Model comparison

Kimi K2.5 vs Qwen3.7 Flash

Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 39.9 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.7 Flash costs 16× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Kimi K2.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 5 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2.5 Moonshot AI

48.1

Rank #57 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Flash Alibaba (Qwen)

39.9

Rank #156 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.5 scores higher in 3 categories and Qwen3.7 Flash in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Kimi K2.5 leads 51.8 to 38.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 69.9% for Kimi K2.5 and 43.8% for Qwen3.7 Flash.
  • Qwen3.7 Flash is cheaper at $0.03 / $0.13 per million input/output tokens, against $0.45 / $2.25 for Kimi K2.5.
  • Qwen3.7 Flash accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.
  • Kimi K2.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Kimi K2.5 and Qwen3.7 Flash specifications
Kimi K2.5Qwen3.7 Flash
ProviderMoonshot AIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index48.139.9
Released2026-01-272026-07-15
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window262K1M
Max output262K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.45$0.03
Output $ / M tokens$2.25$0.13
Results tracked517

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Kimi K2.5: 48.8 (#53), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Qwen3.7 Flash
SWE-bench Verified73.8%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)70.8%—
LMArena WebDev1437—
SWE-bench Multilingual67.3%—
SciCode49%—
WeirdML45.6%—
LMArena Coding1474—
ALE-Bench821.65—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Kimi K2.5: 34.2 (#48), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Qwen3.7 Flash
Terminal-Bench43.2%—
OSWorld63.3%—
Vending-Bench 21,198—

Reasoning Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 31.2 (#80), Qwen3.7 Flash: 28.2 (#108)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Qwen3.7 Flash
NYT Connections (extended)69.9%43.8%
Chess Puzzles12%23%
Epoch Capabilities Index148.03144.64
ARC-AGI-211.8%—
SimpleBench46.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark78.5%—
ARC-AGI-165.3%—
CritPt3.1%—
EnigmaEval3.4%—
Thematic Generalization69.4%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1453—
Mystery Game Puzzles—15%

Math Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 51.8 (#53), Qwen3.7 Flash: 38.3 (#140)

Knowledge Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 53.6 (#56), Qwen3.7 Flash: 48.9 (#75)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Qwen3.7 Flash
GPQA Diamond87.6%82.3%
Humanity's Last Exam24.4%—
SimpleQA Verified34.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate14.2%—
LMArena Expert1466—

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K2.5: 41.1 (#39), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Qwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Vision1269—
LMArena Document1430—

Multilingual Not comparable

Kimi K2.5: 53.9 (#53), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Qwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Non-English1433—
LMArena Chinese1495—
LMArena French1454—
LMArena German1441—
LMArena Japanese1421—
LMArena Korean1410—
LMArena Russian1435—
LMArena Spanish1450—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Kimi K2.5: 75.3 (#64), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Qwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Instruction Following1431—

Long Context Not comparable

Kimi K2.5: 52.1 (#7), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Qwen3.7 Flash
Fiction.LiveBench86.1%—
CL-bench19.3%—
CL-bench Life13.2%—
LMArena Longer Query1445—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Kimi K2.5: 65.1 (#53), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5Qwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Text1445—
LMArena Creative Writing1423—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1579—
LMArena Multi-Turn1444—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2.5 better than Qwen3.7 Flash?

Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 39.9 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.7 Flash costs 16× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Kimi K2.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Kimi K2.5 or Qwen3.7 Flash?

Qwen3.7 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.03 per million input tokens and $0.13 per million output tokens; Kimi K2.5 lists at $0.45 and $2.25.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.7 Flash does, with 1M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.5 and Qwen3.7 Flash share?

5 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.5 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Flash has 7.

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