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GPT-5.4 vs Kimi K2.5

Updated October 17, 2026. Rank says GPT-5.4 is ahead. Price, access, and your workload can each overturn that. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty.

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Decision reading

GPT-5.4 has the higher public score, 66.7 versus 53.05, and the 90% score intervals do not overlap. 19 results are shared. Category rows resting on Estimated evidence or different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.

Model A
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OpenAI

66.7/100

Supported · Public rank #30

90% interval 62.2–71.2

Model B
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Moonshot AI

53.05/100

Supported · Public rank #82

90% interval 44.4–61.7

Shared results
19
GPT-5.4 only
23
Kimi K2.5 only
49
Like-for-like categories
0 / 8
Supported: GPT-5.4 and Kimi K2.5How the comparison works

Which one for your work

Recommendations appear only when a shared evidence basis or an explicit operating constraint supports the call. Secondary and unsupported use cases stay disclosed below the initial list.

  • Long documents

    Prompts that approach the documented context limit

    GPT-5.4

    GPT-5.4 has the larger documented context window.

    Confidence: documented
  • Chat turn cost

    1K fresh input + 500 output tokens

    Kimi K2.5

    Kimi K2.5 has the lower estimated token cost for this stated workload. Costs use the listed standard API rates.

    Confidence: listed-rates
  • Cache-heavy agent loop cost

    200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens

    Kimi K2.5

    Kimi K2.5 has the lower estimated token cost for this stated workload. Kimi K2.5 has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate.

    Confidence: rate-fallback
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  • Repository review cost

    50K fresh input + 3K output tokens

    Kimi K2.5

    Kimi K2.5 has the lower estimated token cost for this stated workload. Costs use the listed standard API rates.

    Confidence: listed-rates
  • Coding work

    Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks

    Not enough matched evidence

    Kimi K2.5 is scored on Estimated evidence for coding, so the reading is directional rather than like-for-like.

    Confidence: limited
  • Agentic work

    Tool use, computer use, and multi-step task completion

    Not enough matched evidence

    Kimi K2.5 is scored on Estimated evidence for agentic, so the reading is directional rather than like-for-like.

    Confidence: limited

Which one for a specific job

Choose a job from the LLM Selector's task catalog to see the category row it rests on, under the same basis rules as the table below. A directional row stays directional; choosing a job never creates a winner.

The same task catalog as the LLM Selector. Each job names the evidence surface it rests on; nothing here adds a new score.

47.7GPT-5.438.5Kimi K2.5

Directional only · BenchAlign v5.8

GPT-5.4 has the higher coding point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

Coding scores combine specific tasks and setups. Match the editor, harness, and effort to your workflow.

Same basis rules as the category table below

What is actually comparable

Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results present for only one model describe coverage, not superiority.

5 categories rest on Estimated evidence or different evidence sets. Those rows remain visible for coverage context but do not name a winner.

Shape of the matched evidence

Only shared public evidence is shown. Sparse evidence stays a ruled list rather than being closed into a radar shape.

Too few matched category axes support a radar. The ruled list below shows only shared benchmark results; positions use each benchmark’s normalized display scale when available.

Bars run 0–100 on each benchmark’s normalized display scale

Category results, on a stated basis

Each row shows the public-lane category score for both models: the BenchAlign v5.8 lane for agentic, coding, and knowledge, and the weighted public rows elsewhere, with the same rank each model page reports. A row is like-for-like only when both scores rest on Supported evidence or the same weighted set. Directional and not-comparable rows remain visible, but they never receive a winner.

Agentic

Directional only
GPT-5.4
52.1
Supported · #44/128
Kimi K2.5
40.7
Estimated · #66/128
Basis
BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 15 vs 16 public rows
Reading
Directional only

Coding

Directional only
GPT-5.4
47.7
Supported · #48/150
Kimi K2.5
38.5
Estimated · #68/150
Basis
BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 6 vs 10 public rows
Reading
Directional only

Multimodal

Directional only
GPT-5.4
73.1
#30/54
Kimi K2.5
70.4
#32/54
Basis
Provisional lane · 3 vs 2 weighted rows
Reading
Directional only

Knowledge

Directional only
GPT-5.4
69.1
Supported · #20/184
Kimi K2.5
51.4
Estimated · #75/184
Basis
BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 7 vs 8 public rows
Reading
Directional only

