Model comparison

Kimi K2.5 vs Muse Spark 1.1

Muse Spark 1.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.9 to 48.1 on the Noometry Index. Kimi K2.5 costs 2.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Muse Spark 1.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 27 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2.5 Moonshot AI

48.1

Rank #57 Confirmed

Muse Spark 1.1 Meta

49.9

Rank #51 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 27 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.5 scores higher in 4 categories and Muse Spark 1.1 in 6 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Muse Spark 1.1 leads 47.1 to 31.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is SimpleQA Verified: 34.3% for Kimi K2.5 and 57.8% for Muse Spark 1.1.
  • Kimi K2.5 is cheaper at $0.45 / $2.25 per million input/output tokens, against $1.25 / $4.25 for Muse Spark 1.1.
  • Muse Spark 1.1 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
  • Kimi K2.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Kimi K2.5 and Muse Spark 1.1 specifications
Kimi K2.5Muse Spark 1.1
ProviderMoonshot AIMeta
Noometry Index48.149.9
Released2026-01-272026-04-08
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window262K1.05M
Max output262K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.45$1.25
Output $ / M tokens$2.25$4.25
Results tracked5137

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Category by category

Coding Muse Spark 1.1 leads

Kimi K2.5: 48.8 (#53), Muse Spark 1.1: 51.3 (#40)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena WebDev14371542
SciCode49%58.8%
LMArena Coding14741498
SWE-bench Verified73.8%—
DeepSWE—53.3%
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)70.8%—
SWE-bench Multilingual67.3%—
WeirdML45.6%—
ALE-Bench821.65—

Agentic & Tool Use Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 34.2 (#48), Muse Spark 1.1: 30.8 (#73)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Muse Spark 1.1
Vending-Bench 21,1986,520
Terminal-Bench43.2%—
APEX-Agents—31.8%
τ²-bench Banking—40.5%
OSWorld63.3%—
GBAEval—7.9%
GDP.pdf—15%

Reasoning Muse Spark 1.1 leads

Kimi K2.5: 31.2 (#80), Muse Spark 1.1: 47.1 (#44)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Muse Spark 1.1
NYT Connections (extended)69.9%84.9%
CritPt3.1%15.1%
LMArena Hard Prompts14531486
Epoch Capabilities Index148.03154.21
ARC-AGI-211.8%—
SimpleBench46.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark78.5%—
ARC-AGI-165.3%—
Chess Puzzles12%—
EnigmaEval3.4%—
Thematic Generalization69.4%—
DTBench—94.4%
LMCA—49.9%
Surface Evolver Bench—52.5%

Math Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 51.8 (#53), Muse Spark 1.1: 45.5 (#76)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Math14701483
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions62.3%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202592.2%—
ProofBench—39%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)27.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Too close to call

Kimi K2.5: 53.6 (#56), Muse Spark 1.1: 53.1 (#59)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Muse Spark 1.1
SimpleQA Verified34.3%57.8%
LMArena Expert14661478
GPQA Diamond87.6%—
Humanity's Last Exam24.4%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate14.2%—

Multimodal Muse Spark 1.1 leads

Kimi K2.5: 41.1 (#39), Muse Spark 1.1: 42.6 (#29)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Vision12691293
LMArena Document14301465

Multilingual Muse Spark 1.1 leads

Kimi K2.5: 53.9 (#53), Muse Spark 1.1: 56.7 (#17)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Non-English14331472
LMArena Chinese14951518
LMArena French14541494
LMArena German14411466
LMArena Japanese14211451
LMArena Korean14101458
LMArena Russian14351483
LMArena Spanish14501464

Instruction Following Muse Spark 1.1 leads

Kimi K2.5: 75.3 (#64), Muse Spark 1.1: 76.5 (#39)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Instruction Following14311457

Long Context Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 52.1 (#7), Muse Spark 1.1: 44.8 (#58)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Longer Query14451462
Fiction.LiveBench86.1%—
CL-bench19.3%—
CL-bench Life13.2%—

Writing & Preference Muse Spark 1.1 leads

Kimi K2.5: 65.1 (#53), Muse Spark 1.1: 73.4 (#11)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Text14451479
LMArena Creative Writing14231437
EQ-Bench Creative Writing15791927
LMArena Multi-Turn14441485
EQ-Bench 4—1260

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2.5 better than Muse Spark 1.1?

Muse Spark 1.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.9 to 48.1 on the Noometry Index. Kimi K2.5 costs 2.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Muse Spark 1.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Kimi K2.5 or Muse Spark 1.1?

Kimi K2.5 is cheaper. It lists at $0.45 per million input tokens and $2.25 per million output tokens; Muse Spark 1.1 lists at $1.25 and $4.25.

Is Kimi K2.5 or Muse Spark 1.1 better for coding?

Muse Spark 1.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.3 versus 48.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Muse Spark 1.1 does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.5 and Muse Spark 1.1 share?

27 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.5 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark 1.1 has 37.

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