ERNIE 4.5 vs Kimi K2 Instruct Comparison

Comparing ERNIE 4.5 and Kimi K2 Instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

6 benchmarks

ERNIE 4.5 outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Kimi K2 Instruct is better at 6 benchmarks (GPQA, GSM8k, MMLU, MMLU-Pro, MMLU-Redux, SimpleQA).

Kimi K2 Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Kimi K2 Instruct costs less

For input processing, ERNIE 4.5 ($0.40/1M tokens) is 1.3x cheaper than Kimi K2 Instruct ($0.50/1M tokens).

For output processing, ERNIE 4.5 ($4.00/1M tokens) is 8.0x more expensive than Kimi K2 Instruct ($0.50/1M tokens).

In conclusion, ERNIE 4.5 is more expensive than Kimi K2 Instruct.*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

Lowest available price from all providers

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ERNIE 4.5

Input tokens$0.40

Output tokens$4.00

Best providerNovita

Kimi K2 Instruct

Input tokens$0.50

Output tokens$0.50

Best providerFireworks

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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

979.0B diff

Kimi K2 Instruct has 979.0B more parameters than ERNIE 4.5, making it 4661.9% larger.

ERNIE 4.5

21.0Bparameters

Kimi K2 Instruct

1000.0Bparameters

21.0B

ERNIE 4.5

1000.0B

Kimi K2 Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Kimi K2 Instruct accepts 200,000 input tokens compared to ERNIE 4.5's 128,000 tokens. Kimi K2 Instruct can generate longer responses up to 200,000 tokens, while ERNIE 4.5 is limited to 65,536 tokens.

ERNIE 4.5

Input128,000 tokens

Output65,536 tokens

Kimi K2 Instruct

Input200,000 tokens

Output200,000 tokens

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License

Usage and distribution terms

ERNIE 4.5 is licensed under a proprietary license, while Kimi K2 Instruct uses MIT.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

ERNIE 4.5

Proprietary

Closed source

Kimi K2 Instruct

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

ERNIE 4.5 was released on 2025-06-25, while Kimi K2 Instruct was released on 2025-07-11.

Kimi K2 Instruct is 1 month newer than ERNIE 4.5.

ERNIE 4.5

Jun 25, 2025

8 months ago

Kimi K2 Instruct

Jul 11, 2025

8 months ago

2w newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Provider Availability

ERNIE 4.5 is available from Novita. Kimi K2 Instruct is available from Fireworks, Novita. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.