Model comparison

GPT-5.4 vs Kimi K2.5 Instant

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.4 to 43.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 OpenAI

59.4

Rank #16 Confirmed

Kimi K2.5 Instant Moonshot AI

43.6

Rank #89 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 scores higher in 9 categories and Kimi K2.5 Instant in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.4 leads 73.5 to 39.4.
  • Kimi K2.5 Instant has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 and Kimi K2.5 Instant specifications
GPT-5.4Kimi K2.5 Instant
ProviderOpenAIMoonshot AI
Noometry Index59.443.6
Released2026-03-05—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$2.50—
Output $ / M tokens$15—
Results tracked6818

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 52.6 (#33), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 42.6 (#97)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Kimi K2.5 Instant
LMArena WebDev14651404
LMArena Coding14971484
SWE-bench Verified76.9%—
DeepSWE51.8%—
SciCode56.6%—
GSO31.4%—
WeirdML77.7%—
MirrorCode15.6%—
ALE-Bench1,607—
AlgoTune1.85—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.4: 46.5 (#13), Kimi K2.5 Instant: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Kimi K2.5 Instant
Terminal-Bench81.8%—
APEX-Agents52.4%—
τ²-bench Banking39.4%—
DeepResearch Bench35.1%—
PostTrainBench19%—
GBAEval45.1%—
LMArena Search1197—
METR Time Horizons74.3%—
Vending-Bench 26,144—

Reasoning GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 61.8 (#19), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 29.7 (#90)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Kimi K2.5 Instant
LMArena Hard Prompts14851443
ARC-AGI-274%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark63.8%—
NYT Connections (extended)91.3%—
ARC-AGI-193.7%—
CritPt23.4%—
Chess Puzzles44%—
EnigmaEval16%—
Thematic Generalization80%—
EBR-Bench25.4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—
DTBench94.4%—
LMCA52%—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.81—
ForecastBench59.5—

Math GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 73.5 (#19), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 39.4 (#105)

Knowledge GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 65.3 (#14), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 40.2 (#123)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Kimi K2.5 Instant
LMArena Expert15071440
GPQA Diamond93.3%—
Humanity's Last Exam36.2%—
SimpleQA Verified45.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate7%—

Multimodal GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 43.7 (#20), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 40.2 (#50)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Kimi K2.5 Instant
LMArena Vision13031254
Blueprint-Bench 227.1%—
Furniture Assembly37.5%—
LMArena Document1471—

Multilingual GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 56.2 (#23), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 52.0 (#94)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Kimi K2.5 Instant
LMArena Non-English14651406
LMArena Chinese15191449
LMArena French14931403
LMArena German14721413
LMArena Korean14481378
LMArena Russian14801404
LMArena Spanish14541447
LMArena Japanese1485—

Instruction Following GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 77.1 (#27), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 75.3 (#65)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Kimi K2.5 Instant
LMArena Instruction Following14691430

Long Context GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 50.3 (#8), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 43.9 (#83)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Kimi K2.5 Instant
LMArena Longer Query14731435
CL-bench27.9%—
CL-bench Life21.7%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 71.9 (#17), Kimi K2.5 Instant: 60.6 (#95)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Kimi K2.5 Instant
LMArena Text14691420
LMArena Creative Writing14391381
LMArena Multi-Turn14821427
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1840—
EQ-Bench 41272—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 better than Kimi K2.5 Instant?

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.4 to 43.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.4 or Kimi K2.5 Instant better for coding?

GPT-5.4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.6 versus 42.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 and Kimi K2.5 Instant share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 has 68 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.5 Instant has 18.

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