Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Both models show comparable benchmark performance. Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct supports multimodal inputs. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
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
Qwen2.5-VL 32B was developed as a mid-sized vision-language model, designed to balance multimodal capability with practical deployment considerations. Built with 32 billion parameters for vision and language integration, it serves applications requiring strong visual understanding without flagship-scale resources.
4 months newer

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-02-28

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

Kimi K2 Base

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

Kimi K2 Base

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

Kimi K2 Base

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct