Kimi K2 Instruct on HellaSwag: score, rank and what it means
Kimi K2 Instruct scores 90.2 on HellaSwag, placing it #83 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 81.4 and the leader is GPT-5.2 Max at 96.1.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on HellaSwag, with Kimi K2 Instruct highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.
Top 10 leaderboard
| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-5.2 Max | OpenAI | 1000000 | $21.39 | 89.2 |
| 2 | GPT-5.2 Turbo | OpenAI | 1000000 | $20.73 | 87.4 |
| 3 | GPT-5.2 Pro | OpenAI | 2000000 | $21.32 | 89.6 |
| 4 | Claude Opus 4.5 Pro | Anthropic | 200000 | $20.98 | 89.1 |
| 5 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning | Anthropic | 400000 | $19.48 | 87.7 |
| 6 | Grok 4 Reasoning | xAI | 2000000 | $19.67 | 87.8 |
| 7 | GPT-5.2 Vision | OpenAI | 1000000 | $19.03 | 87.4 |
| 8 | Gemini 3 Pro Turbo | Google DeepMind | 400000 | $19.62 | 86.4 |
| 9 | GPT-5.1 Reasoning | OpenAI | 400000 | $20.27 | 88.3 |
| 10 | o4 Pro | OpenAI | 1000000 | $19.37 | 87.3 |
What this score means
On HellaSwag, Kimi K2 Instruct sits at #83 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.2 Max, scores 96.1, so the gap to the top is 5.9 points. The median model in this index scores 83.6, which puts Kimi K2 Instruct above the midpoint.
Moonshot AI models average 83.0 on this benchmark. Kimi K2 Instruct is 7.2 points above that provider line, so it is a stronger result than the average Moonshot AI model.
Among multimodal models, the average is 86.8. Kimi K2 Instruct is 3.4 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 90.2 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 $5.80 per million input tokens, Kimi K2 Instruct is above the median input price of $4.00 across the 600 models scored on HellaSwag. 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-V3.2 Base | DeepSeek | 128000 | $5.05 | 80.2 |
| ERNIE 4.5 Pro | Baidu | 1000000 | $13.89 | 80.5 |
| Grok 3 Turbo | xAI | 128000 | $15.97 | 83.1 |
| Kimi K1.5 Instruct | Moonshot AI | 200000 | $5.15 | 80.5 |
| Kimi K2 Instruct | Moonshot AI | 1000000 | $5.80 | 82.3 |
| Command A Pro | Cohere | 200000 | $14.28 | 81.3 |
| DeepSeek-R1 Base | DeepSeek | 400000 | $5.05 | 80.1 |
Other benchmarks for Kimi K2 Instruct
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 86.5 | 44 | 93th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 78.4 | 76 | 87th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 75.1 | 40 | 93th | |
| HumanEval | 87.3 | 82 | 86th | |
| MATH-500 | 88.0 | 67 | 89th | |
| AIME 2025 | 77.3 | 124 | 79th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 74.1 | 108 | 82th | |
| IFEval | 87.5 | 116 | 81th | |
| TruthfulQA | 82.8 | 112 | 81th | |
| MMMU | 78.3 | 88 | 85th | |
| Arena Elo | 1458.6 | 55 | 91th |
FAQ
What score does Kimi K2 Instruct get on HellaSwag?
Kimi K2 Instruct scores 90.2 on HellaSwag in this index. The benchmark average is 81.4 and the top score is 96.1.
How does Kimi K2 Instruct rank on HellaSwag?
It ranks #83 of 600 models, in the 86th percentile. The leader is GPT-5.2 Max at 96.1.
Is Kimi K2 Instruct good at HellaSwag?
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 HellaSwag score calculated?
HellaSwag is a commonsense 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 Instruct cost?
Kimi K2 Instruct costs $5.80 per million input tokens and $23.99 per million output tokens.