Kimi K2 0711 vs Mistral Large 3 2512
Updated October 21, 2026. 15 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
Decision reading
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Kimi K2 0711 has the edge where what matters is MMLU Pro or CorpFin (Vals AI), where it leads.
- Shared results
- 15
- Kimi K2 0711 only
- 21
- Mistral Large 3 2512 only
- 13
- Like-for-like categories
- 6 of 9
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Kimi K2 0711
Kimi K2 0711 leads, 12.7 against 9.3.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Mistral Large 3 2512 has a AA Agentic Index result, 1.0.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Kimi K2 0711
Kimi K2 0711 leads, 71.5% against 68.4%.
Same board, both measured
Math
AIME
Kimi K2 0711
Kimi K2 0711 leads, 62.7% against 42.9%.
Same board, both measured
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
Mistral Large 3 2512
Mistral Large 3 2512 leads, 79.8% against 79.4%.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Mistral Large 3 2512
Mistral Large 3 2512 leads, 1162 against 1050.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Mistral Large 3 2512
Mistral Large 3 2512 takes 262K tokens against 131K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Mistral Large 3 2512
Kimi K2 0711 $0.0017, Mistral Large 3 2512 $0.0013 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Mistral Large 3 2512 has the number, $0.77.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Kimi K2 0711 not benchmarked, Mistral Large 3 2512 not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Coding, 15.1 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- AIME: Kimi K2 0711 62.7% against Mistral Large 3 2512 42.9%, 19.8 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Kimi K2 0711 $2.30 against Mistral Large 3 2512 $1.50 per million output tokens, 1.5x apart.
- Context window
- Kimi K2 0711 takes 131K tokens, Mistral Large 3 2512 262K.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Kimi K2 0711 | Bars | Mistral Large 3 2512 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 1 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 1 | 0 | ||
| Math | 2 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 2 | 3 | ||
| Web design | 0 | 5 | ||
| All shared boards | 7 | 8 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index10
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 0711 | Mistral Large 3 2512 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aider polyglot | 59.1% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| SWE-bench Verified | 71.2% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 20.1 | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 70.5% | 55.3% | Kimi K2 0711 |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | Not measured | 41.4% | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 55.6% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 15.9% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| Terminal-Bench | 27.8% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| GSO-Bench | 4.9% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| WeirdML | 39.4% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 264.7 | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 27 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 0711 | Mistral Large 3 2512 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 12.7 | 9.3 | Kimi K2 0711 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 140.0 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 0711 | Mistral Large 3 2512 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | Not measured | 1.0 | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 61.1% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 37 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 0711 | Mistral Large 3 2512 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 71.5% | 68.4% | Kimi K2 0711 |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | Not measured | 66.2% | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 76.6% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 7.4% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| SimpleBench | 26.3% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 0711 | Mistral Large 3 2512 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 62.7% | 42.9% | Kimi K2 0711 |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | 94.2% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | 91.0% | 85.4% | Kimi K2 0711 |
| AA Math Index | 57.0 | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 57.0% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index23
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 0711 | Mistral Large 3 2512 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 79.4% | 79.8% | Mistral Large 3 2512 |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 81.5% | 79.1% | Kimi K2 0711 |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | Not measured | 61.4% | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 50.4% | 61.0% | Mistral Large 3 2512 |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 70.2% | 73.1% | Mistral Large 3 2512 |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | Not measured | 52.1% | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 84.0% | 82.2% | Kimi K2 0711 |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 82.4% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 0711 | Mistral Large 3 2512 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1050 | 1162 | Mistral Large 3 2512 |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1030 | 1102 | Mistral Large 3 2512 |
| Design Arena: game dev | 974 | 1080 | Mistral Large 3 2512 |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1018 | 1136 | Mistral Large 3 2512 |
| Design Arena: 3D | Not measured | 1099 | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1033 | 1142 | Mistral Large 3 2512 |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 993 | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1069 | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 0711 | Mistral Large 3 2512 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAGE (Vals AI) | Not measured | 24.6% | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| IFBench | 41.5% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 53.0% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| DTBench | Not measured | 65.1% | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| LMCA | Not measured | 16.7% | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 61.1% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| Creative writing (Lech Mazur) | 85.6% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| CL-bench | 11.9% | Not measured | Only Kimi K2 0711 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 38 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 0711 | Mistral Large 3 2512 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Mistral Large 3 2512 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Mistral Large 3 2512 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Mistral Large 3 2512 costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | MoonshotAI Kimi K2 0711 | Mistral Large 3 2512 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Moonshot AI | Mistral AI |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | July 11, 2025 | December 1, 2025 |
| Context window | 131K | 262K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.57 | $0.50 |
| Output $/Mtok | $2.30 | $1.50 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | $0.77 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Kimi K2 0711 better than Mistral Large 3 2512 for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Kimi K2 0711 has the edge where what matters is MMLU Pro or CorpFin (Vals AI), where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Kimi K2 0711 or Mistral Large 3 2512?
Kimi K2 0711 costs $0.57 per million input tokens and $2.30 per million output tokens; Mistral Large 3 2512 costs $0.50 and $1.50. Cost per solved task is known for Mistral Large 3 2512 only.
Which has the bigger context window, Kimi K2 0711 or Mistral Large 3 2512?
Mistral Large 3 2512, with 262K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks is the Kimi K2 0711 vs Mistral Large 3 2512 comparison based on?
15 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Kimi K2 0711's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Mistral Large 3 2512's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.