Kimi K2.5 vs Sarvam-30B Comparison

Comparing Kimi K2.5 and Sarvam-30B across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

7 benchmarks

Kimi K2.5 outperforms in 6 benchmarks (BrowseComp, GPQA, HMMT 2025, LiveCodeBench v6, MMLU-Pro, SWE-Bench Verified), while Sarvam-30B is better at 1 benchmark (AIME 2025).

Kimi K2.5 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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Moonshot AI
Kimi K2.5
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
Sarvam AI
Sarvam-30B
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

970.0B diff

Kimi K2.5 has 970.0B more parameters than Sarvam-30B, making it 3233.3% larger.

Moonshot AI
Kimi K2.5
1000.0Bparameters
Sarvam AI
Sarvam-30B
30.0Bparameters
1000.0B
Kimi K2.5
30.0B
Sarvam-30B

Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Kimi K2.5 supports multimodal inputs, whereas Sarvam-30B does not.

Kimi K2.5 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Kimi K2.5

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Sarvam-30B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Kimi K2.5 is licensed under MIT, while Sarvam-30B uses Apache 2.0.

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

Kimi K2.5

MIT

Open weights

Sarvam-30B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Kimi K2.5 was released on 2026-01-27, while Sarvam-30B was released on 2026-03-06.

Sarvam-30B is 1 month newer than Kimi K2.5.

Kimi K2.5

Jan 27, 2026

1 months ago

Sarvam-30B

Mar 6, 2026

1 weeks ago

1mo 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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Key Takeaways

Supports multimodal inputs
Higher BrowseComp score (74.9% vs 35.5%)
Higher GPQA score (87.6% vs 66.5%)
Higher HMMT 2025 score (95.4% vs 73.3%)
Higher LiveCodeBench v6 score (85.0% vs 70.0%)
Higher MMLU-Pro score (87.1% vs 80.0%)
Higher SWE-Bench Verified score (76.8% vs 34.0%)
Higher AIME 2025 score (96.7% vs 96.1%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2.5
Sarvam AI
Sarvam-30B