Kimi K2.5 vs Aion-2.0

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

Kimi K2.5 has the cleaner overall profile here, landing at 60 versus 58. It is a real lead, but still close enough that category-level strengths matter more than the headline number.

Kimi K2.5's sharpest advantage is in mathematics, where it averages 78.7 against 72.1. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MATH-500, 82 to 71. Aion-2.0 does hit back in instruction following, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Kimi K2.5 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.50 input / $2.80 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.80 input / $1.60 output per 1M tokens for Aion-2.0.

Quick Verdict

Pick Kimi K2.5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Aion-2.0 only becomes the better choice if instruction following is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.

Agentic

Kimi K2.5

Kimi K2.5

52.3

Aion-2.0

51.7

51
Terminal-Bench 2.0
48
59
BrowseComp
60
49
OSWorld-Verified
50

Coding

Kimi K2.5

Kimi K2.5

38.9

Aion-2.0

33.2

69
HumanEval
66
42
SWE-bench Verified
35
37
LiveCodeBench
29
40
SWE-bench Pro
37

Multimodal & Grounded

Aion-2.0

Kimi K2.5

64.6

Aion-2.0

66

61
MMMU-Pro
61
69
OfficeQA Pro
72

Reasoning

Kimi K2.5

Kimi K2.5

71.7

Aion-2.0

70.3

74
SimpleQA
76
72
MuSR
74
81
BBH
76
67
LongBench v2
64
70
MRCRv2
65

Knowledge

Kimi K2.5

Kimi K2.5

57.2

Aion-2.0

54

77
MMLU
78
76
GPQA
77
74
SuperGPQA
75
72
OpenBookQA
75
74
MMLU-Pro
67
11
HLE
5
67
FrontierScience
66

Instruction Following

Aion-2.0

Kimi K2.5

85

Aion-2.0

93

85
IFEval
93

Multilingual

Kimi K2.5

Kimi K2.5

79.8

Aion-2.0

78.1

83
MGSM
80
78
MMLU-ProX
77

Mathematics

Kimi K2.5

Kimi K2.5

78.7

Aion-2.0

72.1

77
AIME 2023
74
79
AIME 2024
76
78
AIME 2025
75
73
HMMT Feb 2023
70
75
HMMT Feb 2024
72
74
HMMT Feb 2025
71
76
BRUMO 2025
73
82
MATH-500
71

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Kimi K2.5 or Aion-2.0?

Kimi K2.5 is ahead overall, 60 to 58. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MATH-500, where the scores are 82 and 71.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Kimi K2.5 or Aion-2.0?

Kimi K2.5 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 57.2 versus 54. Inside this category, MMLU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Kimi K2.5 or Aion-2.0?

Kimi K2.5 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 38.9 versus 33.2. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Kimi K2.5 or Aion-2.0?

Kimi K2.5 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 78.7 versus 72.1. Inside this category, MATH-500 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Kimi K2.5 or Aion-2.0?

Kimi K2.5 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 71.7 versus 70.3. Inside this category, BBH is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Kimi K2.5 or Aion-2.0?

Kimi K2.5 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 52.3 versus 51.7. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Kimi K2.5 or Aion-2.0?

Aion-2.0 has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 66 versus 64.6. Inside this category, OfficeQA Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Kimi K2.5 or Aion-2.0?

Aion-2.0 has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 93 versus 85. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Kimi K2.5 or Aion-2.0?

Kimi K2.5 has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 79.8 versus 78.1. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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