Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Kimi K2 Base leads with 20.3% higher average benchmark score. Overall, Kimi K2 Base is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2 Base was created as the foundation model in the K2 series, designed to serve as a starting point for fine-tuning and customization. Built to provide strong base capabilities for domain-specific applications, it enables developers to build specialized solutions on Moonshot's architecture.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen 2.5 Coder 7B was created as an efficient coding-specialized model, designed to bring strong programming capabilities to resource-conscious deployments. Built with 7 billion parameters optimized for code understanding and generation, it provides developers with a lightweight option for code-related tasks.
9 months newer

Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-09-19

Kimi K2 Base
Moonshot AI
2025-07-11
Average performance across 4 common benchmarks

Kimi K2 Base

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

Kimi K2 Base

Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

Kimi K2 Base

Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct