Kimi K2 8B on TruthfulQA: score, rank and what it means
Kimi K2 8B scores 69.4 on TruthfulQA, placing it #404 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 73.6 and the leader is GPT-5.1 Max at 91.1.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on TruthfulQA, with Kimi K2 8B highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.
Top 10 leaderboard
| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg 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 8B sits at #404 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.1 Max, scores 91.1, so the gap to the top is 21.7 points. The median model in this index scores 76.3, which puts Kimi K2 8B below the midpoint.
Moonshot AI models average 75.2 on this benchmark. Kimi K2 8B is 5.8 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 8B is 9.5 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 69.4 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 $1.86 per million input tokens, Kimi K2 8B 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.
| Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| StableLM 2 Instruct | Stability AI | 16384 | $1.93 | 65.2 |
| Embed 4 | Cohere | 32768 | $4.79 | 63.8 |
| Molmo Chat | Allen Institute for AI | 32768 | $2.40 | 66.7 |
| Llama 4 Maverick 8B | Meta AI | 4096 | $1.64 | 63.4 |
| Kimi K2 8B | Moonshot AI | 8192 | $1.86 | 64.7 |
| ERNIE 4.5 Nano | Baidu | 32768 | $6.01 | 65.6 |
| Nemotron Nano | NVIDIA | 8192 | $2.24 | 66.6 |
Other benchmarks for Kimi K2 8B
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 67.3 | 427 | 29th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 59.3 | 411 | 32th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 50.9 | 414 | 31th | |
| HumanEval | 69.9 | 395 | 34th | |
| MATH-500 | 68.7 | 392 | 35th | |
| AIME 2025 | 55.4 | 414 | 31th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 55.0 | 406 | 32th | |
| IFEval | 75.4 | 394 | 34th | |
| HellaSwag | 78.6 | 398 | 34th | |
| MMMU | 62.2 | 406 | 32th | |
| Arena Elo | 1311.4 | 406 | 32th |
FAQ
What score does Kimi K2 8B get on TruthfulQA?
Kimi K2 8B scores 69.4 on TruthfulQA in this index. The benchmark average is 73.6 and the top score is 91.1.
How does Kimi K2 8B rank on TruthfulQA?
It ranks #404 of 600 models, in the 33rd percentile. The leader is GPT-5.1 Max at 91.1.
Is Kimi K2 8B 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 8B cost?
Kimi K2 8B costs $1.86 per million input tokens and $10.03 per million output tokens.