# GPT-4.5 vs Kimi K2.5 Instant

> Kimi K2.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 37.2 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gpt-4-5-vs-kimi-k2-5-instant
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 16

## Summary

- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.5 scores higher in 1 category and Kimi K2.5 Instant in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Kimi K2.5 Instant leads 29.7 to 13.9.
- Kimi K2.5 Instant has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | GPT-4.5 | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Moonshot AI |
| Noometry Index | 37.2 | 43.6 |
| Rank | 208 | 89 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- GPT-4.5: 42.2 (#109)
- Kimi K2.5 Instant: 42.6 (#97)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1396 | 1484 |
| Aider Polyglot | 44.9% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1404 |
| WeirdML | 39.4% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 75.2% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- GPT-4.5: 27.9 (#97)
- Kimi K2.5 Instant: —

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | 17.5% | — |

## Reasoning

- GPT-4.5: 13.9 (#330)
- Kimi K2.5 Instant: 29.7 (#90)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1403 | 1443 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0.8% | — |
| SimpleBench | 34.5% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 10.3% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 3.2% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 71.1% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 64.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 136.74 | — |
| ForecastBench | 61.7 | — |
| LiveBench | 69% | — |

## Math

- GPT-4.5: 32.6 (#211)
- Kimi K2.5 Instant: 39.4 (#105)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1412 | 1442 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 37.8% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 69.3% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 78.6% | — |

## Knowledge

- GPT-4.5: 32.5 (#211)
- Kimi K2.5 Instant: 40.2 (#123)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1394 | 1440 |
| GPQA Diamond | 68.7% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 5.4% | — |
| Confabulations | 13.6% | — |

## Multimodal

- GPT-4.5: 37.6 (#71)
- Kimi K2.5 Instant: 40.2 (#50)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1195 | 1254 |
| VPCT | 45% | — |

## Multilingual

- GPT-4.5: 52.5 (#83)
- Kimi K2.5 Instant: 52.0 (#94)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1413 | 1406 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1421 | 1449 |
| LMArena French | 1418 | 1403 |
| LMArena German | 1457 | 1413 |
| LMArena Korean | 1392 | 1378 |
| LMArena Russian | 1419 | 1404 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1416 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1447 |

## Instruction Following

- GPT-4.5: 72.6 (#134)
- Kimi K2.5 Instant: 75.3 (#65)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1404 | 1430 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 72.3% | — |

## Long Context

- GPT-4.5: 40.4 (#155)
- Kimi K2.5 Instant: 43.9 (#83)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1406 | 1435 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 63.9% | — |

## Writing & Preference

- GPT-4.5: 56.9 (#134)
- Kimi K2.5 Instant: 60.6 (#95)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1417 | 1420 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1394 | 1381 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1444 | 1427 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 75.6% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1258 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 61.5% | — |

## FAQ

### Is GPT-4.5 better than Kimi K2.5 Instant?

Kimi K2.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 37.2 on the Noometry Index.

### Is GPT-4.5 or Kimi K2.5 Instant better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (42.2 vs 42.6); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### How many benchmarks do GPT-4.5 and Kimi K2.5 Instant share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.5 has 42 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.5 Instant has 18.