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  3. Kimi Chat 1.5 vs LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free)

Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 17, 2026noindex (thin pair)

Kimi Chat 1.5 vs LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free) benchmark

In this head-to-head showdown, LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free) is more budget-friendly at $0/1M per 1M output tokens. Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.

Executive Comparison Verdict

Bottom Line: Choose Kimi Chat 1.5 if your priority is peak reasoning, complex code generation, and top preference Elo. Choose LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free) if you are optimizing for low latency, high throughput, and cost-efficient API deployment.
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Executive Verdict Summary

LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free) holds empirical advantage (2 of 3 metrics)

Coding / SWESWE-bench
Kimi Chat 1.5Top code solve rate
ReasoningGPQA / Live
Kimi Chat 1.5Top logical accuracy
Best Value$/1M Tok
Kimi Chat 1.5Lowest API billing cost
Speed / TokTok/Sec
Kimi Chat 1.5Fastest stream rate

Verified Advantage Breakdown

3 benchmarks evaluated across capability, speed, and cost

Kimi Chat 1.5 (1)LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free) (2)
Kimi Chat 1.5
1 of 3 Wins
✓Context window
LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free)
2 of 3 Wins
✓Input price✓Output price
Moonshot
Leads 1 of 3
Kimi Chat 1.5

Moonshot ultra-long context model supporting up to 2 million tokens per request.

2M ContextElo 1,420In: $0.2 · Out: $0.8/1M
liquid
Leads 2 of 3
LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free)

Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (liquid/lfm-2.5-2.6b:free). Preview until a second source matches.

In: $0 · Out: $0/1M

Kimi Series Lineage & Sibling Variants

4 models

Currently comparing Kimi Chat 1.5 vs LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free). Alternative family tiers available.

Active: Kimi Chat 1.5
Kimi K3$15MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5$2.85MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711$2.3
Top Rival Showdowns for Kimi Chat 1.5
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Compare vs:vs Claude Opus 4.5vs GPT-5vs Gemini 3 Provs Grok 4.6vs DeepSeek V4 Pro
Preference Leader

No shared data

Single model data

Throughput Leader

No shared data

No latency data

Value per Dollar LeaderLiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free) Wins

LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free)

$0 / 1M output

Capability Percentiles

Relative percentile scores computed across all active models in the benchmark catalog.

Multi-Dimensional Capability Radar

Leaders Matchup Capability Radar

Comparing top standard models across 6 key capability dimensions. Tap any spoke or dot to inspect.

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0–100 %ile

Overall Matchup Breakdown

Category wins across reasoning intelligence, generation speed, and token cost.

Kimi Chat 1.5 (8)vsLiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free) (2)
Kimi Chat 1.5: 8W (80%)Overall: Kimi Chat 1.5LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free): 2W (20%)
← Kimi Chat 1.5LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free) →
🏆Kimi Chat 1.5 Leads(5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Benchmark
Kimi Chat 1.5vsLiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free)
Preference Elo
1,420vs—
Coding Elo
1,390vs—
SWE-bench
51%vs—
LiveBench
58%vs—
GPQA Diamond
71.5%vs—
Kimi Chat 1.5: 5WLiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free): 0W
🏆Kimi Chat 1.5 Leads(2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Benchmark
Kimi Chat 1.5vsLiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free)
Output speed
95 tok/svs—
Time to first token
210 msvs—
Kimi Chat 1.5: 2WLiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free): 0W
🏆LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free) Leads(2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Benchmark
Kimi Chat 1.5vsLiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free)
Output price
$0.8/1Mvs$0/1M+$0.8/1M
Input price
$0.2/1Mvs$0/1M+$0.2/1M
Context window
2Mvs128k+1.9M
Kimi Chat 1.5: 1WLiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free): 2W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Kimi Chat 1.5LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free)
Preference Elo
Kimi Chat 1.51,420
LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free)—
Coding Elo
Kimi Chat 1.51,390
LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free)—
LiveBench
Kimi Chat 1.558%
LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free)—
SWE-bench
Kimi Chat 1.551%
LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free)—
GPQA Diamond
Kimi Chat 1.571.5%
LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free)—
Time to first token
Kimi Chat 1.5210 ms
LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free)—
Output speed
Kimi Chat 1.595 tok/s
LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free)—
Input priceLiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free) +$0.2/1M
Kimi Chat 1.5$0.2/1M
LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free)$0/1M
Output priceLiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free) +$0.8/1M
Kimi Chat 1.5$0.8/1M
LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free)$0/1M
Context windowKimi Chat 1.5 +1.9M
Kimi Chat 1.52M
LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free)128k
BenchmarkKimi Chat 1.5LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free)Advantage Delta
Preference Elo
1,420
lmarena · Aug 17, 2026
——
Coding Elo
1,390
lmarena · Aug 17, 2026
——
LiveBench
58%
livebench · Aug 17, 2026
——
SWE-bench
51%
swebench · Aug 17, 2026
——
GPQA Diamond
71.5%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
——
Time to first token
210 ms
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
——
Output speed
95 tok/s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
——
Input price
$0.2/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
$0/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
+$0.2/1M
Output price
$0.8/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
$0/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
+$0.8/1M
Context window
2M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
128k
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
+1.9M

Key Selection Recommendations

  • 1
    LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free):Pick LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free) when you are optimizing output cost.
  • 2
    Kimi Chat 1.5:Pick Kimi Chat 1.5 for million-token RAG or long-document jobs.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatLiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free)

Lower output list price ($0/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGKimi Chat 1.5

Larger window (2M).

Screenshots / visionLiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free)

LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free) is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target WorkloadRecommended PickEvaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agentsinsufficient dataNeed SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chatLiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free)Lower output list price ($0/1M).
Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient dataNeed TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAGKimi Chat 1.5Larger window (2M).
Screenshots / visionLiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free)LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free) is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

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LIVE BENCHMARK
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Moonshot

Kimi Chat 1.5

Elo 1,420
SWE-bench51%
Speed (tok/s)95 tok/s
Input / 1M Tokens$0.2/1M
Output / 1M Tokens$0.8/1M
liquid

LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free)

Elo n/a
SWE-bench—
Speed (tok/s)128k
Input / 1M Tokens$0/1M
Output / 1M Tokens$0/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Kimi Chat 1.5 or LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free)?
We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.
Which is better at coding, Kimi Chat 1.5 or LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free)?
SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.
Which is cheaper to run in production?
LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free) output tokens are $0/1M versus $0.8/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Kimi Chat 1.5 or LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free)?
We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?
Kimi Chat 1.5 accepts 2M tokens versus 128k.
Can I self-host either model?
Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?
No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?
Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Kimi Chat 1.5 and LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free) Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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