MBZUAI
MBZUAI ranks #17 of 91 providers on BenchLeader by its best model, with 6 ranked models. Its best model is K2 Horizon 375B A23B at 56.3 on the BenchLeader Index, strongest in long context. The fastest is K2 Horizon 375B A23B at 879 tokens per second. All models ship open weights.
- Provider rank
- #17
- by best model
- Best index
- 56.3
- K2 Horizon 375B A23B
- Ranked models
- 6
- 6 open weights
- Cheapest ranked
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Release timeline
Each model’s best configuration by release date. The top eight are labelled; hover any point for its name.
- MBZUAI6
Next release
Not enough dated releases to estimate a cadence.
Fastest ranked model: K2 Horizon 375B A23B at 879 tok/s.
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Every MBZUAI model with a result, one row per model; switch to all configurations to see each reasoning effort.
6 of 6
| # | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K2 Horizon 375B A23Bopen | 56.3±5 | – | 879 | 4.44 s | 524k | 2026-09-03 | 2026-09-03 |
| 2 | K2 Horizon MoVA 36B A4Bopen | 53.8±5 | – | – | – | 524k | 2026-09-03 | 2026-09-03 |
| 3 | K2 Horizon 7Bopen | 51.7±5 | – | – | – | 524k | 2026-09-03 | 2026-09-03 |
| 4 | K2 Horizon 3.7Bopen | 48.8±4 | – | – | – | 524k | 2026-09-03 | 2026-09-03 |
| 5 | K2 Think V2thinkingopen | 48.0±7 | – | – | – | 262k | 2025-12-15 | 2025-12-15 · stale |
| 6 | K2 Horizon 0.9Bopen | 38.9±4 | – | – | – | 131k | 2026-09-03 | 2026-09-03 |
Latest news
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