Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Kimi K2 Base leads with 9.7% higher average benchmark score. Overall, Kimi K2 Base is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2 Base is a language model developed by Moonshot AI. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 69.2% across 13 benchmarks. It excels particularly in C-Eval (92.5%), GSM8k (92.1%), MMLU-redux-2.0 (90.2%). It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2025, it represents Moonshot AI's latest advancement in AI technology.
Mistral AI
Ministral 8B Instruct is a language model developed by Mistral AI. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 63.3% across 11 benchmarks. It excels particularly in MT-Bench (83.0%), Winogrande (75.3%), ARC-C (71.9%). It supports a 256K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 1 API provider. Released in 2024, it represents Mistral AI's latest advancement in AI technology.
8 months newer
Ministral 8B Instruct
Mistral AI
2024-10-16
Kimi K2 Base
Moonshot AI
2025-07-11
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 21 common benchmarks
Kimi K2 Base
Ministral 8B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics
Kimi K2 Base
Ministral 8B Instruct
Mistral AI
Kimi K2 Base
Ministral 8B Instruct
Kimi K2 Base
Ministral 8B Instruct