Instruction following

Directional only
GPT-5.4
90.7
#23/148
Kimi K2.5
85.8
#48/148
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows
Reading
Directional only

Reasoning

Not comparable
GPT-5.4
64.2
#23/28
Kimi K2.5
72.2
Unranked · 3 rankable rows
Basis
Provisional lane · 2 vs 1 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Multilingual

Not comparable
GPT-5.4
Not ranked
Kimi K2.5
87.3
#8/17
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 vs 1 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Math

Not comparable
GPT-5.4
82.0
Unranked · 2 rankable rows
Kimi K2.5
83.3
Unranked · 7 rankable rows
Basis
Provisional lane · 2 vs 2 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Ranks count the models scored in each category’s lane, so the agentic, coding, and knowledge denominators (BenchAlign v5.8) differ from the provisional-lane categories. Unranked scores sit on the provisional lane’s scale but never name a winner. Like-for-like rows within 0.5 points read as a practical tie.

Supported evidence per lane · bars run 0–100Methodology

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes turn per-token rates into comparable decisions. Each scenario states context fit and whether cached input had to fall back to the published list-input rate.

Chat turn

1K fresh input + 500 output tokens

GPT-5.4
$0.01
Fits in one request
Kimi K2.5
$0.0021
Fits in one request

Kimi K2.5 has the lower modeled cost

Costs use the listed standard API rates.

Repository review

50K fresh input + 3K output tokens

GPT-5.4
$0.17
Fits in one request
Kimi K2.5
$0.039
Fits in one request

Kimi K2.5 has the lower modeled cost

Costs use the listed standard API rates.

Cache-heavy agent loop

200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens

GPT-5.4
$0.25
Fits in one request
Kimi K2.5
$0.162
Fits in one request
Cached input priced at the published list-input rate

Kimi K2.5 has the lower modeled cost

Kimi K2.5 has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate.

Cached input falls back to the list input rate only where a cached rate is unpublished

Specification differences

Sourced differences are shown directly. Missing facts stay explicit instead of being inferred from a model name or family.

Context window

Maximum documented context; output-token limits may be lower.

GPT-5.4

Kimi K2.5

256K

Cached-input rate

A missing cached-input rate falls back to the listed input rate only in the stated workload estimate.

GPT-5.4

$0.25 per 1M cached input tokens

OpenAI pricing

Kimi K2.5

Not published

Documented inputs

GPT-5.4

Not sourced

Kimi K2.5

Not sourced

Documented outputs

GPT-5.4

Not sourced

Kimi K2.5

Not sourced

Provider availability

GPT-5.4

Not sourced

Kimi K2.5

Not sourced

Reasoning profile

GPT-5.4

Reasoning

Kimi K2.5

Non-Reasoning

Weight access

GPT-5.4

Proprietary

Kimi K2.5

Open Weight

License

GPT-5.4

Proprietary

Kimi K2.5

Open Weight

Release date

GPT-5.4

2026-03-05

Kimi K2.5

2026-01-27

If you already use one of these models

Deployment change
The models list different providers, so authentication, endpoint behavior, limits, and feature support may change.
Quality signal
GPT-5.4 has the higher public score, 66.7 versus 53.05, and the 90% score intervals do not overlap.
Workload cost
Repository review: $0.17 vs $0.039. Cache-heavy agent loop: $0.25 vs $0.162.
Context tradeoff
GPT-5.4 has the larger documented window (1.05M).
Run the same representative tasks against both endpoints before changing production traffic.

Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.4 or Kimi K2.5?

GPT-5.4 has the higher public score, 66.7 versus 53.05, and the 90% score intervals do not overlap. That is the clearest overall quality signal in the current public data.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.4 or Kimi K2.5?

GPT-5.4 scores higher for coding on the public lane, 47.7 to 38.5. Kimi K2.5 is scored on Estimated evidence for coding, so the reading is directional rather than like-for-like. BenchLM does not name a winner for coding from a directional reading; read the shared benchmark rows directly and test the models on the same task set.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-5.4 or Kimi K2.5?

