Model Comparison

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905 vs Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

Comparing Kimi K2-Instruct-0905 and Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

No common benchmarks found

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905 and Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct don't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Arena Performance

Human preference votes

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
Best providerUnknown Organization
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

928.0B diff

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905 has 928.0B more parameters than Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct, making it 1288.9% larger.

Moonshot AI
Kimi K2-Instruct-0905
1000.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct
72.0Bparameters
1000.0B
Kimi K2-Instruct-0905
72.0B
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct supports multimodal inputs, whereas Kimi K2-Instruct-0905 does not.

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905 is licensed under MIT, while Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct uses tongyi-qianwen.

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 VL 72B Instruct

tongyi-qianwen

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905 was released on 2025-09-05, while Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct was released on 2025-01-26.

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905 is 7 months newer than Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct.

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905

Sep 5, 2025

7 months ago

7mo newer
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

Jan 26, 2025

1.2 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

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Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Moonshot AI
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Supports multimodal inputs

Detailed Comparison

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Feature
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2-Instruct-0905
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about Kimi K2-Instruct-0905 vs Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905 (Moonshot AI) and Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct (Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team) each have strengths in different areas. Compare their benchmark scores, pricing, context windows, and capabilities above to determine which fits your needs.
Kimi K2-Instruct-0905 scores MATH-500: 97.4%, MMLU-Redux: 92.7%, IFEval: 89.8%, AutoLogi: 89.5%, MMLU: 89.5%. Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct scores DocVQA: 96.4%, Android Control Low_EM: 93.7%, ChartQA: 89.5%, OCRBench: 88.5%, AI2D: 88.4%.
Key differences include multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (MIT vs tongyi-qianwen). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Kimi K2-Instruct-0905 is developed by Moonshot AI and Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.