Across 68 shared benchmarks, GPT-5 scores higher on 61 and Kimi K2 Instruct on 7. The widest gap is BrowseComp w/ tools, where GPT-5 scores 54.9 against 7.4. Kimi K2 Instruct is the cheaper of the two on tracked API pricing ($0.60 against $1.25 per million input tokens).
Best tracked score per model per benchmark (default configuration; source-attributed). ↓ marks lower-is-better metrics. Open either model for its full surface, provenance and pricing. Quoted rates are the price-setter row we currently track for each model — its direct or vendor-official listing where one exists (direct, direct), otherwise the lowest tracked offer.