Kimi K2 vs Qwen2.5-72B

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

Quick Verdict

Qwen2.5-72B wins overall with a score of 65 vs 23 (42 point difference).Qwen2.5-72B wins 4 out of 4 categories.

Knowledge

Qwen2.5-72B

Kimi K2

29.8

Qwen2.5-72B

80.8

32
MMLU
83
31
GPQA
82
29
SuperGPQA
80
27
OpenBookQA
78

Coding

Qwen2.5-72B

Kimi K2

24

Qwen2.5-72B

75

24
HumanEval
75

Mathematics

Qwen2.5-72B

Kimi K2

31

Qwen2.5-72B

83

32
AIME 2023
84
34
AIME 2024
86
33
AIME 2025
85
28
HMMT Feb 2023
80
30
HMMT Feb 2024
82
29
HMMT Feb 2025
81
31
BRUMO 2025
83

Reasoning

Qwen2.5-72B

Kimi K2

29

Qwen2.5-72B

79

30
SimpleQA
80
28
MuSR
78

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Kimi K2 or Qwen2.5-72B?

Qwen2.5-72B scores higher overall with 65 vs 23, a difference of 42 points across all benchmarks.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Kimi K2 or Qwen2.5-72B?

Qwen2.5-72B leads in knowledge tasks with an average score of 80.8 vs 29.8.

Which is better for coding, Kimi K2 or Qwen2.5-72B?

Qwen2.5-72B leads in coding with an average score of 75 vs 24.

Which is better for math, Kimi K2 or Qwen2.5-72B?

Qwen2.5-72B leads in math with an average score of 83 vs 31.

Which is better for reasoning, Kimi K2 or Qwen2.5-72B?

Qwen2.5-72B leads in reasoning with an average score of 79 vs 29.