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MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 is a Moonshot closed-API catalog model. Latest preference Elo in this catalog is 1,515 (lmarena (Aug 17, 2026)). SWE-bench sits at 71.3% (swebench (Aug 17, 2026)). List output price is $2.85/1M. Context window is 262k tokens. Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (moonshotai/kimi-k2.5). Preview until a second source matches. Numbers below are dated snapshots, not a guarantee on your traffic mix.

At a glance

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 is a Moonshot closed-API catalog model. Latest preference Elo in this catalog is 1,515 (lmarena (Aug 17, 2026)). SWE-bench sits at 71.3% (swebench (Aug 17, 2026)). List output price is $2.85/1M. Context window is 262k tokens. Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (moonshotai/kimi-k2.5). Preview until a second source matches. Numbers below are dated snapshots, not a guarantee on your traffic mix.
Last updated Aug 17, 2026
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Currently comparing MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5. Alternative family tiers available.

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Kimi K3$15MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711$2.3Kimi Chat 1.5$0.8

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 Thinking Depth & Cost Scaler

Simulate accuracy gains vs added response time & token cost

Mode: Medium (Deep Reasoning)

Reasoning models “think before answering” by generating internal reasoning tokens. Higher effort improves math, coding, and logic accuracy, but increases response delay and token costs.

Thinking Delay
270 ms
Standard speed
Reasoning Depth
~2,500
Internal tokens
Cost / 1k Calls
$8.27
7.3× standard bill
Accuracy Boost
+5.5% accuracy
STEM & SWE-bench
Capability Profile

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 Benchmark Percentiles

Plotted against all active catalog models (50th percentile = catalog median).

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5
Median (50)

Dimensional Scorecards

Reasoning
79%
Coding
68%
Math
83%
Speed
30%
Value
38%
Context
53%
Standout Competencies

Ranks in the top tier (≥75th percentile) for Math, Reasoning.

Benchmark Specifications

Dated snapshot metrics aggregated from official evaluators and API providers.

Preference Elo1,515
lmarena · Aug 17, 2026
Coding Elo1,520
lmarena · Aug 17, 2026
LiveBench67.2%
livebench · Aug 17, 2026
SWE-bench71.3%
swebench · Aug 17, 2026
GPQA Diamond87.6%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Time to first token270 ms
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Output speed72 tok/s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Input price$0.57/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
Output price$2.85/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
Context window262k
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
Benchmark MetricReported ScoreObserved Source
Preference Elo1,515lmarena · Aug 17, 2026
Coding Elo1,520lmarena · Aug 17, 2026
LiveBench67.2%livebench · Aug 17, 2026
SWE-bench71.3%swebench · Aug 17, 2026
GPQA Diamond87.6%seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Time to first token270 msseed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Output speed72 tok/sseed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Input price$0.57/1Mopenrouter · Aug 17, 2026
Output price$2.85/1Mopenrouter · Aug 17, 2026
Context window262kopenrouter · Aug 17, 2026

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MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsClaude Opus 5Anthropic
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Anthropic current default flagship. Official API $5/$25 per 1M tokens and a 1M context window (Anthropic, Jul 24 2026).

Elo:Claude Opus 5+109SWE:Claude Opus 5+7.9%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsClaude Fable 5Anthropic
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Anthropic top-tier X-High reasoning model engineered for heavy multi-step tasks. Official API $10/$50 per 1M tokens (Claude Platform pricing, Aug 2026).

Elo:Claude Fable 5+101SWE:Claude Fable 5+8.7%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsGPT-5.6 SolOpenAI
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OpenAI 5.6 flagship tier. Official API $5/$30 per 1M tokens (OpenAI pricing, Jul 30 2026 update left Sol unchanged).

Elo:GPT-5.6 Sol+93SWE:GPT-5.6 Sol+6.3%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsClaude Opus 4.8Anthropic
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Prior Opus generation still billed at $5/$25. Kept as a compare baseline against Opus 5.

Elo:Claude Opus 4.8+83SWE:Claude Opus 4.8+7.1%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsGrok 4.6xAI
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xAI Aug 12 2026 post-training refresh of Grok 4.5. Same $2/$6 API price, 500k context, stronger agentic traces.

Elo:Grok 4.6+77SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+2.2%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsClaude Opus 4.6Anthropic
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Follow-on Opus release. Slightly behind 4.5 on official SWE-bench bash-only in the last published sweep; stronger multi-step autonomous agent reasoning.

