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Kimi K2.5 vs Seed 2.0

Moonshot · released

Wins 1 of 4 areas

Math

ByteDance · released

Wins 3 of 4 areas

Coding · Agents · Reasoning

Seed 2.0 is the stronger all-rounder.Kimi K2.5 is better at math.

Scores updated · 6 tests both models report · How we compare

Where each one wins

Tests won in each of the four areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.

Agents, reasoning and math rest on a single test each.

What it costs

Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.

Kimi K2.5$0.60 to read · $3.00 to write$3.60Price from Artificial Analysis
Seed 2.0$0.50 to read · $3.00 to write$3.50Price from deepinfra

Seed 2.0 costs 3% less for the same work.

The biggest differences

The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.

Where Seed 2.0 pulls ahead

  • Recent programming contest problemsLiveCodeBench v6+2.8points aheadSeed 2.087.8Kimi K2.585
  • Finds hard-to-locate facts by browsing the webBrowseComp+2.4points aheadSeed 2.077.3Kimi K2.574.9
  • Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+1points aheadSeed 2.088.9Kimi K2.587.9

Where Kimi K2.5 pulls ahead

  • US invitational high-school math exam problemsAIME 2026+1.6points aheadKimi K2.595.8Seed 2.094.2

Every test, side by side

All 6 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.

CodingSeed 2.0

Full coding ranking

AgentsSeed 2.0

Full agents ranking

ReasoningSeed 2.0

Full reasoning ranking

MathKimi K2.5

Full math ranking

Other results1 test, not counted

Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.

Questions people ask

Which is better, Kimi K2.5 or Seed 2.0?

Seed 2.0 wins three of the four areas where both have results: coding, agents and reasoning. Kimi K2.5 wins math.

Which is better for coding?

Seed 2.0. It wins 1 of the 2 coding tests both models report; Kimi K2.5 wins none, and 1 is a tie.

Which is cheaper?

Kimi K2.5 costs $0.60 per million input tokens and $3.00 per million output tokens; Seed 2.0 costs $0.50 and $3.00. That makes Seed 2.0 about 3% cheaper for the same work.

How do you compare the two?

We use the 6 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 5 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 1 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.