Data points: 56
The readout for Kimi K2.5 and Ministral 3, before the detailed comparison sheet.
Decision read
Kimi K2.5
Kimi K2.5 currently has the stronger profile, with verified wins split 4 to 2.
Evidence depth
56 data points
Includes 8 benchmark rows, 0 audit samples, and 5 provider examples.
Selection signal
Start with Kimi K2.5
The charts below split 13 high-signal samples across speed, scores, and audit health.
Model compare Kimi K2.5 vs Ministral 3kimi-k2-5-vs-ministral-3 | Model A Kimi K2.5 | Model B Ministral 3 |
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| Overall leader | Leading | Contender |
| Verified metric wins | 4 wins | 2 wins |
| Where it leads | Cheapest input price, Free providers, Provider coverage, Recent tests | Average speed, First-token latency |
Third-party benchmark profile synced into LMSpeed; only metrics available for both models are shown.
| Metric | Kimi K2.5 | Ministral 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Output price | $3.00/M#28 | $0.100/M |
Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.
| Provider | Kimi K2.5 | Ministral 3 |
|---|---|---|
| No completed audits are available from shared providers yet. | ||
Speed aggregates and input/output pricing share each provider row for real API selection and migration cost checks.
| Provider | Kimi K2.5 | Ministral 3 |
|---|---|---|
5 tests | Kimi K2.5 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Ministral 3 |
This report only uses LMSpeed data for Kimi K2.5 and Ministral 3: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
| Guidance | Kimi K2.5 | Ministral 3 |
|---|---|---|
| When to choose each model | Kimi K2.5 Kimi K2.5 is stronger when you prioritize Cheapest input price, Free providers, Provider coverage, Recent tests. | Ministral 3 Ministral 3 is stronger when you prioritize Average speed, First-token latency. |
TL;DR: Kimi K2.5 leads across 56 verifiable data points, including pricing, speed, latency, benchmarks, and provider examples.
Continue from Kimi K2.5 vs Ministral 3 into nearby model comparisons with enough verified LMSpeed data.
| Model metadata | Kimi K2.5 exposes 262.1K tokens; notable signals: Text input, Image input, Text output, Tool calling. | No OpenRouter metadata is available yet for this model. |
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| Developer | Moonshot AI | No data |
| Context window | 262.1K tokens | No data |
| Max output | 262.1K tokens | No data |
| Released | Jan 2026 | No data |
| Modalities | Input TextImage Output Text | No data |
| Features | Text inputImage inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning | None listed |
| Parameters | No data | No data |
| Tokenizer | Other | No data |
| Knowledge cutoff | No data | No data |
| OpenRouter ID | moonshotai/kimi-k2.5 | No data |
| References | No data | No data |
| Time to first answer token | 64.24 s#101 | 0.33 s#1 |
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| Time to first token | 1.27 s#49 | 0.33 s#2 |
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| Blended price | $1.19/M#43 | $0.100/M#5 |
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| Input price | $0.580/M#21 | $0.100/M#6 |
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| HLE | 29.4%#14 | 5.3%#84 |
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| SciCode | 49.0%#14 | 14.4%#116 |
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| GPQA | 87.9%#16 | 35.8%#132 |
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speed / latency
208 tok/s / 2843ms
input / output
No data
933999 API0 tests | Kimi K2.5 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Ministral 3 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
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ETC API0 tests | Kimi K2.5 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Ministral 3 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
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Ollama0 tests | Kimi K2.5 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Ministral 3 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
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SMLC666 API0 tests | Kimi K2.5 kimi-k2.5 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output $0.600/M / $3.00/M | Ministral 3 ministral-3:8b speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output $75.00/M / $75.00/M |
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Rankings are based on community-submitted tests and periodic health probes. Advisory only, not official data.
