Kimi / MODEL EVIDENCE

Kimi K2 Thinking

23 benchmarks · 27 observations · 25 sources · released 2025-11-06

Scores at a glance

23 benchmarks · large dot: Kimi K2 Thinking; small dots: closest models where reported

ALE-Bench ↗597.5 Performance points
137.782951.32

kimi-k2-thinking · Average contest performance ↗

Closest models by score

Similar positions on shared benchmark leaderboards. Smaller gaps are closer.

17.9 percentile-point gap

10 of 16 shared benchmark comparisons

19.3 percentile-point gap

11 of 16 shared benchmark comparisons

How similarity is measured

Mean absolute gap in percentile positions on shared benchmark settings; lower is closer. At least 60% overlap is required, with a minimum of three when available. Independent evaluations are used when there are at least three; otherwise published report comparisons are used. Repeated model observations within one setting are averaged before ranking. Writing-style traits and composite indices are excluded. This describes similarity, not an overall quality ranking.

Sources

Every plotted observation links to its evaluation. Reported configurations, benchmark versions and task subsets can differ; similarity describes shared scores, not training lift.

  1. AIME 2025 Benchmark | Artificial Analysis ↗

    Artificial Analysis

  2. LiveCodeBench Benchmark | Artificial Analysis ↗

    Artificial Analysis

  3. DeepSeek-V3.2: Pushing the Frontier of Open Large Language Models — published result table ↗

    DeepSeek-AI, Liu, Aixin, Mei, Aoxue, Lin, Bangcai, Xue, Bing, Wang, Bingxuan et al. · 2025

    All 264 authors

    DeepSeek-AI, Liu, Aixin, Mei, Aoxue, Lin, Bangcai, Xue, Bing, Wang, Bingxuan, Xu, Bingzheng, Wu, Bochao, Zhang, Bowei, Lin, Chaofan, Dong, Chen, Lu, Chengda, Zhao, Chenggang, Deng, Chengqi, Xu, Chenhao, Ruan, Chong, Dai, Damai, Guo, Daya, Yang, Dejian, Chen, Deli, Li, Erhang, Zhou, Fangqi, Lin, Fangyun, Dai, Fucong, Hao, Guangbo, Chen, Guanting, Li, Guowei, Zhang, H., Xu, Hanwei, Li, Hao, Liang, Haofen, Wei, Haoran, Zhang, Haowei, Luo, Haowen, Ji, Haozhe, Ding, Honghui, Tang, Hongxuan, Cao, Huanqi, Gao, Huazuo, Qu, Hui, Zeng, Hui, Huang, Jialiang, Li, Jiashi, Xu, Jiaxin, Hu, Jiewen, Chen, Jingchang, Xiang, Jingting, Yuan, Jingyang, Cheng, Jingyuan, Zhu, Jinhua, Ran, Jun, Jiang, Junguang, Qiu, Junjie, Li, Junlong, Song, Junxiao, Dong, Kai, Gao, Kaige, Guan, Kang, Huang, Kexin, Zhou, Kexing, Huang, Kezhao, Yu, Kuai, Wang, Lean, Zhang, Lecong, Wang, Lei, Zhao, Liang, Yin, Liangsheng, Guo, Lihua, Luo, Lingxiao, Ma, Linwang, Wang, Litong, Zhang, Liyue, Di, M. S., Xu, M. Y, Zhang, Mingchuan, Zhang, Minghua, Tang, Minghui, Zhou, Mingxu, Huang, Panpan, Cong, Peixin, Wang, Peiyi, Wang, Qiancheng, Zhu, Qihao, Li, Qingyang, Chen, Qinyu, Du, Qiushi, Xu, Ruiling, Ge, Ruiqi, Zhang, Ruisong, Pan, Ruizhe, Wang, Runji, Yin, Runqiu, Xu, Runxin, Shen, Ruomeng, Zhang, Ruoyu, Liu, S. H., Lu, Shanghao, Zhou, Shangyan, Chen, Shanhuang, Cai, Shaofei, Chen, Shaoyuan, Hu, Shengding, Liu, Shengyu, Hu, Shiqiang, Ma, Shirong, Wang, Shiyu, Yu, Shuiping, Zhou, Shunfeng, Pan, Shuting, Zhou, Songyang, Ni, Tao, Yun, Tao, Pei, Tian, Ye, Tian, Yue, Tianyuan, Zeng, Wangding, Liu, Wen, Liang, Wenfeng, Pang, Wenjie, Luo, Wenjing, Gao, Wenjun, Zhang, Wentao, Gao, Xi, Wang, Xiangwen, Bi, Xiao, Liu, Xiaodong, Wang, Xiaohan, Chen, Xiaokang, Zhang, Xiaokang, Nie, Xiaotao, Cheng, Xin, Liu, Xin, Xie, Xin, Liu, Xingchao, Yu, Xingkai, Li, Xingyou, Yang, Xinyu, Li, Xinyuan, Chen, Xu, Su, Xuecheng, Pan, Xuehai, Lin, Xuheng, Fu, Xuwei, Wang, Y. Q., Zhang, Yang, Xu, Yanhong, Ma, Yanru, Li, Yao, Li, Yao, Zhao, Yao, Sun, Yaofeng, Wang, Yaohui, Qian, Yi, Yu, Yi, Zhang, Yichao, Ding, Yifan, Shi, Yifan, Xiong, Yiliang, He, Ying, Zhou, Ying, Zhong, Yinmin, Piao, Yishi, Wang, Yisong, Chen, Yixiao, Tan, Yixuan, Wei, Yixuan, Ma, Yiyang, Liu, Yiyuan, Yang, Yonglun, Guo, Yongqiang, Wu, Yongtong, Wu, Yu, Cheng, Yuan, Ou, Yuan, Xu, Yuanfan, Wang, Yuduan, Gong, Yue, Wu, Yuhan, Zou, Yuheng, Li, Yukun, Xiong, Yunfan, Luo, Yuxiang, You, Yuxiang, Liu, Yuxuan, Zhou, Yuyang, Wu, Z. F., Ren, Z. Z., Zhao, Zehua, Ren, Zehui, Sha, Zhangli, Fu, Zhe, Xu, Zhean, Xie, Zhenda, Zhang, Zhengyan, Hao, Zhewen, Gou, Zhibin, Ma, Zhicheng, Yan, Zhigang, Shao, Zhihong, Huang, Zhixian, Wu, Zhiyu, Li, Zhuoshu, Zhang, Zhuping, Xu, Zian, Wang, Zihao, Gu, Zihui, Zhu, Zijia, Li, Zilin, Zhang, Zipeng, Xie, Ziwei, Gao, Ziyi, Pan, Zizheng, Yao, Zongqing, Feng, Bei, Li, Hui, Cai, J. L., Ni, Jiaqi, Xu, Lei, Li, Meng, Tian, Ning, Chen, R. J., Jin, R. L., Li, S. S., Zhou, Shuang, Sun, Tianyu, Li, X. Q., Jin, Xiangyue, Shen, Xiaojin, Chen, Xiaosha, Song, Xinnan, Zhou, Xinyi, Zhu, Y. X., Huang, Yanping, Li, Yaohui, Zheng, Yi, Zhu, Yuchen, Ma, Yunxian, Huang, Zhen, Xu, Zhipeng, Zhang, Zhongyu, Ji, Dongjie, Liang, Jian, Guo, Jianzhong, Chen, Jin, Xia, Leyi, Wang, Miaojun, Li, Mingming, Zhang, Peng, Chen, Ruyi, Sun, Shangmian, Wu, Shaoqing, Ye, Shengfeng, Wang, T., Xiao, W. L., An, Wei, Wang, Xianzu, Sun, Xiaowen, Wang, Xiaoxiang, Tang, Ying, Zha, Yukun, Zhang, Zekai, Ju, Zhe, Zhang, Zhen, Qu, Zihua

