Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Kimi K2-Instruct-0905 leads with 17.5% higher average benchmark score. Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct 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.
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.
6 months newer

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

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905
Moonshot AI
2025-09-05
Average performance across 3 common benchmarks

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905

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

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Kimi K2-Instruct-0905

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