Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Kimi K2-Instruct-0905 leads with 24.4% higher average benchmark score. Pixtral-12B supports multimodal inputs. Overall, Kimi K2-Instruct-0905 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2 Instruct-0905 represents a specific release iteration of the K2 Instruct model, developed to incorporate refinements and improvements. Built to provide enhanced instruction-following based on deployment feedback, it continues the evolution of Moonshot's instruction-tuned offerings.
Mistral AI
Pixtral 12B was introduced as Mistral's multimodal vision-language model, designed to understand and reason about both images and text. Built with 12 billion parameters for integrated visual and textual processing, it extends Mistral's capabilities into multimodal applications.
11 months newer

Pixtral-12B
Mistral AI
2024-09-17

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905
Moonshot AI
2025-09-05
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905

Pixtral-12B
Available providers and their performance metrics

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905

Pixtral-12B
Mistral AI

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905

Pixtral-12B

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905

Pixtral-12B