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K2 Think V2

Best configuration ranks #309 of 610 on the BenchLeader Index at 49.3 ±7.2 (thinking reasoning effort).

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Output speed
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Context
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How it scores by categoryDashed line = average model (50). One step of 15 = one standard deviation.
  1. Overall index49
  2. Agents & tools40
  3. Knowledge45
  4. Instruction following62
  5. Long context55
  6. Composite44

Reasoning-effort configurations

The same model behaves differently depending on how much it is allowed to think. Each row is one setting, scored only on the benchmarks that were run at that setting. “Default” means the publisher did not say which setting was used.

EffortIndexRankSpeedFirst answerChat reply costCategories
low43.2#441Agents & tools 38 · Composite 38 · Instruction following 43 · Knowledge 42 · Long context 35
medium45.8#383Agents & tools 41 · Composite 40 · Instruction following 55 · Knowledge 41 · Long context 39
thinkingbest49.3#309Agents & tools 40 · Composite 44 · Instruction following 62 · Knowledge 45 · Long context 55
default46.7#364Agents & tools 42 · Composite 41 · Instruction following 60 · Knowledge 38 · Long context 43

Benchmark results

One column per reasoning effort. Rank is among every configuration of every model on that benchmark. Hover a score for the run it came from.

Reasoning

BenchmarklowmediumthinkingdefaultSource
GPQA Diamond (AA)not in index54.1%#38859.8%#35971.3%#27768.1%#302Artificial Analysis
Humanity's Last Exam (AA)not in index3.6%#4974.4%#42710.1%#25810.5%#249Artificial Analysis

Agents & tools

BenchmarklowmediumthinkingdefaultSource
Terminal-Bench Hard4.5%#2708.3%#2266.8%#2409.8%#220Artificial Analysis
τ²-Bench Telecom (AA)not in index20.8%#31524.9%#28525.4%#28027.8%#264Artificial Analysis

Knowledge

BenchmarklowmediumthinkingdefaultSource
AA-Omniscience-47.3#294-49#309-40.3#255-55.6#363Artificial Analysis

Instruction following

BenchmarklowmediumthinkingdefaultSource
IFBench41.0%#24655.1%#14562.8%#11560.1%#124Artificial Analysis

Long context

BenchmarklowmediumthinkingdefaultSource
AA-LCR20.3%#36028.0%#32857.0%#23035.0%#303Artificial Analysis

Composite

BenchmarklowmediumthinkingdefaultSource
AA Intelligence Index7.3#4039.0#33911.5#2849.9#317Artificial Analysis

See also

Data as of 9 Sept 2026. Compare these configurations.