Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Kimi K2-Instruct-0905 leads with 29.0% higher average benchmark score. DeepSeek-V2.5 is available on 3 providers. Overall, Kimi K2-Instruct-0905 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V2.5 was developed as an enhanced iteration of the DeepSeek-V2 architecture, designed to incorporate improvements in model quality and efficiency. Built to advance the DeepSeek foundation model series, it provides refined capabilities for general-purpose language understanding and generation tasks.
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2 Instruct-0905 represents a specific release iteration of the K2 Instruct model, developed to incorporate refinements and improvements. Built to provide enhanced instruction-following based on deployment feedback, it continues the evolution of Moonshot's instruction-tuned offerings.
1 year newer

DeepSeek-V2.5
DeepSeek
2024-05-08

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905
Moonshot AI
2025-09-05
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

DeepSeek-V2.5

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905
Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

DeepSeek-V2.5

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek-V2.5
DeepInfra
DeepSeek
Hyperbolic

DeepSeek-V2.5

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905

DeepSeek-V2.5

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905