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Kimi K2.5 vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
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Winner summary
Kimi K2.5 wins on 6/6 benchmarks
Kimi K2.5 wins 6 of 6 shared benchmarks. Leads in math · knowledge · language.
Category leads
math·Kimi K2.5knowledge·Kimi K2.5language·Kimi K2.5coding·Kimi K2.5
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Kimi K2.5
#129 by perf·#18 by attention
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
#44 by perf·#2 by attention
Best value
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
2.5x better value than Kimi K2.5
Kimi K2.5
37.0 pts/$
$1.35/M
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
91.3 pts/$
$0.67/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
Moonshot AI
$50.0B·Tier 1
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
6 benchmarks · 2 models
Kimi K2.5Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
OpenCompass · AIME2025
Kimi K2.5 leads by +2.9
Kimi K2.5
91.9
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
89.0
OpenCompass · GPQA-Diamond
Kimi K2.5 leads by +11.1
Kimi K2.5
88.1
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
77.0
OpenCompass · HLE
Kimi K2.5 leads by +15.1
Kimi K2.5
28.6
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
13.5
OpenCompass · IFEval
Kimi K2.5 leads by +4.4
Kimi K2.5
93.9
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
89.5
OpenCompass · LiveCodeBenchV6
Kimi K2.5 leads by +14.3
Kimi K2.5
80.6
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
66.3
OpenCompass · MMLU-Pro
Kimi K2.5 leads by +4.2
Kimi K2.5
86.2
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
82.0
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking |
|---|---|---|
OpenCompass · AIME2025 | 91.9 | 89.0 |
OpenCompass · GPQA-Diamond | 88.1 | 77.0 |
OpenCompass · HLE | 28.6 | 13.5 |
OpenCompass · IFEval | 93.9 | 89.5 |
OpenCompass · LiveCodeBenchV6 | 80.6 | 66.3 |
OpenCompass · MMLU-Pro | 86.2 | 82.0 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.45 | $2.25 | 262K tokens (~131 books) | $9.00 | |
| $0.15 | $1.20 | 262K tokens (~131 books) | $4.13 |
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