Kimi K2 0905 vs Qwen2.5 72B Instruct Comparison
Comparing Kimi K2 0905 and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
Kimi K2 0905 outperforms in 4 benchmarks (GPQA, HumanEval, MATH, MMLU-Pro), while Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.
Kimi K2 0905 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Arena Performance
Human preference votes
Pricing Analysis
Price comparison per million tokens
For input processing, Kimi K2 0905 ($0.60/1M tokens) is 1.7x more expensive than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct ($0.35/1M tokens).
For output processing, Kimi K2 0905 ($2.50/1M tokens) is 6.3x more expensive than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct ($0.40/1M tokens).
In conclusion, Kimi K2 0905 is more expensive than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct.*
* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
Kimi K2 0905 has 927.3B more parameters than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct, making it 1275.5% larger.
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Kimi K2 0905 accepts 262,144 input tokens compared to Qwen2.5 72B Instruct's 131,072 tokens. Kimi K2 0905 can generate longer responses up to 262,144 tokens, while Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is limited to 8,192 tokens.
License
Usage and distribution terms
Kimi K2 0905 is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen2.5 72B Instruct uses Qwen.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
Proprietary
Closed source
Qwen
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Kimi K2 0905 was released on 2025-09-05, while Qwen2.5 72B Instruct was released on 2024-09-19.
Kimi K2 0905 is 12 months newer than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct.
Sep 5, 2025
6 months ago
11mo newerSep 19, 2024
1.5 years ago
Knowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.
Unable to compare the recency of their training data.
Provider Availability
Kimi K2 0905 is available from Novita. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is available from DeepInfra, Hyperbolic, Fireworks, Together. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.
Kimi K2 0905
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Outputs Comparison
Key Takeaways
Kimi K2 0905
View detailsMoonshot AI
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
View detailsAlibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Detailed Comparison
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