# Grok 2 mini vs Kimi K2

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Grok 2 mini and Kimi K2 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/grok-2-mini-vs-kimi-k2
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Grok 2 mini and Kimi K2 share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Kimi K2 has the larger published context window at 128K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Grok 2 mini | Kimi K2 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | xAI | Moonshot AI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | Unknown | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 33.33 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 5 | 13 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $0.60 / $2.50 |

## Category Breakdown

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 2 mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- Kimi K2 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Grok 2 mini | Kimi K2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HumanEval | 85.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 65.8% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 53.7% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 47.3% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 2 mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- Kimi K2 public-lane score: 62.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 2 mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- Kimi K2 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Grok 2 mini | Kimi K2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | 63.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 2 mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- Kimi K2 public-lane score: 36.2 (Estimated · #127/181)

| Benchmark | Grok 2 mini | Kimi K2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 51% | 75.1% | Kimi K2 |
| MMLU | 86.2% | 89.5% | Kimi K2 |
| MMLU-Pro | 72% | 81.1% | Kimi K2 |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 57.2% | Coming soon |
| SimpleQA | Coming soon | 31% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 4.7% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 2 mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- Kimi K2 public-lane score: 48.4 (#86/128)

| Benchmark | Grok 2 mini | Kimi K2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 89.8% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 2 mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- Kimi K2 public-lane score: 0 (#12/12)

| Benchmark | Grok 2 mini | Kimi K2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2024 | Coming soon | 69.6% | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 49.5% | Coming soon |
| MATH-500 | Coming soon | 97.4% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Grok 2 mini and Kimi K2?

Not yet. The models share only 3 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

## Related Comparisons

- [Grok 2 mini vs Grok 2](/compare/grok-2-vs-grok-2-mini)
- [Kimi K2 vs Grok 2](/compare/grok-2-vs-kimi-k2)
- [Grok 2 mini vs Claude Opus 5.5](/compare/claude-opus-5-5-vs-grok-2-mini)
- [Kimi K2 vs Claude Opus 5.5](/compare/claude-opus-5-5-vs-kimi-k2)

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