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Kimi K2

Moonshot AIEstablishedReleased Jul 1, 2025
Overall Score
Est. 41Prov. #79 of 119
Arena Elo
1051
Categories Ranked
3of 8
Price (1M tokens)
$0.6 in / $2.5 out
Speed
43tok/s
Context
128K
ProprietaryNon-Reasoning
Confidence
base

According to BenchLM.ai, Kimi K2 ranks #79 out of 119 models on the provisional leaderboard with an overall score of 41/100. It does not yet have enough sourced coverage for BenchLM's verified leaderboard. While not a frontier model, it offers specific advantages depending on the use case.

Kimi K2 is a proprietary model with a 128K token context window. It processes queries without explicit chain-of-thought reasoning, offering faster response times and lower token usage.

This profile currently has 16 of 225 tracked benchmarks. BenchLM only exposes non-generated benchmark rows publicly, so missing categories stay blank until a sourced evaluation is available.

Its strongest category is Instruction Following (#26), while its weakest is Knowledge (#53). This performance profile makes it a well-rounded choice across a range of tasks.

Ranking Distribution

Category rank across 5 benchmark categories — sorted by best rank

Category Performance

Scores across all benchmark categories (0-100 scale)

Category Breakdown

Agentic

30.4/ 100
Weight: 22%4 benchmarks
Terminal-Bench 2.0BrowseCompOSWorld-VerifiedGAIATAU-benchWebArena

Coding

53.9/ 100
Weight: 20%3 benchmarks
SWE-bench VerifiedLiveCodeBenchSWE-bench ProSWE-RebenchSciCode

Reasoning

0.0/ 100
Weight: 17%2 benchmarks
MuSRLongBench v2MRCRv2ARC-AGI-2

Knowledge

#53
56.5/ 100
Weight: 12%6 benchmarks
GPQASuperGPQAMMLU-ProHLEFrontierScienceSimpleQA

Math

#51
51.3/ 100
Weight: 5%0 benchmarks
AIME 2025BRUMO 2025MATH-500FrontierMath

Multilingual

0.0/ 100
Weight: 7%0 benchmarks
MGSMMMLU-ProX

Multimodal

0.0/ 100
Weight: 12%0 benchmarks
MMMU-ProOfficeQA ProCharXivCharXiv w/o tools

Inst. Following

#26
83.5/ 100
Weight: 5%1 benchmark
IFEvalIFBench

Chatbot Arena Performance

Text Overall1051

Benchmark Details

Only benchmark rows with an attached exact-source record are shown here. Source-unverified manual rows and generated rows are hidden from model pages.

Frequently Asked Questions

How does Kimi K2 perform overall in AI benchmarks?

Kimi K2 currently ranks #79 out of 119 models on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard with an overall score of 41 (estimated). It is created by Moonshot AI and features a 128K context window.

Is Kimi K2 good for knowledge and understanding?

Kimi K2 ranks #53 out of 119 models in knowledge and understanding benchmarks with an average score of 56.5. There are stronger options in this category.

Is Kimi K2 good for coding and programming?

Kimi K2 has visible benchmark coverage in coding and programming, but BenchLM does not currently assign it a global category rank there.

Is Kimi K2 good for reasoning and logic?

Kimi K2 has visible benchmark coverage in reasoning and logic, but BenchLM does not currently assign it a global category rank there.

Is Kimi K2 good for agentic tool use and computer tasks?

Kimi K2 has visible benchmark coverage in agentic tool use and computer tasks, but BenchLM does not currently assign it a global category rank there.

Is Kimi K2 good for instruction following?

Kimi K2 ranks #26 out of 119 models in instruction following benchmarks with an average score of 83.5. There are stronger options in this category.

Does Kimi K2 have full benchmark coverage on BenchLM?

Not yet. Kimi K2 currently has 16 published benchmark scores out of the 225 benchmarks BenchLM tracks. BenchLM only exposes non-generated public benchmark rows, so missing categories stay blank until a sourced evaluation is available.

What is the context window size of Kimi K2?

Kimi K2 has a context window of 128K, which determines how much text it can process in a single interaction.

Last updated: June 2, 2026 · Runtime metrics stay blank until BenchLM has a sourced snapshot.

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