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DeepSeek-V4-Pro vs Kimi K2.5

DeepSeek-V4-Pro OPEN WEIGHTS · DeepSeek, released 2026-04-24
Kimi K2.5 OPEN WEIGHTS · Moonshot, released 2026-01-27

“Epoch AI, 'AI Benchmarking Hub'. Published online at epoch.ai. Retrieved from 'https://epoch.ai/benchmarks' [online resource].” · epoch.ai/benchmarks · Licensed CC BY 4.0 · data last verified 2026-09-09 · Methodology · Data Sources

DeepSeek-V4-Pro leads on more of the 6 benchmarks where both are measured — DeepSeek-V4-Pro on 6. The remaining 3 of 9 tracked benchmarks cannot be compared: 2 have a result for only one of the two models, 1 for neither. Nothing on this page is estimated to fill those in.

Head-to-head

Measured on 6 of 9 tracked benchmarks for both models — DeepSeek-V4-Pro leads on 6.

BenchmarkDeepSeek-V4-Pro Kimi K2.5Leads
Epoch Capabilities Index (ECI)149.1148.0DeepSeek-V4-Pro
SWE-bench Verified0.776 (max)0.738DeepSeek-V4-Pro
GPQA Diamond0.909 (high)0.876 (fireworks)DeepSeek-V4-Pro
MATH Level 5Not measuredNot measuredNot measured on both
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20250.967 (max)0.922 (fireworks)DeepSeek-V4-Pro
FrontierMathNot measured0.279 (fireworks)Comparison unavailable — DeepSeek-V4-Pro has no published result
FrontierMath Tier 4Not measured0.042 (fireworks)Comparison unavailable — DeepSeek-V4-Pro has no published result
SimpleQA Verified0.470 (max)0.343DeepSeek-V4-Pro
Chess Puzzles0.200 (max)0.120 (fireworks)DeepSeek-V4-Pro
Benchmark results measure specific tasks and should not be treated as a universal measure of model quality. A model with no row here for a benchmark has not been measured on it — that is left blank, never estimated.

What remains uncertain

A missing result means Xentir has not found one published by the source it cites, not that the model performs badly. See Data Sources.

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