Kimi K2 0905 vs Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
Kimi K2 0905 leads the LLM Stats Score 21.8 to 14.5.
Moonshot AI · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026
Which is better?
Kimi K2 0905 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 21.8 to 14.5, ranking #173 overall.
Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.
Choose Kimi K2 0905
- overall performance matters — it scores 21.8 and ranks #173 on LLM Stats
- your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
- you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2025
Choose Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
- you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune
At a glance
The differences that matter most.
Individual benchmarks
6 reported for Kimi K2 0905 · 15 for Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
Kimi K2 0905 and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instructdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.
Human preference
Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
Kimi K2 0905 has 926.6B more parameters than Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct, making it 1262.4% larger.
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only Kimi K2 0905 specifies input context (262,144 tokens). Only Kimi K2 0905 specifies output context (262,144 tokens).
Input capabilities
Documented input modalities across available providers
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct supports multimodal inputs, whereas Kimi K2 0905 does not.
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.
Kimi K2 0905
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
License
Usage and distribution terms
Kimi K2 0905 is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct uses tongyi-qianwen.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
Proprietary
Closed source
tongyi-qianwen
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Kimi K2 0905 was released on 2025-09-05, while Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct was released on 2024-08-29.
Kimi K2 0905 is 12 months newer than Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct.
Sep 5, 2025
12 months ago
1.0yr newerAug 29, 2024
2.0 years ago
Knowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-06-30, while Kimi K2 0905's cutoff date is not specified.
We can confirm Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct's training data extends to 2023-06-30, but cannot make a direct comparison without Kimi K2 0905's cutoff date.
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Jun 2023
Outputs Comparison
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Run your own prompts against Kimi K2 0905 and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
FAQ
Common questions about Kimi K2 0905 vs Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct.