Time Horizons | 59.2% | — |
Reasoning Not comparable
Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 23.3 (#179), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleBench | 26.3% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 64.4% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1384 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 146.01 | — |
| ForecastBench | 60.2 | — |
Math Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads
Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 42.7 (#83), Qwen Turbo: 15.3 (#297)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 6.1% |
| Omni-MATH | 65.4% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1397 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 56.2% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 21.4% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 0% | — |
Knowledge Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads
Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 37.3 (#157), Qwen Turbo: 22.2 (#272)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 41.8% |
| MMLU-Pro | 81.9% | — |
| Confabulations | 20.4% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 17.9% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 65.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1365 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 49.6 (#130), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1372 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1415 | — |
| LMArena French | 1379 | — |
| LMArena German | 1387 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1349 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1325 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1385 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1386 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 71.1 (#156), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 85% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1348 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 41.2 (#145), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 66.7% | — |
| CL-bench | 17.6% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1353 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 62.3 (#78), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1380 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1350 | — |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 85.6% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1666 | — |
| WildBench | 86.2% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1371 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) better than Qwen Turbo?
Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Turbo costs 11× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Kimi K2 (Jul 2025)'s lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) or Qwen Turbo?
Qwen Turbo is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens; Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) lists at $0.57 and $2.30.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen Turbo does, with 1M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) and Qwen Turbo share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) has 42 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Turbo has 3.