Model comparison
Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) vs Qwen3-1.7B
Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 26.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen3-1.7B in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads 42.7 to 16.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard: 59.1% for Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) and 28.4% for Qwen3-1.7B.
Side by side
| Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) | Qwen3-1.7B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Moonshot AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 41.2 | 26.6 |
| Released | 2025-07-12 | 2025-04-29 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 262K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.57 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.30 | — |
| Results tracked | 42 | 4 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 42.4 (#102), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads
Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 32.4 (#64), Qwen3-1.7B: 24.7 (#115)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 59.1% | 28.4% |
| Terminal-Bench | 35.7% | — |
| METR Time Horizons | 59.2% | — |
Reasoning Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads
Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 23.3 (#179), Qwen3-1.7B: 19.2 (#267)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleBench | 26.3% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 64.4% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| 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), Qwen3-1.7B: 16.3 (#294)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 8.1% |
| Omni-MATH | 65.4% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1397 | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 21.4% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 0% | — |
Knowledge Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads
Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 37.3 (#157), Qwen3-1.7B: 19.6 (#278)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 38% |
| 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), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| 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), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 85% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1348 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 41.2 (#145), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 66.7% | — |
| CL-bench | 17.6% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1353 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 62.3 (#78), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Qwen3-1.7B?
Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 26.6 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) and Qwen3-1.7B share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) has 42 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-1.7B has 4.