Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Kimi K2 Base leads with 41.3% higher average benchmark score. QvQ-72B-Preview supports multimodal inputs. 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.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QvQ-72B-Preview is a multimodal language model developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The model shows competitive results across 4 benchmarks. Notable strengths include MathVista (71.4%), MMMU (70.3%), MathVision (35.9%). As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2024, it represents Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team's latest advancement in AI technology.
6 months newer
QvQ-72B-Preview
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-12-25
Kimi K2 Base
Moonshot AI
2025-07-11
Average performance across 17 common benchmarks
Kimi K2 Base
QvQ-72B-Preview
Available providers and their performance metrics
Kimi K2 Base
QvQ-72B-Preview
Kimi K2 Base
QvQ-72B-Preview