Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Kimi K2-Instruct-0905 leads with 27.1% 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 is a language model developed by Moonshot AI. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 64.1% across 29 benchmarks. It excels particularly in MATH-500 (97.4%), MMLU-Redux (92.7%), IFEval (89.8%). 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
Pixtral-12B is a multimodal language model developed by Mistral AI. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 66.8% across 12 benchmarks. It excels particularly in DocVQA (90.7%), ChartQA (81.8%), VQAv2 (78.6%). It supports a 136K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 1 API provider. 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 Mistral AI's latest advancement in AI technology.
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 39 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
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Pixtral-12B