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DeepSeek v4 Pro vs Kimi K2.5 (instant)

DeepSeek v4 Pro OPEN WEIGHTS · DeepSeek, released 2026-04-24
Kimi K2.5 (instant) 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 2026-07-26 · Methodology · Data Sources

Head-to-head

Measured on 6 of 9 tracked benchmarks for both models — DeepSeek v4 Pro leads on 6.

Benchmark	DeepSeek v4 Pro	Kimi K2.5 (instant)	Leads
Epoch Capabilities Index (ECI)	148.7	148.3	DeepSeek v4 Pro
SWE-bench Verified	0.776 (max)	0.738	DeepSeek v4 Pro
GPQA Diamond	0.896 (max)	0.876	DeepSeek v4 Pro
MATH Level 5	Not measured	Not measured	Not measured on both
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	0.967 (max)	0.922	DeepSeek v4 Pro
FrontierMath	Not measured	0.279	Not measured on both
FrontierMath Tier 4	Not measured	0.042	Not measured on both
SimpleQA Verified	0.570 (max)	0.339	DeepSeek v4 Pro
Chess Puzzles	0.200 (max)	0.120	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.

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