Kimi K2 Base on HumanEval: score, rank and what it means
Kimi K2 Base scores 84.9 on HumanEval, placing it #121 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 74.0 and the leader is GPT-5.2 Pro at 96.8.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on HumanEval, with Kimi K2 Base highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.
Top 10 leaderboard
| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-5.2 Pro | OpenAI | 2000000 | $21.32 | 89.6 |
| 2 | Gemini 3 Pro Pro | Google DeepMind | 200000 | $19.80 | 87.3 |
| 3 | o4 Max | OpenAI | 2000000 | $19.51 | 86.2 |
| 4 | Grok 4 Reasoning | xAI | 2000000 | $19.67 | 87.8 |
| 5 | Claude Opus 4.5 | Anthropic | 400000 | $19.42 | 87.7 |
| 6 | GPT-5.2 Max | OpenAI | 1000000 | $21.39 | 89.2 |
| 7 | Claude Opus 4.5 Pro | Anthropic | 200000 | $20.98 | 89.1 |
| 8 | Grok 4 Max | xAI | 2000000 | $19.70 | 86.6 |
| 9 | GPT-5.2 Turbo | OpenAI | 1000000 | $20.73 | 87.4 |
| 10 | GPT-5.1 Reasoning | OpenAI | 400000 | $20.27 | 88.3 |
What this score means
On HumanEval, Kimi K2 Base sits at #121 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.2 Pro, scores 96.8, so the gap to the top is 11.9 points. The median model in this index scores 77.4, which puts Kimi K2 Base above the midpoint.
Moonshot AI models average 76.3 on this benchmark. Kimi K2 Base is 8.6 points above that provider line, so it is a stronger result than the average Moonshot AI model.
Among multimodal models, the average is 82.2. Kimi K2 Base is 2.7 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 84.9 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 $4.82 per million input tokens, Kimi K2 Base is above the median input price of $4.00 across the 600 models scored on HumanEval. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llama 4 Maverick Instruct | Meta AI | 200000 | $5.33 | 81.7 |
| Mistral Large 3 Base | Mistral AI | 65536 | $4.47 | 78.2 |
| Mistral Large 3 Chat | Mistral AI | 1000000 | $4.90 | 79.1 |
| DeepSeek-R1 Chat | DeepSeek | 400000 | $5.62 | 82.4 |
| Kimi K2 Base | Moonshot AI | 65536 | $4.82 | 79.2 |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | Anthropic | 1000000 | $13.86 | 79.4 |
| Sonar Pro Turbo | Perplexity | 128000 | $13.55 | 79.0 |
Other benchmarks for Kimi K2 Base
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 81.8 | 126 | 79th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 76.1 | 120 | 80th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 70.2 | 106 | 82th | |
| MATH-500 | 80.8 | 194 | 68th | |
| AIME 2025 | 75.3 | 149 | 75th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 69.9 | 192 | 68th | |
| IFEval | 86.8 | 139 | 77th | |
| TruthfulQA | 83.2 | 104 | 83th | |
| HellaSwag | 88.5 | 124 | 79th | |
| MMMU | 73.5 | 204 | 66th | |
| Arena Elo | 1432.3 | 116 | 81th |
FAQ
What score does Kimi K2 Base get on HumanEval?
Kimi K2 Base scores 84.9 on HumanEval in this index. The benchmark average is 74.0 and the top score is 96.8.
How does Kimi K2 Base rank on HumanEval?
It ranks #121 of 600 models, in the 80th percentile. The leader is GPT-5.2 Pro at 96.8.
Is Kimi K2 Base good at HumanEval?
Yes, relative to the index: it is above the median and inside the top half of scores. The result should be read alongside its price and context window.
How is the HumanEval score calculated?
HumanEval is a coding 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 Base cost?
Kimi K2 Base costs $4.82 per million input tokens and $16.90 per million output tokens.