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Kimi K2 (Jul 2025)

ECI#123
140
Moonshot
Jul. 12, 2025
Open weights

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) is an open-weights model from Moonshot, released July 12, 2025. It has an ECI score of 140 and ranks 123rd of 254 tracked models. At the time of its release, it ranked 17th of 140 tracked models.

Kimi K2 (Jul 2025) vs select alternatives

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Kimi K2 (Jul 2025)
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ECI scoreBest score 169
140140140140
Ranking#123#125#126#122
Conceptual reasoning
SimpleBenchBest score 82%
26%
40%
22%
n/a
Long context
ForecastBenchBest score 67.0
62.260.7——
Fiction.liveBenchBest score 97%
61%
53%
44%
67%
Software engineering
Terminal-Bench 2.0Best score 85%
28%
n/a
19%
n/a
Aider PolyglotBest score 88%
59%
n/a
42%
49%
WeirdML (v2)Best score 94%
39%
38%
48%
43%
Writing & creativity
Lech Mazur WritingBest score 8.6
8.6—7.77.3

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