Model comparison
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) vs Kimi K2.5
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) and Kimi K2.5 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (48.6 vs 48.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 37 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 37 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) scores higher in 4 categories and Kimi K2.5 in 6 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads 52.3 to 31.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-2: 65.1% for Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) and 11.8% for Kimi K2.5.
- Kimi K2.5 is cheaper at $0.45 / $2.25 per million input/output tokens, against $1.25 / $2.50 for Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning).
- Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.
- Kimi K2.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Kimi K2.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Moonshot AI |
| Noometry Index | 48.6 | 48.1 |
| Released | 2026-02-17 | 2026-01-27 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1M | 262K |
| Max output | 30K | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.25 | $0.45 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $2.25 |
| Results tracked | 46 | 51 |
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Category by category
Coding Kimi K2.5 leads
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 42.1 (#112), Kimi K2.5: 48.8 (#53)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Kimi K2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1375 | 1437 |
| WeirdML | 52.3% | 45.6% |
| LMArena Coding | 1459 | 1474 |
| ALE-Bench | 1,150 | 821.65 |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 73.8% |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 70.8% |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | — | 67.3% |
| SciCode | — | 49% |
Agentic & Tool Use Too close to call
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 34.4 (#46), Kimi K2.5: 34.2 (#48)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Kimi K2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 57.3% | 43.2% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 4,663 | 1,198 |
| τ²-bench Banking | 18% | — |
| OSWorld | — | 63.3% |
| LMArena Search | 1189 | — |
Reasoning Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 52.3 (#32), Kimi K2.5: 31.2 (#80)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Kimi K2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 65.1% | 11.8% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 75% | 78.5% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 85.4% | 69.9% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 89.5% | 65.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | 24% | 12% |
| Thematic Generalization | 63.8% | 69.4% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1451 | 1453 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 151.98 | 148.03 |
| SimpleBench | — | 46.8% |
| CritPt | — | 3.1% |
| EnigmaEval | — | 3.4% |
| DTBench | 90.1% | — |
| LMCA | 38.7% | — |
| ForecastBench | 61.4 | — |
Math Kimi K2.5 leads
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 48.2 (#65), Kimi K2.5: 51.8 (#53)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Kimi K2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 92.2% | 92.2% |
| LMArena Math | 1455 | 1470 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 44.9% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 17.1% | — |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 62.3% |
| ProofBench | 14% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 27.9% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 4.2% |
Knowledge Too close to call
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 52.8 (#60), Kimi K2.5: 53.6 (#56)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Kimi K2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 89.3% | 87.6% |
| SimpleQA Verified | 30.2% | 34.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1439 | 1466 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 24.4% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 14.2% |
Multimodal Kimi K2.5 leads
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 33.3 (#98), Kimi K2.5: 41.1 (#39)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Kimi K2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1263 | 1269 |
| LMArena Document | 1416 | 1430 |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 0% | — |
Multilingual Too close to call
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 54.5 (#40), Kimi K2.5: 53.9 (#53)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Kimi K2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1441 | 1433 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1481 | 1495 |
| LMArena French | 1476 | 1454 |
| LMArena German | 1465 | 1441 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1449 | 1421 |
| LMArena Korean | 1417 | 1410 |
| LMArena Russian | 1458 | 1435 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1443 | 1450 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 74.8 (#83), Kimi K2.5: 75.3 (#64)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Kimi K2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1420 | 1431 |
Long Context Kimi K2.5 leads
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 45.5 (#34), Kimi K2.5: 52.1 (#7)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Kimi K2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | 22.2% | 19.3% |
| CL-bench Life | 11.9% | 13.2% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1437 | 1445 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 86.1% |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 65.7 (#44), Kimi K2.5: 65.1 (#53)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Kimi K2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1451 | 1445 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1438 | 1423 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1574 | 1579 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1456 | 1444 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) better than Kimi K2.5?
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) and Kimi K2.5 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (48.6 vs 48.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) or Kimi K2.5?
Kimi K2.5 is cheaper. It lists at $0.45 per million input tokens and $2.25 per million output tokens; Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) lists at $1.25 and $2.50.
Is Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) or Kimi K2.5 better for coding?
Kimi K2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.8 versus 42.1 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) does, with 1M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) and Kimi K2.5 share?
37 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) has 46 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.5 has 51.