Kimi K2 Instruct vs Sarvam 30B
Wins 4 of 6 areas
Coding · Facts · Long documents · Following instructions
Wins 0 of 6 areas
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Kimi K2 Instruct is the stronger all-rounder.Sarvam 30B is cheaper.
Scores updated · 23 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the six 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.
- CodingWriting and fixing software31Kimi K2 Instruct3 of 4 tests
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up20Kimi K2 Instruct2 of 2 tests
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10Kimi K2 Instruct1 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked10Kimi K2 Instruct1 of 1 test
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own11Even1 each
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking11Even1 each · 1 tie
Long documents and following instructions 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.
Sarvam 30B costs 96% less for the same work.
The biggest differences
The three tests each model wins by the widest margin. Scores are out of 100.
Where Kimi K2 Instruct pulls ahead
- Fixes real GitHub issues in Python projectsSWE-bench Verified+31.8points ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+26.6points ahead
- Hard command-line tasks in a real terminalTerminal-Bench Hard+21.2points ahead
Where Sarvam 30B pulls ahead
- Finds hard-to-locate facts by browsing the webBrowseComp+21.4points ahead
- Recent programming contest problemsLiveCodeBench v6+16.3points ahead
- Very hard expert questions across many subjectsHumanity's Last Exam+1.1points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 23 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingKimi K2 Instruct
- SWE-bench VerifiedKimi K2 Instruct by 31.865.834+31.8
- Terminal-Bench HardKimi K2 Instruct by 21.223.52.3+21.2
- LiveCodeBench v6Sarvam 30B by 16.353.770+16.3
- SciCodeKimi K2 Instruct by 11.530.719.2+11.5
AgentsEven
- BrowseCompSarvam 30B by 21.414.135.5+21.4
- GDPValKimi K2 Instruct by 18.218.20+18.2
ReasoningEven
- GPQA DiamondKimi K2 Instruct by 13.476.763.3+13.4
- Humanity's Last ExamSarvam 30B by 1.16.47.5+1.1
- CritPttie00.3tie
FactsKimi K2 Instruct
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationKimi K2 Instruct by 26.630.33.7+26.6
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyKimi K2 Instruct by 12.825.412.6+12.8
Following instructionsKimi K2 Instruct
- IFBenchKimi K2 Instruct by 15.241.726.5+15.2
Other results10 tests, 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.
- AIME 2025Sarvam 30B by 47.249.596.7+47.2
- AA-OmniscienceKimi K2 Instruct by 44.9-26.6-71.5+44.9
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Kimi K2 Instruct by 38.973.434.5+38.9
- HMMT 2025Sarvam 30B by 35.438.874.2+35.4
- AA Agentic IndexKimi K2 Instruct by 26.237.711.5+26.2
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexKimi K2 Instruct by 1825.97.9+18
- AA IntelligenceKimi K2 Instruct by 8.715.36.6+8.7
- HumanEvalKimi K2 Instruct by 1.293.392.1+1.2
- MMLU-ProKimi K2 Instruct by 1.181.180+1.1
- MATH-500 (EM)tie97.497tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, Kimi K2 Instruct or Sarvam 30B?
Kimi K2 Instruct wins four of the six areas where both have results: coding, facts, long documents and following instructions. Sarvam 30B wins none, but costs 96% less. They are level on agents and reasoning.
Which is better for coding?
Kimi K2 Instruct. It wins 3 of the 4 coding tests both models report; Sarvam 30B wins 1.
Which is cheaper?
Kimi K2 Instruct costs $0.60 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; Sarvam 30B costs $0.03 and $0.11. That makes Sarvam 30B about 96% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 23 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 13 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 10 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.