Model comparison

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) vs Olmo 3.1 32b Think

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.9 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) scores higher in 7 categories and Olmo 3.1 32b Think in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads 62.5 to 46.4.

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Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) and Olmo 3.1 32b Think specifications
Kimi K2 (Jul 2025)Olmo 3.1 32b Think
ProviderMoonshot AIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index40.937.3
Released2025-07-12—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K—
Max output262K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.57—
Output $ / M tokens$2.30—
Results tracked4215

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 43.1 (#83), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 37.1 (#186)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 (Jul 2025)Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Coding13991292
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)63.4%—
Aider Polyglot59.1%—
GSO4.9%—
WeirdML42.8%—
ALE-Bench597.5—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 32.2 (#59), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 (Jul 2025)Olmo 3.1 32b Think
Terminal-Bench35.7%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard59.1%—
METR Time Horizons59.2%—

Reasoning Olmo 3.1 32b Think leads

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 22.7 (#173), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 24.1 (#151)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 (Jul 2025)Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Hard Prompts13841272
SimpleBench26.3%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark64.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index146.02—
ForecastBench60.2—

Math Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 40.1 (#81), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 33.6 (#170)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 (Jul 2025)Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Math13961305
Omni-MATH65.4%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)21.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)0%—

Knowledge Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 36.9 (#153), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 35.0 (#178)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 (Jul 2025)Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Expert13631294
MMLU-Pro81.9%—
Confabulations20.4%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate17.9%—
GPQA (HELM)65.3%—

Multilingual Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 49.8 (#125), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 38.3 (#226)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 (Jul 2025)Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Non-English13721210
LMArena Chinese14161241
LMArena French13791262
LMArena German13861260
LMArena Russian13841193
LMArena Spanish13831288
LMArena Japanese1349—
LMArena Korean1324—

Instruction Following Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 71.3 (#151), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 65.8 (#213)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 (Jul 2025)Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Instruction Following13471246
IFEval85%—

Long Context Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 41.2 (#140), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 38.6 (#190)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 (Jul 2025)Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Longer Query13531272
Fiction.LiveBench66.7%—
CL-bench17.6%—

Writing & Preference Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) leads

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025): 62.5 (#76), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 46.4 (#215)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 (Jul 2025)Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Text13801271
LMArena Creative Writing13491226
LMArena Multi-Turn13711252
Short-Story Creative Writing85.6%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1666—
WildBench86.2%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) better than Olmo 3.1 32b Think?

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.9 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) or Olmo 3.1 32b Think better for coding?

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.1 versus 37.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) and Olmo 3.1 32b Think share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) has 42 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Think has 15.

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