Elo:Claude Opus 4.6+59SWE:Claude Opus 4.6+4.6%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsGemini 3.6 ProGoogle
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Current Google Pro-class multimodal model. Long context, strong coding, billed like the 3.x Pro tier.

Elo:Gemini 3.6 Pro+55SWE:Gemini 3.6 Pro+3.3%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsClaude Opus 4.5Anthropic
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Anthropic frontier coding and computer-use model. SWE-bench leader on the official mini-SWE-agent harness in the Feb 2026 refresh.

Elo:Claude Opus 4.5+53SWE:Claude Opus 4.5+5.5%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsOpenAI: o3 MiniOpenAI
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Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (openai/o3-mini). Preview until a second source matches.

Elo:OpenAI: o3 Mini+45SWE:OpenAI: o3 Mini+7.2%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsGPT-5OpenAI
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OpenAI flagship reasoning model for 2025–26. Strong general preference Elo and multimodal coverage.

Elo:GPT-5+43SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+2.9%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsGLM-5.3Zhipu
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Z.ai Aug 14 2026 post-train of the GLM-5.2 744B base. Coding-plan live; open weights promised after a two-week safety review (z.ai/blog/glm-5.3).

Elo:GLM-5.3+43SWE:GLM-5.3+5.1%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsClaude Sonnet 5Anthropic
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Anthropic workhorse. Official $2/$10 per 1M tokens made permanent on Aug 10 2026.

Elo:Claude Sonnet 5+41SWE:Claude Sonnet 5+2.5%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsGemini 3 ProGoogle
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Google frontier multimodal model with a multi-million-token context window.

Elo:Gemini 3 Pro+37SWE:Gemini 3 Pro+1.1%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsGPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI
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OpenAI 5.6 mid tier. Official API $2/$12 per 1M after the Jul 30 2026 price cut.

Elo:GPT-5.6 Terra+33SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+0.9%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsGPT-4.5 OrionOpenAI
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OpenAI largest dense non-reasoning model with expansive world knowledge and reduced hallucinations.

Elo:GPT-4.5 Orion+25SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+0.3%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsDeepSeek V4 ProDeepSeek
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Open-weight-adjacent DeepSeek flagship. High reasoning density per dollar.

Elo:DeepSeek V4 Pro+21SWE:DeepSeek V4 Pro+0.3%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsGemini 3.7 FlashGoogle
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Google Aug 13 2026 workhorse. Official intro price $0.75/$3.75 per 1M through Dec 31 2026; 1,048,576-token context (Google blog).

Elo:Gemini 3.7 Flash+15SWE:Gemini 3.7 Flash+1.1%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsKimi K3Moonshot
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Moonshot AI frontier flagship reasoning and agent swarm model with 256k context and top-tier SWE-bench coding capability.

Elo:Kimi K3+13SWE:Kimi K3+2.5%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsClaude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic
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Workhorse Anthropic model: most of Opus coding quality at a mid-tier price.

Elo:Claude Sonnet 4.5+9SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+1.2%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsQwen 3 MaxAlibaba
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Alibaba flagship. Strong math and multilingual code.

