VERIFIEDOct 142026
Is Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo state of the art?
It used to be.Was SOTA in Coding › Web dev.
As of Oct 14, 2026, Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo from Moonshot AI. Was SOTA in Coding › Web dev. Ranked #68 in Math.
Why
The ruling, in plain English
Ranked #80 in General LLM.
Receipts
Evidence
| Source | Score | Date | Type | Receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall) kimi-k2-thinking-turbo | 1430.0964424570184 1427.0–1433.2 | 2026-10-08 | INDEP. | snap_368d64825bf4 |
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, hard prompts) kimi-k2-thinking-turbo | 1453.2156273835678 1449.3–1457.1 | 2026-10-08 | INDEP. | snap_368d64825bf4 |
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, math) kimi-k2-thinking-turbo | 1436.1248392108314 1426.6–1445.7 | 2026-10-08 | INDEP. | snap_368d64825bf4 |
| GPQA Diamond kimi-k2-thinking-turbo | 0.8421717171717171 0.8–0.9 | 2025-11-06 | INDEP. | snap_fee7890b5dd0 |
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, coding) kimi-k2-thinking-turbo | 1486.5067209437384 1481.1–1491.9 | 2026-10-08 | INDEP. | snap_368d64825bf4 |
| LMArena WebDev kimi-k2-thinking-turbo | 1322.0763755812288 1314.7–1329.5 | 2026-10-08 | INDEP. | snap_6949d6fb2488 |
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, longer query) kimi-k2-thinking-turbo | 1433.228117531057 1428.3–1438.2 | 2026-10-08 | INDEP. | snap_368d64825bf4 |
| LMArena Text factuality kimi-k2-thinking-turbo | 1423.2380885403159 1420.4–1426.0 | 2026-10-08 | INDEP. | snap_f051faf18005 |
Reign history
Where it sits in the succession
No closed or open crown interval includes this model.
Honest about the gaps
Where it is not the crown
| Category | This model | Why |
|---|---|---|
| General LLM | Not SOTA · #80 | Ranked #80 in General LLM. |
| Reasoning | Not SOTA · #77 | Ranked #77 in Reasoning. |
| Math | Not SOTA · #68 | Ranked #68 in Math. |
| Science | Not SOTA · #73 | Last listed at #73 in Science on 2025-11-06. That board does not award a crown. |
| Coding | Not SOTA · #72 | Ranked #72 in Coding. |
| Coding › Web dev | Not SOTA · #92 | Ranked #92 in Coding › Web dev. |
| Long context | Not SOTA · #86 | Ranked #86 in Long context. |
| Factuality | Not SOTA · #90 | Ranked #90 in Factuality. |