Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Kimi K2-Instruct-0905 leads with 10.0% higher average benchmark score. QwQ-32B-Preview is available on 4 providers. 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
QwQ 32B Preview was introduced as an early access version of the QwQ reasoning model, designed to allow researchers and developers to experiment with advanced analytical capabilities. Built to gather feedback on reasoning-enhanced architecture, it represents an experimental step toward more thoughtful language models.
9 months newer

QwQ-32B-Preview
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-11-28

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905
Moonshot AI
2025-09-05
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 4 common benchmarks

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905

QwQ-32B-Preview
QwQ-32B-Preview
2024-11-28
Available providers and their performance metrics

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905

QwQ-32B-Preview
DeepInfra

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905

QwQ-32B-Preview

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905

QwQ-32B-Preview
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