# GPT-4.1 mini vs Kimi K2.5

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-4.1 mini and Kimi K2.5 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-4-1-mini-vs-kimi-k2-5
- Last updated: September 29, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Kimi K2.5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-4.1 mini only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Kimi K2.5 leads overall 52.85 to 29.09.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 42.8 for GPT-4.1 mini and 84.4 for Kimi K2.5.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE-bench Verified in Coding, with scores of 23.6% and 76.8%.
- GPT-4.1 mini is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- GPT-4.1 mini also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GPT-4.1 mini | Kimi K2.5 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | Moonshot AI |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 256K |
| Overall Score | 29.09 | 52.85 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 5 | 45 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.40 / $1.60 | $0.60 / $3.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 36.5 (Estimated · #61/117)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Kimi K2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 50.8% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 60.6% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 52.3% | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 54.3% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 65.7% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 77.1% | Coming soon |
| DeepPlanning | Coming soon | 14.4% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 27.8% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 29.5% | Coming soon |
| MCP-Tasks | Coming soon | 59.1% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 72.7% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 45.88% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 14.0% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 8.7% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 19.8 (Estimated · #123/143)
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 38.8 (Estimated · #66/143)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Kimi K2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 23.6% | 76.8% | Kimi K2.5 |
| SWE-bench Verified* | Coming soon | 70.8% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 85.0% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 50.7% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 73% | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | Coming soon | 58.5% | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | Coming soon | 77.2% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 48.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 52.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 55.2 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Kimi K2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 61% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 47.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 66.8 (#25/50)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Kimi K2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 78.5% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME | Coming soon | 87.4% | Coming soon |
| MMVU | Coming soon | 80.4% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 86.6% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 31.1 (Supported · #136/169)
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 47.8 (Estimated · #71/169)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Kimi K2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU | 87.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 64.2% | 87.6% | Kimi K2.5 |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 87.6% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 69.2% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 87.1% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Arcee) | Coming soon | 87.1% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 30.1% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 38.2 (#8/12)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Kimi K2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 82.3% | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | Coming soon | 56.0% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 42.8 (#94/124)
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 84.4 (#41/124)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Kimi K2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 88.5% | 93.9% | Kimi K2.5 |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 28.4 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 62.1 (#4/7)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Kimi K2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 4.483% | 27.900% | Kimi K2.5 |
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 96.1% | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 95.8% | Coming soon |
| AIME25 (Arcee) | Coming soon | 96.3% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 95.4% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | Coming soon | 91.1% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 87.1% | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | Coming soon | 81.8% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 4.200% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GPT-4.1 mini or Kimi K2.5?

Kimi K2.5 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between GPT-4.1 mini and Kimi K2.5?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 42.8 for GPT-4.1 mini and 84.4 for Kimi K2.5.

### How many benchmarks does GPT-4.1 mini cover on BenchLM?

GPT-4.1 mini currently has 5 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Kimi K2.5 cover on BenchLM?

Kimi K2.5 currently has 45 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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- [GPT-4.1 mini vs GPT-4.1 nano](/compare/gpt-4-1-mini-vs-gpt-4-1-nano)
- [Kimi K2.5 vs GPT-4.1 nano](/compare/gpt-4-1-nano-vs-kimi-k2-5)

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