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

> Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.9 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/kimi-k2-vs-olmo-2-0325-32b-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 16

## Summary

- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) scores higher in 8 categories and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads 62.5 to 42.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Omni-MATH: 65.4% for Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) and 16.1% for Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct.

## Snapshot

| | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Moonshot AI | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 40.9 | 32.2 |
| Rank | 134 | 248 |
| Context | 262K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.57 | — |
| Output $/M | $2.30 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 43.1 (#83)
- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 34.6 (#222)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1399 | 1210 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 63.4% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | 59.1% | — |
| GSO | 4.9% | — |
| WeirdML | 42.8% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 597.5 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 32.2 (#59)
- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 35.7% | — |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 59.1% | — |
| METR Time Horizons | 59.2% | — |

## Reasoning

- Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 22.7 (#173)
- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 22.6 (#174)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1384 | 1208 |
| SimpleBench | 26.3% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 64.4% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 146.02 | — |
| ForecastBench | 60.2 | — |

## Math

- Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 40.1 (#81)
- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 24.8 (#255)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 65.4% | 16.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1396 | 1208 |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 21.4% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 0% | — |

## Knowledge

- Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 36.9 (#153)
- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 19.2 (#274)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 81.9% | 41.4% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 65.3% | 28.7% |
| Confabulations | 20.4% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 17.9% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1363 | — |

## Multilingual

- Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 49.8 (#125)
- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 35.0 (#243)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1372 | 1160 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1416 | 1192 |
| LMArena Russian | 1384 | 1187 |
| LMArena French | 1379 | — |
| LMArena German | 1386 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1349 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1324 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1383 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 71.3 (#151)
- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 61.8 (#238)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 85% | 78% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1347 | 1186 |

## Long Context

- Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 41.2 (#140)
- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 36.2 (#229)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1353 | 1194 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 66.7% | — |
| CL-bench | 17.6% | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 62.5 (#76)
- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 42.3 (#231)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1380 | 1218 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1349 | 1199 |
| WildBench | 86.2% | 73.4% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1371 | 1221 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 85.6% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1666 | — |

## FAQ

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

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.9 to 32.2 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: 43.1 versus 34.6 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.
