Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Kimi K2 Instruct leads with 13.5% higher average benchmark score. Overall, Kimi K2 Instruct is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2 Instruct was developed as the instruction-tuned version of Kimi K2, designed to follow user instructions reliably across diverse tasks. Built to serve general-purpose conversational and task-completion applications, it provides Moonshot's accessible interface for language AI.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen 2.5 14B was developed as a mid-sized instruction-tuned model, designed to balance capability and efficiency for diverse language tasks. Built with 14 billion parameters, it provides strong performance for applications requiring reliable instruction-following without the resource demands of larger models.
9 months newer

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-09-19

Kimi K2 Instruct
Moonshot AI
2025-07-11
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 7 common benchmarks

Kimi K2 Instruct

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

Kimi K2 Instruct
Novita

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct

Kimi K2 Instruct

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct

Kimi K2 Instruct

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct