GPT-5.4 Pro vs Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

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

GPT-5.4 Pro is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 94 to 82. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-5.4 Pro's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 89 against 69. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is LiveCodeBench, 86 to 58.

GPT-5.4 Pro gives you the larger context window at 1.05M, compared with 128K for Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning).

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.4 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Knowledge

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

88.8

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

77.3

99
MMLU
92
99
GPQA
90
97
SuperGPQA
88
94
OpenBookQA
86
94
MMLU-Pro
81
50
HLE
27

Coding

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

89

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

69

95
HumanEval
84
86
SWE-bench Verified
65
86
LiveCodeBench
58

Mathematics

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

98

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

92.9

99
AIME 2023
94
99
AIME 2024
96
99
AIME 2025
95
96
HMMT Feb 2023
90
98
HMMT Feb 2024
92
97
HMMT Feb 2025
91
97
BRUMO 2025
93
99
MATH-500
92

Reasoning

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

96.7

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

88.3

97
SimpleQA
88
95
MuSR
86
98
BBH
91

Instruction Following

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

97

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

91

97
IFEval
91

Multilingual

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

97

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

88

97
MGSM
88

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.4 Pro or Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.4 Pro is ahead overall, 94 to 82. The biggest single separator in this matchup is LiveCodeBench, where the scores are 86 and 58.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.4 Pro or Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 88.8 versus 77.3. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.4 Pro or Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 89 versus 69. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-5.4 Pro or Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 98 versus 92.9. Inside this category, MATH-500 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-5.4 Pro or Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 96.7 versus 88.3. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-5.4 Pro or Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 97 versus 91. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-5.4 Pro or Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 97 versus 88. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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