# Kimi K2 vs o1-mini

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Kimi K2 and o1-mini across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/kimi-k2-vs-o1-mini
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

o1-mini leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- o1-mini has the higher overall point estimate 53 to 33.15. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SimpleQA in Knowledge, with scores of 31% and 7.6%.
- Kimi K2 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Kimi K2 | o1-mini |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Moonshot AI | OpenAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 128K |
| Overall Score | 33.15 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 13 | 7 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.60 / $2.50 | $1.10 / $4.40 |

## Category Breakdown

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K2 public-lane score: Coming soon
- o1-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2 | o1-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 65.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 53.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 47.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HumanEval | Coming soon | 92.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K2 public-lane score: 62.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- o1-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2 | o1-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| DROP | Coming soon | 83.9% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K2 public-lane score: 36.3 (Estimated · #127/181)
- o1-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2 | o1-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU | 89.5% | 85.2% | Kimi K2 |
| GPQA | 75.1% | 60% | Kimi K2 |
| SuperGPQA | 57.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 81.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SimpleQA | 31% | 7.6% | Kimi K2 |
| HLE | 4.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K2 public-lane score: Coming soon
- o1-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2 | o1-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MGSM | Coming soon | 89.9% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K2 public-lane score: 48.4 (#86/128)
- o1-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2 | o1-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 89.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K2 public-lane score: 0 (#12/12)
- o1-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K2 | o1-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2024 | 69.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | 49.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MATH-500 | 97.4% | 90% | Kimi K2 |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Kimi K2 or o1-mini?

o1-mini has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

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

Kimi K2 currently has 13 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does o1-mini cover on BenchLM?

o1-mini currently has 7 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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