Model comparison
Command A vs Kimi K2.5 Instant
Kimi K2.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
CohereSummary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Command A scores higher in 0 categories and Kimi K2.5 Instant in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Kimi K2.5 Instant leads 42.3 to 26.8.
Side by side
| Command A | Kimi K2.5 Instant | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Moonshot AI |
| Noometry Index | 35.9 | 42.9 |
| Released | 2025-03-13 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 256K | — |
| Max output | 8K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | — |
| Results tracked | 24 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Command A: 26.8 (#317), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 42.3 (#95)
| Benchmark | Command A | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1331 | 1483 |
| Aider Polyglot | 12% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1404 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Command A: 35.7 (#36), Kimi K2.5 Instant: —
| Benchmark | Command A | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 57.1% | — |
Reasoning Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Command A: 17.7 (#276), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 28.5 (#88)
| Benchmark | Command A | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1326 | 1443 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 28.8% | — |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| LMCA | 10.3% | — |
Math Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Command A: 33.5 (#172), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 36.6 (#105)
| Benchmark | Command A | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1300 | 1443 |
Knowledge Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Command A: 36.5 (#157), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 39.5 (#121)
| Benchmark | Command A | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1295 | 1438 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Command A: —, Kimi K2.5 Instant: 39.5 (#47)
| Benchmark | Command A | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1254 |
Multilingual Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Command A: 45.5 (#166), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 52.2 (#89)
| Benchmark | Command A | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | 1406 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1327 | 1450 |
| LMArena French | 1352 | 1403 |
| LMArena German | 1341 | 1413 |
| LMArena Korean | 1285 | 1378 |
| LMArena Russian | 1314 | 1404 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1346 | 1448 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1283 | — |
Instruction Following Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Command A: 69.3 (#172), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 75.5 (#61)
| Benchmark | Command A | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1309 | 1430 |
Long Context Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Command A: 40.6 (#147), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 43.8 (#82)
| Benchmark | Command A | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1334 | 1435 |
Writing & Preference Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Command A: 47.8 (#204), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 60.8 (#91)
| Benchmark | Command A | Kimi K2.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1331 | 1420 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 1379 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1338 | 1427 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1145 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command A better than Kimi K2.5 Instant?
Kimi K2.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Command A or Kimi K2.5 Instant better for coding?
Kimi K2.5 Instant scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.3 versus 26.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Command A and Kimi K2.5 Instant share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.5 Instant has 18.