Model comparison
Kimi K2.5 Instant vs Qwen3-30B-A3B
Kimi K2.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 38.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.5 Instant scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen3-30B-A3B in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in long context, where Kimi K2.5 Instant leads 43.9 to 31.0.
Side by side
| Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen3-30B-A3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Moonshot AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 43.6 | 38.9 |
| Released | — | 2025-04-28 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 41K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.12 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.50 |
| Results tracked | 18 | 32 |
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Category by category
Coding Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 42.6 (#97), Qwen3-30B-A3B: 37.5 (#194)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1484 | 1416 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1404 | — |
| SciCode | — | 33.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 29.8% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Kimi K2.5 Instant: —, Qwen3-30B-A3B: 29.8 (#82)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 41.4% |
Reasoning Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 29.7 (#90), Qwen3-30B-A3B: 22.2 (#204)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1443 | 1398 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 54.9% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 8% |
| DTBench | — | 69.3% |
| LMCA | — | 22.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 139.63 |
Math Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 39.4 (#105), Qwen3-30B-A3B: 37.4 (#157)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1442 | 1394 |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 47.8% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 70.3% |
Knowledge Qwen3-30B-A3B leads
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 40.2 (#123), Qwen3-30B-A3B: 41.8 (#105)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1440 | 1396 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 70.1% |
| Confabulations | — | 12.3% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 40.2 (#50), Qwen3-30B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1254 | — |
Multilingual Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 52.0 (#94), Qwen3-30B-A3B: 49.5 (#132)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1406 | 1372 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1449 | 1433 |
| LMArena French | 1403 | 1418 |
| LMArena German | 1413 | 1380 |
| LMArena Korean | 1378 | 1331 |
| LMArena Russian | 1404 | 1370 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1447 | 1404 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1337 |
Instruction Following Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 75.3 (#65), Qwen3-30B-A3B: 72.0 (#142)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1430 | 1363 |
Long Context Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 43.9 (#83), Qwen3-30B-A3B: 31.0 (#283)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1435 | 1379 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 40.6% |
Writing & Preference Kimi K2.5 Instant leads
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 60.6 (#95), Qwen3-30B-A3B: 55.6 (#143)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1420 | 1384 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1381 | 1317 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1427 | 1378 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 75.3% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Kimi K2.5 Instant better than Qwen3-30B-A3B?
Kimi K2.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 38.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Kimi K2.5 Instant or Qwen3-30B-A3B better for coding?
Kimi K2.5 Instant scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.6 versus 37.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.5 Instant and Qwen3-30B-A3B share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.5 Instant has 18 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-30B-A3B has 32.