Elo:Qwen 3 Max+3SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+3.5%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsOpenAI: o1OpenAI
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Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (openai/o1). Preview until a second source matches.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+3SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+22.4%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsGemini 3.6 FlashGoogle
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Google Jul 21 workhorse. Now shares the 3.7 Flash introductory $0.75/$3.75 rate through Dec 31 2026.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+9SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+0.5%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsGemini 3 FlashGoogle
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Fast Google frontier-adjacent model. Near-top official SWE-bench at a fraction of Opus price.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+20SWE:Gemini 3 Flash+4.5%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsQwen QwQ 32BAlibaba
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Alibaba specialized open reasoning model competing with frontier closed reasoning models.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+20SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+3.8%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsGLM-5.2Zhipu
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Zhipu flagship. Strong Chinese/English coding and agents.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+23SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+2%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsGemini 2.0 Flash ThinkingGoogle
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Google experimental reasoning model that visualizes thoughts in real-time.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+25SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+4.5%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsDeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeek
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DeepSeek Jul 31 2026 price-performance SKU. Public listings put it near $0.14/$0.28 per 1M tokens.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+25SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+0.1%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsClaude Opus 4Anthropic
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First Claude 4 Opus generation. Baseline for opus 4 vs opus 5.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+25SWE:Claude Opus 4+1.2%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsGrok 4xAI
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Previous xAI flagship.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+27SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+12.7%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsMiniMax M2.5MiniMax
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MiniMax coding model. Tied near the top of official SWE-bench bash-only in Feb 2026.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+37SWE:MiniMax M2.5+4.5%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsYi-Lightning01.AI
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01.AI ultra-fast reasoning model delivering top LiveBench efficiency.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+40SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+7.9%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsZ.ai: GLM 5V TurboZhipu
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Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (z-ai/glm-5v-turbo). Preview until a second source matches.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+40SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+6.1%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsSeed 2.1 TurboByteDance
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ByteDance Seed 2.1 Turbo, listed on public model timelines as an Aug 10 2026 API drop.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+43SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+8.1%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsDoubao Pro 1.5ByteDance
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ByteDance flagship enterprise model with ultra-low token cost and 128k context.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+45SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+9.2%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsLlama 4 MaverickMeta
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Meta natively multimodal open-weight flagship.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+47SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+14.2%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsGPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI
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OpenAI 5.6 fast/cheap tier. Official API $0.20/$1.20 per 1M after the Jul 30 80% Luna cut.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+49SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+9.5%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsMoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711Moonshot
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Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (moonshotai/kimi-k2). Preview until a second source matches.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+50SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+5.5%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsMistral Large 3Mistral
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Mistral European flagship with strong function calling.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+59SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+15.9%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsClaude Sonnet 4Anthropic
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First Sonnet 4 generation. Bridge between 3.5/3.7 and Sonnet 5.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+60SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+8.5%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsErnie 4.5 TurboBaidu
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Baidu current multimodal enterprise foundation model with broad Chinese knowledge.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+65SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+14.3%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsQwen 2.5 PlusAlibaba
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Alibaba balanced flagship API model with high-throughput general reasoning.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+70SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+12.1%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsOpenAI o1-miniOpenAI
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OpenAI high-speed, cost-effective reasoning model optimized for STEM, math, and code generation.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+70SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+14.9%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsQwen3 235BAlibaba
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Open-weight Qwen3 mixture-of-experts.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+75SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+11.9%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsClaude Haiku 4.5Anthropic
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Anthropic cheap/fast Claude SKU. Official Claude Platform list price $1/$5 per 1M tokens (Anthropic Haiku page).

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+77SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+13.1%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsYi-Large01.AI
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01.AI full-scale dense model for complex instruction following.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+85SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+17.5%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsQwen 2.5 Coder 32BAlibaba
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Alibaba dedicated open-weight code generation model with near-frontier SWE-bench Verified coding capability.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+90SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+6.1%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsQwen2.5 Coder 32B InstructAlibaba
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Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (qwen/qwen-2.5-coder-32b-instruct). Preview until a second source matches.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+90SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+6.1%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsKimi Chat 1.5Moonshot
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Moonshot ultra-long context model supporting up to 2 million tokens per request.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+95SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+20.3%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsLlama 4 ScoutMeta
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Meta open-weight Llama 4 long-context sibling of Maverick. Common public API lists sit near $0.08–$0.30 / $0.30–$0.70 per 1M; we store a conservative hosted list until OpenRouter overwrites.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+103SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+18.9%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsGPT-5 miniOpenAI
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Cost-efficient GPT-5 distill for high-volume agents.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+105SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+18.9%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsGrok 3xAI
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Previous xAI generation before Grok 4. Kept for grok 3 vs grok 4.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+110SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+19.9%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsQwen3.8 27BAlibaba
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Alibaba open-weight 27B drop dated Aug 14 2026. Dense enough to self-host; not a frontier MoE.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+117SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+12.5%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsLlama 3.1 405BMeta
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Meta flagship open-weight 405B dense foundation model with 128k context window.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+145SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+12.9%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsDeepSeek Coder V2DeepSeek
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DeepSeek open-weight Mixture-of-Experts coding model supporting 338 programming languages and 128k context.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+150SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+10.8%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsClaude 3.7 SonnetAnthropic
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Hybrid-reasoning Sonnet from 2025. Kept for historical compare pages.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+153SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+1%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsDoubao Lite 1.5ByteDance
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ByteDance high-speed lightweight model priced at sub-cent levels.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+155SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+25.3%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsDeepSeek R1DeepSeek
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Open-weights reasoning model trained with large-scale RL.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+157SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+6.1%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsGemini 2.5 ProGoogle
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Previous Google long-context flagship.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+165SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+7.5%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsCommand ACohere
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Cohere enterprise RAG and tool-use model.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+171SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+28.7%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsGPT-4oOpenAI
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Previous OpenAI flagship. Still a common compare baseline on legacy pages.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+180SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+16.5%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsCodestral 25.01Mistral
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Mistral code-specialist model.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+195SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+19.5%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsDeepSeek V3DeepSeek
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Prior DeepSeek flagship. Baseline for v3 vs v4.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+205SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+22.7%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsGemini 2.5 FlashGoogle
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Previous Google speed workhorse.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+220SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+23.3%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsLlama 3.3 70BMeta
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Previous Meta 70B open-weight workhorse.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+230SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+26.2%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsClaude 3.5 SonnetAnthropic
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2024 workhorse. Still a high-intent compare against GPT-4o.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+235SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+22.3%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsGPT-4o miniOpenAI
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Legacy small OpenAI model. Useful as a cheap baseline.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+243SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+30.1%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsGemini 1.5 ProGoogle
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First million-token Gemini Pro. Baseline for 1.5 vs 2.5 vs 3.x Pro.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+255SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+33.3%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsGPT-4 TurboOpenAI
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GPT-4 Turbo 128k. Historical flagship for gpt-4 turbo vs gpt-4o / gpt-5.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+260SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+38.1%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsClaude 3 OpusAnthropic
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Original Claude 3 flagship. Kept so opus 3 vs later Opus and vs GPT-4o still resolve.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+267SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+32.9%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsLlama 3.1 70BMeta
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Llama 3.1 70B instruct. Predecessor to 3.3 70B and Llama 4.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+275SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+31.1%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsClaude 3.5 HaikuAnthropic
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Previous cheap Claude. Haiku 4.5 is the current $1/$5 SKU.

