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Kimi K2 1.5B on TruthfulQA: score, rank and what it means

Kimi K2 1.5B scores 61.5 on TruthfulQA, placing it #512 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 73.6 and the leader is GPT-5.1 Max at 91.1.

Score
61.5
0–100 scale
Rank
#512
of 600
Percentile
15th
within the index
Benchmark avg
73.6
all models
Leader
91.1
GPT-5.1 Max
Gap to leader
29.6
points

Score distribution

The chart shows the top 10 models on TruthfulQA, with Kimi K2 1.5B highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.

GPT-5.1 Max 91.1
Gemini 3 Pro Reasoning 90.3
GPT-5.1 Reasoning 90.0
GPT-5.2 Pro 90.0
GPT-5.2 89.7
Gemini 3 Pro Max 89.6
Grok 4 Reasoning 89.4
Qwen3-Max Max 89.3
GPT-5.1 89.2
GPT-5.1 Turbo 89.2

Top 10 leaderboard

#ModelProviderContextInput / 1MAvg score
1 GPT-5.1 Max OpenAI 2000000 $20.50 87.9
2 Gemini 3 Pro Reasoning Google DeepMind 200000 $19.69 87.5
3 GPT-5.1 Reasoning OpenAI 400000 $20.27 88.3
4 GPT-5.2 Pro OpenAI 2000000 $21.32 89.6
5 GPT-5.2 OpenAI 2000000 $19.71 88.0
6 Gemini 3 Pro Max Google DeepMind 2000000 $20.57 87.9
7 Grok 4 Reasoning xAI 2000000 $19.67 87.8
8 Qwen3-Max Max Alibaba Cloud 400000 $18.53 85.9
9 GPT-5.1 OpenAI 2000000 $19.01 86.0
10 GPT-5.1 Turbo OpenAI 2000000 $19.19 86.1

What this score means

On TruthfulQA, Kimi K2 1.5B sits at #512 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.1 Max, scores 91.1, so the gap to the top is 29.6 points. The median model in this index scores 76.3, which puts Kimi K2 1.5B below the midpoint.

Moonshot AI models average 75.2 on this benchmark. Kimi K2 1.5B is 13.7 points below that provider line, so it is a weaker result than the average Moonshot AI model.

Among small open-weight models, the average is 59.9. Kimi K2 1.5B is 1.6 points above that group. This is the more useful comparison if you are shortlisting within the same tier rather than across the whole index.

Read a 61.5 as a relative signal, not an absolute guarantee. Benchmark scores depend on prompt format, evaluation harness and contamination controls. Use this page to narrow the shortlist, then test the model on your own data.

Price context

At $0.99 per million input tokens, Kimi K2 1.5B is below the median input price of $4.00 across the 600 models scored on TruthfulQA. The models immediately around it in the ranking are shown below so you can compare score and price together.

ModelProviderContextInput / 1MAvg score
Seed-OSS 7B ByteDance 8192 $0.85 55.5
Auto Nano OpenRouter 4096 $2.83 57.1
Llama 3 Replicate 7B Replicate 32768 $0.91 56.0
Llama 3 Anyscale 7B Anyscale 4096 $0.98 56.2
Kimi K2 1.5B Moonshot AI 4096 $0.99 56.8
Llama 3 Modal 7B Modal 4096 $0.88 55.2
DeepSeek-R1 1.5B DeepSeek 16384 $1.04 56.6

Other benchmarks for Kimi K2 1.5B

BenchmarkScoreRankPercentileRelative
MMLU-Pro 60.5 521 13th
GPQA Diamond 55.4 458 24th
SWE-bench Verified 40.0 522 13th
HumanEval 62.7 462 23th
MATH-500 58.8 480 20th
AIME 2025 46.4 485 19th
LiveCodeBench 42.2 524 13th
IFEval 68.3 485 19th
HellaSwag 71.9 501 17th
MMMU 57.3 465 23th
Arena Elo 1239.6 514 14th

FAQ

What score does Kimi K2 1.5B get on TruthfulQA?

Kimi K2 1.5B scores 61.5 on TruthfulQA in this index. The benchmark average is 73.6 and the top score is 91.1.

How does Kimi K2 1.5B rank on TruthfulQA?

It ranks #512 of 600 models, in the 15th percentile. The leader is GPT-5.1 Max at 91.1.

Is Kimi K2 1.5B good at TruthfulQA?

It is below the median for this benchmark, so test it carefully before relying on it for this capability. The result should be read alongside its price and context window.

How is the TruthfulQA score calculated?

TruthfulQA is a safety benchmark. Scores in this index are modelled estimates on a 0–100 scale (or Elo for Arena), derived from capability tier and benchmark difficulty. They are not official leaderboard results.

What does Kimi K2 1.5B cost?

Kimi K2 1.5B costs $0.99 per million input tokens and $5.06 per million output tokens.

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