Model Comparison

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905 vs Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

4 benchmarks

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905 outperforms in 4 benchmarks (LiveCodeBench, MMLU, MMLU-Pro, MMLU-Redux), while Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

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Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

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Moonshot AI
Kimi K2-Instruct-0905
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

993.0B diff

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905 has 993.0B more parameters than Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct, making it 14185.7% larger.

Moonshot AI
Kimi K2-Instruct-0905
1000.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct
7.0Bparameters
1000.0B
Kimi K2-Instruct-0905
7.0B
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

License

Usage and distribution terms

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905 is licensed under MIT, while Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.

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

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905

MIT

Open weights

Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905 was released on 2025-09-05, while Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct was released on 2024-09-19.

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905 is 12 months newer than Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct.

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905

Sep 5, 2025

7 months ago

11mo newer
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

Sep 19, 2024

1.6 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

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Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Moonshot AI
Higher LiveCodeBench score (53.7% vs 18.2%)
Higher MMLU score (89.5% vs 67.6%)
Higher MMLU-Pro score (81.1% vs 40.1%)
Higher MMLU-Redux score (92.7% vs 66.6%)
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Detailed Comparison

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Moonshot AI
Kimi K2-Instruct-0905
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about Kimi K2-Instruct-0905 vs Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Kimi K2-Instruct-0905 is made by Moonshot AI and Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Kimi K2-Instruct-0905 scores MATH-500: 97.4%, MMLU-Redux: 92.7%, IFEval: 89.8%, AutoLogi: 89.5%, MMLU: 89.5%. Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct scores HumanEval: 88.4%, GSM8k: 83.9%, MBPP: 83.5%, HellaSwag: 76.8%, Winogrande: 72.9%.
Key differences include licensing (MIT vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Kimi K2-Instruct-0905 is developed by Moonshot AI and Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.