Model Comparison

Comprehensive side-by-side analysis of model capabilities and performance

Moonshot AI

Kimi K2 Instruct

Moonshot AI

Kimi K2 Instruct is a language model developed by Moonshot AI. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 66.7% across 38 benchmarks. It excels particularly in MATH-500 (97.4%), GSM8k (97.3%), CBNSL (95.6%). It supports a 144K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 1 API provider. Released in 2025, it represents Moonshot AI's latest advancement in AI technology.

Alibaba

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

Alibaba

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is a language model developed by Alibaba. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 77.4% across 14 benchmarks. It excels particularly in GSM8k (95.8%), MT-Bench (93.5%), MBPP (88.2%). The model shows particular specialization in math tasks with an average performance of 89.5%. It supports a 139K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 4 API providers. It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2024, it represents Alibaba's latest advancement in AI technology.

Alibaba

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

Alibaba

2024-09-19

Moonshot AI

Kimi K2 Instruct

Moonshot AI

2025-01-01

3 months newer

Pricing Comparison

Cost per million tokens (USD)

Moonshot AI

Kimi K2 Instruct

Input:$0.57
Output:$2.29
Alibaba

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

$2.11 cheaper
Input:$0.35
Output:$0.40

Performance Metrics

Context window and performance specifications

Moonshot AI

Kimi K2 Instruct

Larger context
Max Context:144.0K
Parameters:1.0T
Alibaba

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

Max Context:139.3K
Parameters:72.7B

Average performance across 8 common benchmarks

Moonshot AI

Kimi K2 Instruct

+11.3%
Average Score:86.4%
Alibaba

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

Average Score:75.1%

Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

Moonshot AI

Kimi K2 Instruct

math
86.6%
code
+0.9%
79.5%
roleplay
+3.5%
76.4%
general
62.0%
Alibaba

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

math
+2.9%
89.5%
code
78.6%
roleplay
72.9%
general
+12.1%
74.1%
Benchmark Scores - Detailed View
Side-by-side comparison of all benchmark scores

Provider Availability & Performance

Available providers and their performance metrics

Moonshot AI

Kimi K2 Instruct

1 providers

Novita

Throughput: 45 tok/s
Latency: 0.95ms
Alibaba

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

4 providers

Together

Throughput: 47 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms

Hyperbolic

Throughput: 100 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms

DeepInfra

Throughput: 10 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms

Fireworks

Throughput: 59 tok/s
Latency: 0.37ms
Moonshot AI

Kimi K2 Instruct

+11.3%
Avg Score:86.4%
Providers:1
Alibaba

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

Avg Score:75.1%
Providers:4