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Kimi K2 Instruct vs LFM2.5-VL-3B

Kimi K2 Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Moonshot AI · Liquid AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Kimi K2 Instruct outperforms in 1 benchmarks (IFEval), while LFM2.5-VL-3B is better at 0 benchmarks. Kimi K2 Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Based on current benchmark, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Kimi K2 Instruct

  • you want the strongest raw capability — it leads on 1 of 1 shared benchmarks

Choose LFM2.5-VL-3B

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Aug 2026

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Kimi K2 Instruct
Moonshot AI
LFM2.5-VL-3B
Liquid AI
Benchmark wins
1 of 1
0 of 1
Input price
$0.50 / M
— / M
Output price
$0.50 / M
— / M
Context window
200,000
—
Released
Jul 2025
Aug 2026
License
MIT
LFM Open License v1.0

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Kimi K2 Instruct outperforms in 1 benchmarks (IFEval), while LFM2.5-VL-3B is better at 0 benchmarks.

Kimi K2 Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Tue Aug 25 2026 • llm-stats.com

Arena Performance

Playground indexes and blind preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

996.9B diff

Kimi K2 Instruct has 996.9B more parameters than LFM2.5-VL-3B, making it 31915.5% larger.

Moonshot AI
Kimi K2 Instruct
1.0Tparameters
Liquid AI
LFM2.5-VL-3B
3.1Bparameters
1000.0B
Kimi K2 Instruct
3.1B
LFM2.5-VL-3B

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Kimi K2 Instruct specifies input context (200,000 tokens). Only Kimi K2 Instruct specifies output context (200,000 tokens).

Moonshot AI
Kimi K2 Instruct
Input200,000 tokens
Output200,000 tokens
Liquid AI
LFM2.5-VL-3B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Tue Aug 25 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

LFM2.5-VL-3B supports multimodal inputs, whereas Kimi K2 Instruct does not.

LFM2.5-VL-3B can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Kimi K2 Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

LFM2.5-VL-3B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Kimi K2 Instruct is licensed under MIT, while LFM2.5-VL-3B uses LFM Open License v1.0.

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

Kimi K2 Instruct

MIT

Open weights

LFM2.5-VL-3B

LFM Open License v1.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Kimi K2 Instruct was released on 2025-07-11, while LFM2.5-VL-3B was released on 2026-08-12.

LFM2.5-VL-3B is 13 months newer than Kimi K2 Instruct.

Kimi K2 Instruct

Jul 11, 2025

1.1 years ago

LFM2.5-VL-3B

Aug 12, 2026

1 weeks ago

1.1yr 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

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Kimi K2 Instruct and LFM2.5-VL-3B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Kimi K2 Instruct
✓ Preferred
LFM2.5-VL-3B
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FAQ

Common questions about Kimi K2 Instruct vs LFM2.5-VL-3B.

Which is better, Kimi K2 Instruct or LFM2.5-VL-3B?

Kimi K2 Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Kimi K2 Instruct is made by Moonshot AI and LFM2.5-VL-3B is made by Liquid AI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.

How does Kimi K2 Instruct compare to LFM2.5-VL-3B in benchmarks?

Kimi K2 Instruct scores MATH-500: 97.4%, GSM8k: 97.3%, CBNSL: 95.6%, HumanEval: 93.3%, MMLU-Redux: 92.7%. LFM2.5-VL-3B scores DocVQA: 91.1%, POPE: 88.7%, RefCOCO-avg: 87.9%, TextVQA: 84.3%, OCRBench: 84.2%.

What are the context window sizes for Kimi K2 Instruct and LFM2.5-VL-3B?

Kimi K2 Instruct supports 200K tokens and LFM2.5-VL-3B supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Kimi K2 Instruct and LFM2.5-VL-3B?

Key differences include multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (MIT vs LFM Open License v1.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Kimi K2 Instruct and LFM2.5-VL-3B?

Kimi K2 Instruct is developed by Moonshot AI and LFM2.5-VL-3B is developed by Liquid AI.

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