Elo:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+291SWE:MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5+35.1%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsGPT Image 2 (High)OpenAI
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OpenAI flagship diffusion-transformer image synthesis model with supreme prompt adherence, realistic textures, and complex text composition.

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsGPT Image 2 (Low / Fast)OpenAI
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Fast distilled tier of GPT Image 2 designed for high-throughput interactive creative workflows at 70% lower price.

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsGPT Image 1.5OpenAI
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Previous OpenAI image generation flagship. High fidelity with proven enterprise reliability.

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsDALL-E 3OpenAI
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Legacy OpenAI image model benchmark baseline. Retained for historical comparisons.

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsReve 2.1Reve
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State-of-the-art cinematic image synthesis foundation model known for photorealistic lighting and aesthetic composition.

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsNano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)Google
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Google DeepMind frontier multimodal image generation flagship with Deep Research and complex multi-object spatial reasoning.

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsNano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)Google
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Google high-speed multimodal generative model delivering top Elo performance at half the latency and cost of Pro.

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsNano Banana 2 LiteGoogle
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Sub-1.5 second ultra-low latency tier for real-time applications and mobile game asset pipelines.

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsFLUX.2 [max]Black Forest Labs
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Black Forest Labs maximum-capacity flow-matching model with photoreal anatomy and leading typography fidelity.

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsFLUX.2 [flex]Black Forest Labs
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Flexible step-distilled variant of FLUX.2 offering 99% of Max quality with 45% faster generation speeds.

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsFLUX.1.1 [pro]Black Forest Labs
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First-generation professional API model from Black Forest Labs, renowned for 6x faster generation than original FLUX.1 Pro.

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsFLUX.1 [dev]Black Forest Labs
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Open-weights non-commercial base model with 12B parameters, serving as the foundation for the open-source fine-tuning ecosystem.

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5vsFLUX.1 [schnell]Black Forest Labs
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Apache 2.0 4-step distilled open weights model optimized for local inference and instant preview generation.

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Industry-leading typography, graphic design, and in-image text layout model with precise kerning and complex banner generation.

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Open-weight release of Ideogram 4.0, bringing world-class text rendering to self-hosted enterprise infrastructure.

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Specialized generative model for vector art, icon sets, illustrations, and commercial design assets with native brand color matching.

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High-speed utility tier of Recraft V4.1 tailored for rapid asset production at $0.035/image.

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High-resolution real-time generation model tuned for artistic composition and dynamic concept art.

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Sub-2 second interactive generation engine delivering ultra-affordable $15/1k image generation.

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Alibaba high-efficiency open video/image unified transformer backbone.

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ByteDance flagship image generation model with high photorealism and fine facial structure rendering.

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High-value ByteDance image foundation model at $30/1k images.

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Midjourney v7 premier creative image generation model with unparalleled stylistic nuances, coherent hands/anatomy, and cinematic grading.

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Previous standard in aesthetic digital art generation, retained as a historical compare baseline.

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Microsoft AI proprietary foundation image model for Copilot Studio and enterprise creative workflows.

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