Kimi K2 vs Sarvam 105B

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

Agentic
Coding
Multimodal & Grounded
Reasoning
Knowledge
Instruction Following
Multilingual
Mathematics

Kimi K2· Sarvam 105B

Quick Verdict

Pick Sarvam 105B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Kimi K2 only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority or you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Sarvam 105B is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 60 to 53. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Sarvam 105B's sharpest advantage is in mathematics, where it averages 92.3 against 67.9. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is AIME 2025, 49.5% to 88.3%. Kimi K2 does hit back in coding, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Sarvam 105B is the reasoning model in the pair, while Kimi K2 is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use.

Operational tradeoffs

PricePricing unavailableFree*
Speed43 t/sN/A
TTFT1.51sN/A
Context128K128K

Decision framing

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Runtime metrics show N/A when BenchLM does not have a sourced snapshot for that exact model. The scoring rules and freshness policy are documented on the methodology page.

BenchmarkKimi K2Sarvam 105B
AgenticKimi K2 wins
Terminal-Bench 2.047.1%
BrowseComp60.2%49.5%
Tau2-Telecom66.1%
CodingKimi K2 wins
SWE-bench Verified65.8%45%
LiveCodeBench53.7%
LiveCodeBench v671.7%
Multimodal & Grounded
Coming soon
Reasoning
hle44.9%11.2%
gpqaDiamond78.7%
KnowledgeSarvam 105B wins
MMLU89.5%90.6%
GPQA75.1%
SuperGPQA57.2%
MMLU-Pro81.1%81.7%
SimpleQA31%
Instruction FollowingKimi K2 wins
IFEval89.8%84.8%
Multilingual
sweMultilingual61.1%
MathematicsSarvam 105B wins
AIME 202469.6%
AIME 202549.5%88.3%
MATH-50097.4%98.6%
HMMT Feb 202538.8%
HMMT Feb 202585.8%
HMMT Nov 202585.8%
Frequently Asked Questions (6)

Which is better, Kimi K2 or Sarvam 105B?

Sarvam 105B is ahead overall, 60 to 53. The biggest single separator in this matchup is AIME 2025, where the scores are 49.5% and 88.3%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Kimi K2 or Sarvam 105B?

Sarvam 105B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.7 versus 64. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Kimi K2 or Sarvam 105B?

Kimi K2 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 58.2 versus 45. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Kimi K2 or Sarvam 105B?

Sarvam 105B has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 92.3 versus 67.9. Inside this category, AIME 2025 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Kimi K2 or Sarvam 105B?

Kimi K2 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 52.1 versus 49.5. Inside this category, BrowseComp is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Kimi K2 or Sarvam 105B?

Kimi K2 has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 89.8 versus 84.8. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: April 3, 2026

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