Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Kimi K2 0905 leads with 13.0% higher average benchmark score. Kimi K2 0905 offers 385.0K more tokens in context window than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is $2.35 cheaper per million tokens. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is available on 4 providers. Overall, Kimi K2 0905 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2 was introduced as the second generation of Moonshot's language model family, designed to provide enhanced capabilities across language understanding and generation. Built with architectural improvements and expanded training, it represents a significant advancement in Moonshot's model offerings.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen 2.5 72B was developed as the flagship text model in the Qwen 2.5 series, designed to provide advanced language capabilities with 72 billion parameters. Built to compete with frontier models in reasoning, coding, and general language tasks, it represents Qwen's most capable instruction-following model in this generation.
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Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-09-19

Kimi K2 0905
Moonshot AI
2025-09-05
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Kimi K2 0905

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 4 common benchmarks

Kimi K2 0905

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

Kimi K2 0905
Novita
ZeroEval

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

Kimi K2 0905

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

Kimi K2 0905

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
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Fireworks
Hyperbolic
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