GPT-5.4 scores higher for agentic tasks on the public lane, 52.1 to 40.7. Kimi K2.5 is scored on Estimated evidence for agentic tasks, so the reading is directional rather than like-for-like. BenchLM does not name a winner for agentic tasks from a directional reading; read the shared benchmark rows directly and test the models on the same task set.

Which costs less, GPT-5.4 or Kimi K2.5?

For the stated presets, chat costs $0.01 on GPT-5.4 and $0.0021 on Kimi K2.5; repository review costs $0.17 and $0.039; the cache-heavy agent loop costs $0.25 and $0.162. Kimi K2.5 has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate.

Which has the larger context window, GPT-5.4 or Kimi K2.5?

GPT-5.4 has the larger documented context window: 1.05M, compared with 256K.

Self-host vs API cost

Estimates at 50,000 req/day · 1000 tokens/req average.

GPT-5.4
API / mo$13,125
Self-host / moNot listed
Break-even—
Proprietary model — self-hosting not applicable.
Kimi K2.5
API / mo$2,700
Self-host / mo$7,358
Break-even186M/day
Model the full break-even

Benchmark evidence

The full public result ledger is available for audit without forcing a wide desktop table onto a phone.

Browse raw public benchmark evidence91 rows

Agentic

  • Terminal-Bench 2.0

    GPT-5.475.1%
    Source
    Kimi K2.550.8%
    Source

    GPT-5.4 leads this result

  • CyberGym

    GPT-5.479.0%
    Source
    Kimi K2.5—

    Not directly comparable

  • BrowseComp

    GPT-5.482.7%
    Source
    Kimi K2.560.6%
    Source

    GPT-5.4 leads this result

  • OSWorld-Verified

    GPT-5.475%
    Source
    Kimi K2.563.3%
    Source

    GPT-5.4 leads this result

  • MCP Atlas

    GPT-5.470.6%
    Source
    Kimi K2.529.5%
    Source

    GPT-5.4 leads this result

  • Toolathlon

    GPT-5.454.6%
    Source
    Kimi K2.527.8%
    Source

    GPT-5.4 leads this result

  • τ²-bench results

    GPT-5.498.9%
    Source
    Kimi K2.5—

    Not directly comparable

  • GPT-5.460.3%
    Kimi K2.552.3%

    GPT-5.4 leads this result

  • DeepSearchQA

    GPT-5.473.6%
    Source
    Kimi K2.577.1%
    Source

    Kimi K2.5 leads this result

  • GPT-5.464.89%
    Kimi K2.545.88%

    GPT-5.4 leads this result

  • ResearchClawBench

    Shared source
    GPT-5.415.3%
    Kimi K2.514.0%

    GPT-5.4 leads this result

  • GPT-5.438.9%
    Kimi K2.58.7%

    GPT-5.4 leads this result

  • ExploitGym

    GPT-5.46.0%
    Source
    Kimi K2.5—

    Not directly comparable

  • ApprenticeBench

    GPT-5.411%
    Source
    Kimi K2.5—

    Not directly comparable

  • MazeBench

    GPT-5.40%
    Source
    Kimi K2.5—

    Not directly comparable

  • QwenClawBench

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.554.3%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • τ³-bench results

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.565.7%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • DeepPlanning

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.514.4%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MCP-Tasks

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.559.1%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • WideResearch

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.572.7%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • BFCL v4

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.568.3%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Coding

  • LiveCodeBench Pro

    GPT-5.487.5%
    Source
    Kimi K2.5—

    Not directly comparable

  • SWE-bench Pro

    GPT-5.457.7%
    Source
    Kimi K2.550.7%
    Source

    GPT-5.4 leads this result

  • React Native Evals

    Shared source
    GPT-5.485.3%
    Kimi K2.577.2%

    GPT-5.4 leads this result

  • Terminal-Bench 2.0

    GPT-5.475.1%
    Source
    Kimi K2.550.8%
    Source

    GPT-5.4 leads this result

  • Vibe Code Bench

    GPT-5.467.42%
    Source
    Kimi K2.5—

    Not directly comparable

  • PostTrainBench v1.1

    GPT-5.419.0%
    Source
    Kimi K2.5—

    Not directly comparable

  • SWE-bench Verified

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.576.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • SWE-bench Verified*

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.570.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • LiveCodeBench v6

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.585.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • SWE Multilingual

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.573%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • SWE-Rebench

