Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Kimi K2 0905 leads with 22.2% higher average benchmark score. Kimi K2 0905 offers 385.0K more tokens in context window than Qwen2.5 7B Instruct. Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is $2.50 cheaper per million tokens. 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 7B was created as an efficient instruction-tuned model, designed to provide capable performance with just 7 billion parameters. Built for applications requiring reliable language understanding with minimal computational overhead, it serves as an accessible entry point to the Qwen 2.5 family.
11 months newer

Qwen2.5 7B 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 7B Instruct
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 4 common benchmarks

Kimi K2 0905

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

Kimi K2 0905
Novita
ZeroEval

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

Kimi K2 0905

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

Kimi K2 0905

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
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