# Kimi K2.5 vs Laguna XS.2

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Kimi K2.5 and Laguna XS.2 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/kimi-k2-5-vs-laguna-xs-2
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick Kimi K2.5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Laguna XS.2 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 54.01 to 1.53.
- The clearest category separation is in knowledge, where the averages are 52 for Kimi K2.5 and 17.7 for Laguna XS.2.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE Multilingual in Coding, with scores of 73% and 57.7%.
- Laguna XS.2 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Kimi K2.5 | Laguna XS.2 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Moonshot AI | Poolside |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 256K |
| Overall Score | 54.01 | 1.53 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 45 | 10 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.60 / $3.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 46.4 (Estimated · #77/152)
- Laguna XS.2 public-lane score: 22.4 (Estimated · #149/152)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Laguna XS.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 50.8% | 35.7% | Kimi K2.5 |
| BrowseComp | 60.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | 14.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 8.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 25.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 50.6 (Estimated · #55/151)
- Laguna XS.2 public-lane score: 24.7 (Supported · #148/151)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Laguna XS.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 76.8% | 69.9% | Kimi K2.5 |
| SWE-bench Verified* | 70.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 85.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 50.7% | 46.3% | Kimi K2.5 |
| SWE Multilingual | 73% | 57.7% | Kimi K2.5 |
| SWE-Rebench | 58.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | 77.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | 48.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 35.7% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 67.8% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 55.2% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 65.7 (#24/48)
- Laguna XS.2 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Laguna XS.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 78.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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: 54.1 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Laguna XS.2 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Laguna XS.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | 61% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 52 (Estimated · #69/183)
- Laguna XS.2 public-lane score: 17.7 (Estimated · #183/183)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Laguna XS.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 87.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 87.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | 69.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 87.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Arcee) | 87.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 30.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 55.1% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 69.1% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 85.8 (#41/123)
- Laguna XS.2 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Laguna XS.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 93.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.5 public-lane score: 38.2 (#8/12)
- Laguna XS.2 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Laguna XS.2 | 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)
- Laguna XS.2 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Laguna XS.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 96.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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 Laguna XS.2?

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

### Where is the biggest gap between Kimi K2.5 and Laguna XS.2?

The widest category gap is in knowledge, where the averages are 52 for Kimi K2.5 and 17.7 for Laguna XS.2.

### 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 Laguna XS.2 cover on BenchLM?

Laguna XS.2 currently has 10 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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- [Kimi K2.5 vs Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)](/compare/kimi-k2-5-vs-kimi-k2-5-reasoning)
- [Laguna XS.2 vs Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)](/compare/kimi-k2-5-reasoning-vs-laguna-xs-2)
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- [Laguna XS.2 vs Laguna M.1](/compare/laguna-m-1-vs-laguna-xs-2)

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