Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Kimi K2-Instruct-0905 leads with 25.7% higher average benchmark score. 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.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen 2.5 7B was created as an efficient instruction-tuned model, designed to provide capable performance with just 7 billion parameters. Built for applications requiring reliable language understanding with minimal computational overhead, it serves as an accessible entry point to the Qwen 2.5 family.
11 months newer

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

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905
Moonshot AI
2025-09-05
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 7 common benchmarks

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905

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

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Together

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct