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GPT-4o-mini vs Kimi K2.5

Head to head on 12 shared benchmarks, with price, context window, and release dates.

Benchmark scores

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Model
Kimi K2.5

Moonshot AI

68.3%1576elo78.9%13.2%43.7%72.5%77.9%57.4%77.7%66.5%39.6%74.2%----96.1---39.0%-74.935.8%27.9%---95.478.5%10421-61.4%84.9%76.0%--62.0%39.3%-76.4%87.1--63.3%49.9%-7367.3%70.8%-18.9%69.4-26.3%17.5%----81.3%56.8%
GPT-4o-mini

OpenAI

45.5%871elo42.6%4.2%31.0%47.2%43.0%65.8%32.9%54.5%22.9%60.5%16.7%3.6%11.7%14.7%-50.7%0.290.0%-0.0%---0.0%1.540.0%---72.0%---23.4%78.9%--62.8%--64.8%78.0%--3.81---100.0%--0.36--0.7883.3%54.5%22.5%-39.6%
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AttributeGPT-4o-mini

OpenAI

Kimi K2.5

Moonshot AI

DescriptionGPT-4o Mini is an AI model from OpenAI.Kimi K2.5 is an AI model from Kimi.
FamilyGPTKimi
Params--
Open weightsclosedclosed
LicenseproprietaryModified MIT
Released18 Jul 202427 Jan 2026
Context128,000262,144
Input $/1M$0.15$0.60
Output $/1M$0.60$3.00
Cache read $/1M$0.075$0.100
Cache write $/1M--
Speed0 tok/s0 tok/s
Latency0.00 s0.00 s
Modalitiestext, image, filetext, image
Providers--
PublisherOpenAIMoonshot AI
Reported scores

FAQ

Is GPT-4o-mini or Kimi K2.5 better?
Across the 12 benchmarks both models report on Sophon, Kimi K2.5 leads on 11 of them. Which one is "better" depends on the benchmark - the table above shows every shared score.
How do GPT-4o-mini and Kimi K2.5 compare on GPQA Diamond?
GPT-4o-mini scores 42.6% and Kimi K2.5 scores 78.9% on GPQA Diamond.
Which is cheaper, GPT-4o-mini or Kimi K2.5?
GPT-4o-mini is cheaper at $0.60 per million output tokens against $3.00 for Kimi K2.5 - about 5.0x.
When were GPT-4o-mini and Kimi K2.5 released?
GPT-4o-mini was released 18 Jul 2024 by OpenAI. Kimi K2.5 was released 27 Jan 2026 by Moonshot AI.

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