  4. Ale Bench — methodology and published results ↗

    Epoch AI · 2026

  5. CL-bench ↗

    Epoch AI

  6. Terminal-Bench 2.0 ↗

    Epoch AI

  7. AI benchmarks & capabilities ↗

    Epoch AI

  8. WeirdML ↗

    Håvard Tveit Ihle

  9. Scale Labs — evaluation methodology and results ↗

    Scale Labs / SEAL · 2026

  10. Scale Labs — evaluation methodology and results ↗

    Scale Labs / SEAL · 2026

  11. Scale Labs — evaluation methodology and results ↗

    Scale Labs / SEAL · 2026

  12. Measuring AI Ability to Complete Long Software Tasks ↗

    METR

  13. Terminal-Bench 2.0 leaderboard ↗

    Terminal-Bench Team

  14. AIME — evaluation methodology and results ↗

    Vals AI · 2026

  15. CaseLaw — evaluation methodology and results ↗

    Vals AI · 2026

  16. CorpFin — evaluation methodology and results ↗

    Vals AI · 2026

  17. GPQA Diamond — evaluation methodology and results ↗

    Vals AI · 2026

  18. LiveCodeBench — evaluation methodology and results ↗

    Vals AI · 2026

  19. LegalBench — evaluation methodology and results ↗

    Vals AI · 2026

  20. MedQA — evaluation methodology and results ↗

    Vals AI · 2026

  21. MGSM — evaluation methodology and results ↗

    Vals AI · 2026

  22. MMLU Pro — evaluation methodology and results ↗

    Vals AI · 2026

  23. Poker Agent — evaluation methodology and results ↗

    Vals AI · 2026

  24. SWE-bench Verified — evaluation methodology and results ↗

    Vals AI · 2026

  25. TaxEval — evaluation methodology and results ↗

    Vals AI · 2026

Names used in source tables

Kimi K2 Thinking · Kimi K2 Thinking (Mini-SWE-agent) · Kimi-K2 Thinking · kimi-k2-thinking