Kimi K3 vs Qwen2 5
As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Qwen2 5 in 3 of 3 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, and Long context.
Kimi K3
Yes. Yes on General LLM (open weights); Reasoning (open weights). Not the overall leader.
Qwen2 5
#175 Best current rank: #175 in Long context, as of Oct 15, 2026.
| Category | Kimi K3 | Qwen2 5 |
|---|---|---|
| General LLM | #13 · #13 in General LLM Margin 6.914893617021278 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #182 · #182 in General LLM Margin 96.80851063829788 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Reasoning | #7 · #7 in Reasoning Margin 4.255319148936167 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #185 · #185 in Reasoning Margin 98.93617021276596 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Math | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Mar 25, 2025 |
| Science | #17 · #17 in Science Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jul 16, 2026 | — |
| Coding | #— · Not enough data Margin — Scale Labs leaderboards · Oct 14, 2026 | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Mar 26, 2025 |
| Coding › Web dev | #12 · Was SOTA · Coding › Web dev Margin 8.799999999999997 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | — |
| Long context | #8 · Was SOTA · Long context Margin 4.255319148936167 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #175 · #175 in Long context Margin 93.08510638297872 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Vision | #22 · #22 in Vision Margin 60.526315789473685 Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jul 16, 2026 | — |
| Factuality | #22 · #22 in Factuality Margin 13.372093023255815 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | — |
| Abstraction (ARC) | #8 · #8 in Abstraction (ARC) Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jul 16, 2026 | — |
Kimi K3: $4.109999999999999 per 1M blended tokens.
Qwen2 5: price per 1M tokens is unset in the catalog.
Kimi K3: open weights.
Qwen2 5: closed weights.
General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Qwen2 5 in General LLM at #13 against #182.
Reasoning: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Qwen2 5 in Reasoning at #7 against #185.
Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Qwen2 5 in Long context at #8 against #175.
Kimi K3 or Qwen2 5?
As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Qwen2 5 in 3 of 3 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, and Long context.
Kimi K3 or Qwen2 5 for General LLM?
As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Qwen2 5 in General LLM at #13 against #182.
Kimi K3 or Qwen2 5 for Reasoning?
As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Qwen2 5 in Reasoning at #7 against #185.
Kimi K3 or Qwen2 5 for Long context?
As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 leads Qwen2 5 in Long context at #8 against #175.