# Kimi K2.5 vs Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Kimi K2.5 and Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

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

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

## Quick Verdict

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

## Summary

- Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) leads overall 58.74 to 55.62.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 46 for Kimi K2.5 and 49.9 for Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning).
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Gert Labs in Agentic, with scores of 45.88% and 32.58%.
- Kimi K2.5 also has the larger context window at 256K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Kimi K2.5 | Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Moonshot AI | Moonshot AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 128K |
| Overall Score | 55.62 | 58.74 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 45 | 9 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.60 / $3.00 | $0.60 / $3.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 46 (Estimated · #90/151)
- Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) public-lane score: 49.9 (Estimated · #67/151)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 50.8% | 50.8% | Tie |
| BrowseComp | 60.6% | 60.6% | Tie |
| Claw-Eval | 52.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | 54.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | 65.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 77.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepPlanning | 14.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | 27.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 29.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP-Tasks | 59.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | 72.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 45.88% | 32.58% | Kimi K2.5 |
| ResearchClawBench | 14.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 8.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 51.5 (Estimated · #64/183)
- Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) public-lane score: 52.9 (Estimated · #52/183)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 76.8% | 76.8% | Tie |
| SWE-bench Verified* | 70.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 85.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 50.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 73% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | 58.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | 77.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | 48.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 17.54% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 65.7 (#24/48)
- Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) public-lane score: 63.2 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 78.5% | 78.5% | Tie |
| Video-MME | 87.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMVU | 80.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | 86.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 53.5 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | 61% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 53.1 (Estimated · #70/181)
- Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) public-lane score: 52.4 (Estimated · #78/181)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 87.6% | 87.6% | Tie |
| GPQA-D | 87.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | 69.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 87.1% | 87.1% | Tie |
| MMLU-Pro (Arcee) | 87.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 30.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 85.6 (#40/120)
- Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 93.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 38.2 (#8/12)
- Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | 82.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | 56.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 62.4 (#5/7)
- Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

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

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Kimi K2.5 or Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)?

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Kimi K2.5 and Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 46 for Kimi K2.5 and 49.9 for Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning).

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

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

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

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) currently has 9 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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