Model comparison

Kimi K2.5 vs Nemotron 4 340b Instruct

Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2.5 Moonshot AI

48.1

Rank #57 Confirmed

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct NVIDIA

35.9

Rank #223 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.5 scores higher in 8 categories and Nemotron 4 340b Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Kimi K2.5 leads 65.1 to 42.7.

Side by side

Kimi K2.5 and Nemotron 4 340b Instruct specifications
Kimi K2.5Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
ProviderMoonshot AINVIDIA
Noometry Index48.135.9
Released2026-01-272024-06-14
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K—
Max output262K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.45—
Output $ / M tokens$2.25—
Results tracked5117

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 48.8 (#53), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 35.2 (#228)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Coding14741209
SWE-bench Verified73.8%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)70.8%—
LMArena WebDev1437—
SWE-bench Multilingual67.3%—
SciCode49%—
WeirdML45.6%—
ALE-Bench821.65—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Kimi K2.5: 34.2 (#48), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
Terminal-Bench43.2%—
OSWorld63.3%—
Vending-Bench 21,198—

Reasoning Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 31.2 (#80), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 23.4 (#178)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14531202
ARC-AGI-211.8%—
SimpleBench46.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark78.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)69.9%—
ARC-AGI-165.3%—
CritPt3.1%—
Chess Puzzles12%—
EnigmaEval3.4%—
Thematic Generalization69.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index148.03—

Math Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 51.8 (#53), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 34.3 (#195)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Math14701216
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions62.3%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202592.2%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)27.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 53.6 (#56), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 32.0 (#216)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Expert14661171
GPQA Diamond87.6%—
Humanity's Last Exam24.4%—
SimpleQA Verified34.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate14.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K2.5: 41.1 (#39), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Vision1269—
LMArena Document1430—

Multilingual Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 53.9 (#53), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 37.9 (#233)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Non-English14331206
LMArena Chinese14951214
LMArena French14541197
LMArena German14411192
LMArena Japanese14211128
LMArena Korean14101148
LMArena Russian14351219
LMArena Spanish14501195

Instruction Following Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 75.3 (#64), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 63.1 (#232)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14311203

Long Context Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 52.1 (#7), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 37.1 (#221)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14451225
Fiction.LiveBench86.1%—
CL-bench19.3%—
CL-bench Life13.2%—

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 65.1 (#53), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 42.7 (#233)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Text14451225
LMArena Creative Writing14231203
LMArena Multi-Turn14441214
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1579—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2.5 better than Nemotron 4 340b Instruct?

Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Kimi K2.5 or Nemotron 4 340b Instruct better for coding?

Kimi K2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.8 versus 35.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.5 and Nemotron 4 340b Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.5 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 4 340b Instruct has 17.

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