Model comparison

Kimi K2.5 Instant vs Solar Pro4

Kimi K2.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 41.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2.5 Instant Moonshot AI

42.9

Rank #92 Confirmed

Solar Pro4 Upstage

41.5

Rank #123 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.5 Instant scores higher in 8 categories and Solar Pro4 in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Kimi K2.5 Instant leads 60.8 to 56.7.
  • Kimi K2.5 Instant has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Kimi K2.5 Instant and Solar Pro4 specifications
Kimi K2.5 InstantSolar Pro4
ProviderMoonshot AIUpstage
Noometry Index42.941.5
Released—2026-08-06
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—524K
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.30
Output $ / M tokens—$1.20
Results tracked1818

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 42.3 (#95), Solar Pro4: 39.9 (#135)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantSolar Pro4
LMArena WebDev14041371
LMArena Coding14831439

Reasoning Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 28.5 (#88), Solar Pro4: 27.3 (#107)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantSolar Pro4
LMArena Hard Prompts14431398

Math Too close to call

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 36.6 (#105), Solar Pro4: 36.1 (#129)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantSolar Pro4
LMArena Math14431418

Knowledge Too close to call

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 39.5 (#121), Solar Pro4: 39.0 (#128)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantSolar Pro4
LMArena Expert14381421

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 39.5 (#47), Solar Pro4: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantSolar Pro4
LMArena Vision1254—

Multilingual Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 52.2 (#89), Solar Pro4: 49.0 (#134)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantSolar Pro4
LMArena Non-English14061362
LMArena Chinese14501417
LMArena French14031403
LMArena German14131351
LMArena Korean13781383
LMArena Russian14041360
LMArena Spanish14481408
LMArena Japanese—1300

Instruction Following Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 75.5 (#61), Solar Pro4: 72.8 (#128)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantSolar Pro4
LMArena Instruction Following14301376

Long Context Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 43.8 (#82), Solar Pro4: 42.0 (#125)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantSolar Pro4
LMArena Longer Query14351379

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.5 Instant leads

Kimi K2.5 Instant: 60.8 (#91), Solar Pro4: 56.7 (#133)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5 InstantSolar Pro4
LMArena Text14201386
LMArena Creative Writing13791313
LMArena Multi-Turn14271391

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2.5 Instant better than Solar Pro4?

Kimi K2.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 41.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Kimi K2.5 Instant or Solar Pro4 better for coding?

Kimi K2.5 Instant scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.3 versus 39.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.5 Instant and Solar Pro4 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.5 Instant has 18 scored results on Noometry and Solar Pro4 has 18.

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