Data points: 64
Model compare
The readout for Kimi K2.5 and Phi 4 Multimodal Instruct, before the detailed comparison sheet.
Model A
MoonshotAI
Model B
phi-4-multimodal-instruct
Weighted outcome: Kimi K2.5. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Decision read
Kimi K2.5
Kimi K2.5 has the higher weighted result; Model A / B score 92 to 8.
Evidence depth
64 data points
Includes 4 benchmark rows, 0 audit samples, and 8 provider examples.
Selection signal
Start with Kimi K2.5
The charts below split 12 high-signal samples across speed, scores, and audit health.
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This report only uses LMSpeed data for Kimi K2.5 and Phi 4 Multimodal Instruct: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
| Model compare | Kimi K2.5 | Phi 4 Multimodal Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Overall leader | Leading | Contender |
| Weighted overall score | 92.0 pts | 8.0 pts |
| Benchmark category leads | 3 categories | 0 categories |
| Operational advantages | Cheapest input price, Average speed, Provider coverage | First-token latency, Free providers |
| Context window | 262.1K tokens | No data |
| Max output | 262.1K tokens | No data |
| Modalities | Input TextImage Output Text | No data |
The overall result weights benchmark capability categories at 80% and price, API speed/latency, and availability at 20%. Recent test volume does not affect the winner, and missing benchmark categories are excluded.
| Model compare | Kimi K2.5 | Phi 4 Multimodal Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | MoonshotAI | No data |
| Released | Jan 2026 | No data |
| 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 |
This report only uses LMSpeed data for Kimi K2.5 and Phi 4 Multimodal Instruct: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
Kimi K2.5
Kimi K2.5 is stronger in benchmark categories (Coding, Reasoning, Math) and operational dimensions (Cheapest input price, Average speed, Provider coverage).
Phi 4 Multimodal Instruct
Phi 4 Multimodal Instruct has these operational advantages: First-token latency, Free providers.
Third-party benchmark profile synced into LMSpeed; only metrics available for both models are shown.
Compare benchmark category scores on a 0-100 scale. Select a category to inspect the gap.
Avg. score
Kimi K2.5
49.7
Avg. score
Phi 4 Multimodal Instruct
35.9
Kimi K2.5
Kimi K2.5 leads by 20.3
Kimi K2.5 leads by 20.9
Metric-level scores with benchmark source, rank depth, confidence, error, and evaluation date where available.
Kimi K2.5
winner87.1%
Rank #11/125 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-02-01
Phi 4 Multimodal Instruct
48.5%
Rank #122/125 · confidence 4
Kimi K2.5
winner78.9%
Rank #79/188 · confidence 4
Phi 4 Multimodal Instruct
31.5%
Rank #186/188 · confidence 4
Kimi K2.5
winner12.3%
Rank #84/187 · confidence 4
Phi 4 Multimodal Instruct
4.4%
Rank #147/187 · confidence 4
Kimi K2.5
winner39.6%
Rank #76/185 · confidence 4
Phi 4 Multimodal Instruct
11.0%
Rank #183/185 · confidence 4
Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.
| Provider | Kimi K2.5 | Phi 4 Multimodal Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Phi 4 Multimodal Instruct |
|---|---|---|
30 tests | Kimi K2.5 speed / latency 48 tok/s / 18528ms input / output No data | Phi 4 Multimodal Instruct speed / latency 83 tok/s / 393ms input / output No data |
25 tests | Kimi K2.5 speed / latency 38 tok/s / 22910ms input / output No data | Phi 4 Multimodal Instruct speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
5 tests | Kimi K2.5 speed / latency 14 tok/s / 32712ms input / output No data | Phi 4 Multimodal Instruct speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
0 tests | Kimi K2.5 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Phi 4 Multimodal Instruct speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
0 tests | Kimi K2.5 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Phi 4 Multimodal Instruct speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
Kimi K2.5 kimi-k2.5 speed / latency No data input / output $3496.50/M/$16983.00/M | Phi 4 Multimodal Instruct microsoft/phi-4-multimodal-instruct speed / latency No data input / output $0/M | |
Kimi K2.5 kimi-k2.5 speed / latency No data input / output $0.010/request | Phi 4 Multimodal Instruct microsoft/phi-4-multimodal-instruct speed / latency No data input / output $0.010/request | |
Kimi K2.5 kimi-k2.5 speed / latency No data input / output $0.600/M/$3.00/M | Phi 4 Multimodal Instruct microsoft/phi-4-multimodal-instruct speed / latency No data input / output $0.050/M |
Weighted outcome: Kimi K2.5. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
| Features |
|---|
Text inputImage inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning |
| None listed |
Kimi K2.5
Kimi K2.5 leads by 5.0
Kimi K2.5
Kimi K2.5
Kimi K2.5
