Kimi K2.5 (Instant)
Moonshot AIOpenModified MIT
Kimi K2.5 (Instant) is a vision-language model from Moonshot AI. It ranks 60 of 167 on LMArena’s overall vision board with 1254±11 from 4,111 votes. Its best category is OCR (#60 of 123). License: Modified MIT.
Key figures
- Developer
- Moonshot AI
- License
- Modified MIT
- First seen (our snapshots)
- 2026-10-26
No data: Captioning, Entity recognition.
Who it suits
- Overall #60 of 167: upper half.
- Strongest category: OCR (#60 of 123).
- Open weights (Modified MIT): you can self-host it.
Neighbours on the overall board
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License | Δ vs this model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 |  Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Beta (0309) xAI | 1259 | 24,532 | Proprietary | +5 |
| 58 |  GPT-5.6 Luna (xHigh) OpenAI | 1257 | 11,055 | Proprietary | +3 |
| 59 |  MiMo-V2.6-Flash Xiaomi | 1256 | 3,618 | MIT | +2 |
| 60 | Kimi K2.5 (Instant) Moonshot AI | 1254 | 4,111 | Modified MIT | |
| 61 |  Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (09-2025) Google | 1254 | 4,792 | Proprietary | +0 |
| 62 |  MiniMax-M3 MiniMax | 1251 | 19,844 | MiniMax Community License | -3 |
| 63 | GPT-5.5 Instant OpenAI | 1250 | 7,590 | Proprietary | -4 |
Alternatives · More from Moonshot AI
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI | 1282 | 16,368 | Modified MIT |
| 46 | Kimi K2.5 (Thinking) Moonshot AI | 1269 | 28,249 | Modified MIT |
Alternatives · Top open-weight models
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 |  GLM-5.3-Flash Z.ai | 1294 | 16,254 | MIT |
| 34 | Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI | 1282 | 16,368 | Modified MIT |
| 38 |  DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-20260910 (Max) DeepSeek | 1278 | 4,100 | MIT |
| 39 | Gemma 4 31B Google | 1276 | 40,219 | Apache 2.0 |
| 44 |  Qwen3.8-27B Alibaba | 1269 | 7,614 | Apache 2.0 |
How to read these scores
- If two scores differ by less than their ± intervals, the models are statistically close.
- Each category board is computed independently; do not compare scores across categories.
- Models with few votes move more; ranks of new entries may change.
FAQ
Where does Kimi K2.5 (Instant) rank among vision models?
Overall rank 60 (1254); OCR rank 60 (1259); Diagrams rank 68 (1257); Homework rank 68 (1264); Creative writing rank 61 (1237); Humor rank 62 (1226); English rank 62 (1258); Chinese rank 36 (1328) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
How good is Kimi K2.5 (Instant) at OCR?
Kimi K2.5 (Instant) ranks 60 of 123 on LMArena’s OCR board with 1259 (2,691 votes).
Is Kimi K2.5 (Instant) better with Chinese or English prompts?
Chinese board: #36 of 128 (1328); English board: #62 of 167 (1258). The boards are computed separately, so compare ranks rather than scores.
Is Kimi K2.5 (Instant) open-weight?
LMArena lists its license as Modified MIT, not proprietary; check the license text for commercial use.
How far is Kimi K2.5 (Instant) from #1?
#1 overall is Claude Fable 5 (High) (1325); Kimi K2.5 (Instant) has 1254, 71 points behind.
Sources
LMArena data published Oct 19, 2026.
Synced here Oct 26, 2026.
Price, context length and release date have no reliable public data here and are not shown; all figures come from snapshots, blanks are –.