Kimi K2 Chat on TruthfulQA: score, rank and what it means
Kimi K2 Chat scores 82.8 on TruthfulQA, placing it #111 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 Chat 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 Chat sits at #111 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.1 Max, scores 91.1, so the gap to the top is 8.3 points. The median model in this index scores 76.3, which puts Kimi K2 Chat above the midpoint.
Moonshot AI models average 75.2 on this benchmark. Kimi K2 Chat is 7.6 points above that provider line, so it is a stronger result than the average Moonshot AI model.
Among multimodal models, the average is 80.1. Kimi K2 Chat 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 82.8 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 $5.74 per million input tokens, Kimi K2 Chat is above 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek-R1 | DeepSeek | 128000 | $5.83 | 82.8 |
| ERNIE 4.5 Reasoning | Baidu | 1000000 | $14.36 | 79.8 |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 Vision | Anthropic | 128000 | $13.01 | 79.2 |
| Gemini 2.5 Pro | Google DeepMind | 200000 | $15.20 | 81.6 |
| Kimi K2 Chat | Moonshot AI | 400000 | $5.74 | 82.1 |
| Kimi K2 Instruct | Moonshot AI | 1000000 | $5.80 | 82.3 |
| QwQ Instruct | Alibaba Cloud | 65536 | $4.62 | 79.0 |
Other benchmarks for Kimi K2 Chat
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 82.7 | 110 | 82th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 77.4 | 99 | 84th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 70.0 | 110 | 82th | |
| HumanEval | 88.1 | 71 | 88th | |
| MATH-500 | 84.8 | 112 | 81th | |
| AIME 2025 | 84.1 | 48 | 92th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 74.5 | 100 | 83th | |
| IFEval | 88.0 | 101 | 83th | |
| HellaSwag | 91.6 | 46 | 92th | |
| MMMU | 79.6 | 64 | 89th | |
| Arena Elo | 1445.6 | 89 | 85th |
FAQ
What score does Kimi K2 Chat get on TruthfulQA?
Kimi K2 Chat scores 82.8 on TruthfulQA in this index. The benchmark average is 73.6 and the top score is 91.1.
How does Kimi K2 Chat rank on TruthfulQA?
It ranks #111 of 600 models, in the 82nd percentile. The leader is GPT-5.1 Max at 91.1.
Is Kimi K2 Chat good at TruthfulQA?
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 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 Chat cost?
Kimi K2 Chat costs $5.74 per million input tokens and $22.24 per million output tokens.