Model profile
Kimi K2
Evidence coverage
14 of 321 tracked benchmarks are published. 2 are verified and 12 provisional. 7 of 8 categories are measured.
- Published / tracked
- 14 / 321
- Verified
- 2
- Provisional
- 12
- Categories with evidence
- 7 / 8
Evidence by category
- Agentic1 benchmarkReported
- Coding1 benchmarkReported
- Reasoning2 benchmarksReported
- Knowledge6 benchmarksReported
- Math2 benchmarksVerified
- Multilingual0 benchmarksNot measured
- Multimodal1 benchmarkReported
- Inst. Following1 benchmarkReported
Kimi K2 ranks #189 out of 200 models on the public leaderboard with an overall score of 27.19/100. It also ranks #88 out of 99 on the 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 14 of 321 tracked benchmarks. BenchLM only exposes non-generated benchmark rows publicly, so missing categories stay blank until a sourced evaluation is available.
Peer position
Exact provisional scores and ranks for the closest listed peers. A score can appear before a model clears the evidence threshold for a rank, so equal scores can have different rank states.
Range 21.39–27.44
- GPT-4 TurboOpenAICompare#18827.44GPT-4 Turbo is #188 with a score of 27.44.
- Kimi K2Current modelMoonshot AI#18927.19Kimi K2 is #189 with a score of 27.19.
- MiniMax M1 80kMiniMaxCompare#19025.12MiniMax M1 80k is #190 with a score of 25.12.
- Llama 4 MaverickMetaCompare#19123.49Llama 4 Maverick is #191 with a score of 23.49.
- Phi-4MicrosoftCompare#19222.69Phi-4 is #192 with a score of 22.69.
- Gemini 1.0 ProGoogleCompare#19321.78Gemini 1.0 Pro is #193 with a score of 21.78.
- Claude 3 HaikuAnthropicCompare#19421.39Claude 3 Haiku is #194 with a score of 21.39.
Category percentile
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Relative position among models eligible for each sourced category. A higher percentile means a stronger position within that category's ranked cohort; 100 is highest.
Category evidence
Scores and ranks appear only where this model has published benchmark evidence. Categories without displayable source records remain not measured.
| Category | Score | Rank | Percentile | Weight | Benchmarks | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AgenticRank Not rankedWeight 22%1 benchmarkReported | 52.7 | Not ranked | Not available | 22% | 1 benchmark | Reported |
| CodingRank Not rankedWeight 20%1 benchmarkReported | 57.3 | Not ranked | Not available | 20% | 1 benchmark | Reported |
| ReasoningWeight 17%2 benchmarksReported | Score pending | Not ranked | Not available | 17% | 2 benchmarks | Reported |
| KnowledgeRank Not rankedWeight 12%6 benchmarksReported | 57.2 | Not ranked | Not available | 12% | 6 benchmarks | Reported |
| MathRank Not rankedWeight 5%2 benchmarksVerified | 39.3 | Not ranked | Not available | 5% | 2 benchmarks | Verified |
| MultilingualWeight 7%0 benchmarksNot measured | Not measured | Not ranked | Not available | 7% | 0 benchmarks | Not measured |
| MultimodalWeight 12%1 benchmarkReported | Score pending | Not ranked | Not available | 12% | 1 benchmark | Reported |
| Inst. FollowingRank Not rankedWeight 5%1 benchmarkReported | 89.8 | Not ranked | Not available | 5% | 1 benchmark | Reported |
Chatbot Arena performance
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| View | Elo | Confidence interval | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Text Overall | 1051 | Not available | Not available |
Benchmark Details
Rows below have a displayable published verification record. Each source link and provenance note remains in the page HTML while its category is closed. Source-unverified manual rows and generated rows stay hidden.
Agentic1 benchmark
τ²-Bench Tool-Agent-User Evaluation
Coding1 benchmark
Artificial Analysis SciCode
Reasoning2 benchmarks
Artificial Analysis Long Context Reasoning
Critical Physics Tasks
Knowledge6 benchmarks
Artificial Analysis GPQA Diamond
Artificial Analysis Humanity's Last Exam
Artificial Analysis Omniscience Index
Artificial Analysis Omniscience Accuracy
Artificial Analysis Omniscience Hallucination Rate
Math2 benchmarks
FrontierMath v2 Tiers 1-3
FrontierMath v2 Tier 4
Multimodal1 benchmark
Design Arena Website Elo
Inst. Following1 benchmark
Artificial Analysis IFBench
Frequently Asked Questions
How does Kimi K2 perform overall in AI benchmarks?
Kimi K2 has 14 published benchmark scores on BenchLM, but it does not yet have enough non-generated coverage to receive a global overall rank.
Is Kimi K2 good for knowledge and understanding?
Kimi K2 has visible benchmark coverage in knowledge and understanding, but BenchLM does not currently assign it a global category rank there.
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 mathematics?
Kimi K2 has visible benchmark coverage in mathematics, 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 multimodal and grounded tasks?
Kimi K2 has visible benchmark coverage in multimodal and grounded tasks, but BenchLM does not currently assign it a global category rank there.
Is Kimi K2 good for instruction following?
Kimi K2 has visible benchmark coverage in instruction following, but BenchLM does not currently assign it a global category rank there.
Does Kimi K2 have full benchmark coverage on BenchLM?
Not yet. Kimi K2 currently has 14 published benchmark scores out of the 321 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 published context window of 128K, which determines how much text it can process in a single interaction.
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