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Model comparison

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) vs o1-pro

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 2 shared benchmark results across 1 category. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

58.61/100
Margin
13.6pts
← winning
OpenAI
45.03/100
1 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) #63 (Estimated); o1-pro #148 (Estimated). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) and o1-pro share 2 comparable benchmark results. 1 of 8 categories are comparable. 25 results are unique to Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning); 0 to o1-pro.

Updated July 24, 2026
Shared results
2
Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) only
25
o1-pro only
0
Comparable categories
1 / 8

Pick Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. o1-pro only becomes the better choice if you need the larger 200K context window.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 2 shared benchmark results across 1 evidence category; 1 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) is clearly ahead on the BenchAlign aggregate, 58.61 to 45.03. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)'s sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 87.2 against 79. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is GPQA, 87.6% to 79%.

o1-pro is also the more expensive model on tokens at $150.00 input / $600.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.60 input / $3.00 output per 1M tokens for Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning). That is roughly 200.0x on output cost alone. o1-pro gives you the larger context window at 200K, compared with 128K for Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning).

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Category scores and score margins for Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) and o1-pro
CategoryKimi K2.5 (Reasoning)Δo1-pro
KnowledgeKimi K2.5 (Reasoning)87.2Margin 8.2o1-pro79.0
AgenticKimi K2.5 (Reasoning)55.0MarginNo overlapo1-proNot measured
CodingKimi K2.5 (Reasoning)76.8MarginNo overlapo1-proNot measured
MultimodalKimi K2.5 (Reasoning)78.5MarginNo overlapo1-proNot measured

Decisive benchmark drivers

The largest measured benchmark gaps in this matchup, with exact reported values.

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A · Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)B · o1-pro
  1. GPQA

    Knowledge
    Source ↗
    A 87.6%B 79%
    Winner: Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)Δ 8.6
    GPQA: Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) scored 87.6%; o1-pro scored 79%. Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) wins this benchmark.

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricKimi K2.5 (Reasoning)o1-proComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensKimi K2.5 (Reasoning)$0.6 input / $3 outputo1-pro$150 input / $600 outputKimi K2.5 (Reasoning) has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondKimi K2.5 (Reasoning)Not availableo1-proNot availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenKimi K2.5 (Reasoning)Not availableo1-proNot availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensKimi K2.5 (Reasoning)128Ko1-pro200Ko1-pro lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 (Reasoning)o1-proResult
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 50.8%Not comparable
BrowseCompSource 60.6%Not comparable
APEX-Agents-AASource 11.5%Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource 95.9%Not comparable
Gert LabsSource 32.58%Not comparable
AA Agentic IndexSource 21.7%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 25.1%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 1003Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 (Reasoning)o1-proResult
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 76.8%Not comparable
Vibe Code BenchSource 17.54%Not comparable
AA-SciCodeSource 49.0%Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 46.8%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 (Reasoning)o1-proResult
AA-LCRSource 65.3%Not comparable
CritPtSource 3.1%Not comparable
KnowledgeKimi K2.5 (Reasoning) wins
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 (Reasoning)o1-proResult
GPQASource 87.6%79%Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) leads
MMLU-ProSource 87.1%Not comparable
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 35.4%18.9%Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 87.9%Not comparable
AA-HLESource 29.4%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -8.1%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 34.3%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 64.6%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 (Reasoning)o1-proResult
AIME 2025Source 96.1%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 (Reasoning)o1-proResult
MMMU-ProSource 78.5%Not comparable
AA-MMMU-ProSource 75.4%Not comparable
Design Arena WebsiteSource 1279Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 (Reasoning)o1-proResult
AA-IFBenchSource 70.2%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (2)

Which is better, Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) or o1-pro?

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) is ahead on BenchLM's BenchAlign leaderboard, 58.61 to 45.03. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 87.6% and 79%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) or o1-pro?

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 87.2 versus 79. Inside this category, Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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Last updated: July 24, 2026