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.558.5%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • NL2Repo

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.532%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • SciCode

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.548.7%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Reasoning

  • ARC-AGI-2

    GPT-5.474.0%
    Source
    Kimi K2.5—

    Not directly comparable

  • ARC-AGI-3

    GPT-5.40.2%
    Source
    Kimi K2.5—

    Not directly comparable

  • ARC-AGI-1

    GPT-5.493.67%
    Source
    Kimi K2.5—

    Not directly comparable

  • LongBench v2

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.561%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Multimodal

  • MMMU-Pro

    GPT-5.481.2%
    Source
    Kimi K2.578.5%
    Source

    GPT-5.4 leads this result

  • OfficeQA Pro

    GPT-5.453.2%
    Source
    Kimi K2.5—

    Not directly comparable

  • MMMU-Pro w/ Python

    GPT-5.482.1%
    Source
    Kimi K2.5—

    Not directly comparable

  • CharXiv

    GPT-5.482.8%
    Source
    Kimi K2.577.5%
    Source

    GPT-5.4 leads this result

  • ERQA

    GPT-5.465.4%
    Source
    Kimi K2.5—

    Not directly comparable

  • SimpleVQA

    GPT-5.461.1%
    Source
    Kimi K2.571.2%
    Source

    Kimi K2.5 leads this result

  • ScreenSpot Pro

    GPT-5.485.4%
    Source
    Kimi K2.5—

    Not directly comparable

  • ZeroBench

    GPT-5.441.0%
    Source
    Kimi K2.5—

    Not directly comparable

  • MedXpertQA (MM)

    GPT-5.477.1%
    Source
    Kimi K2.5—

    Not directly comparable

  • MMMU

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.584.3%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • RealWorldQA

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.581.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • OmniDocBench 1.5

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.588.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • Video-MME

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.587.4%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • Video-MME (with subtitle)

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.587.4%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • Video-MME (w/o subtitle)

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.583.2%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MathVision

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.584.2%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • We-Math

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.584.7%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • DynaMath

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.584.4%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MMLongBench-Doc

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.558.5%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • CC-OCR

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.579.7%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • AI2D_TEST

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.590.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • CountBench

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.594.1%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • RefCOCO (avg)

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.587.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MMVU

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.580.4%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • VideoMMMU

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.586.6%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MLVU (M-Avg)

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.585.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Knowledge

  • GPQA

    GPT-5.492.8%
    Source
    Kimi K2.587.6%
    Source

    GPT-5.4 leads this result

  • HLE

    GPT-5.452.1%
    Source
    Kimi K2.530.1%
    Source

    GPT-5.4 leads this result

  • HLE w/o tools

    GPT-5.439.8%
    Source
    Kimi K2.5—

    Not directly comparable

  • GPQA-D

    GPT-5.492.8%
    Source
    Kimi K2.587.6%
    Source

    GPT-5.4 leads this result

  • HealthBench Hard

    GPT-5.440.1%
    Source
    Kimi K2.5—

    Not directly comparable

  • MedXpertQA (Text)

    GPT-5.459.6%
    Source
    Kimi K2.5—

    Not directly comparable

  • HealthBench Professional

    GPT-5.448.1%
    Source
    Kimi K2.5—

    Not directly comparable

  • SuperGPQA

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.569.2%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MMLU-Pro

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.587.1%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MMLU-Pro (Arcee)

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.587.1%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MMLU-Redux

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.594.5%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • C-Eval

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.594%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Multilingual

  • MMLU-ProX

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.582.3%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • NOVA-63

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.556.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • INCLUDE

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.583.3%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • PolyMath

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.543.1%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MAXIFE

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.572.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Instruction following

  • IFEval

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.593.9%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Math

  • FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)

    GPT-5.478.596%
    Source
    Kimi K2.5—

    Not directly comparable

  • FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)

    GPT-5.449.000%
    Source
    Kimi K2.5—

    Not directly comparable

  • AIME 2025

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.596.1%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • AIME26

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.595.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • AIME25 (Arcee)

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.596.3%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • HMMT Feb 2025

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.595.4%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • HMMT Nov 2025

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.591.1%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • HMMT Feb 2026

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.587.1%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MMAnswerBench

    GPT-5.4—
    Kimi K2.581.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

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