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K2 Horizon Models: All 6 Models from Institute of Foundation Models Compared

Institute of Foundation Models has 6 models in the directory: 6 language models.

Models66 of them since January 2026
Most popular53K2 Horizon 7B, popularity index out of 100

Summary

In the directory: 6 language models. 6 of them with open weights that can run locally.

All 6 models from Institute of Foundation Models

Every model there ever was. Models with a profile lead to every benchmark, price and source.

6 models
K2 Horizon 0.9BSep 3, 2026Open weightsn/an/an/a131K44
K2 Horizon 3.7BSep 3, 2026Open weightsn/an/an/a524K47
K2 Horizon 32BSep 3, 2026Open weightsn/an/an/a524K41
K2 Horizon 375B-A23BSep 3, 2026Open weightsn/an/a929524K45
K2 Horizon 7BSep 3, 2026Open weightsn/an/an/a524K53
K2 Horizon MoVA 36B-A4BSep 3, 2026Open weightsn/an/an/a524K45

The current K2 Horizon models explained

K2 Horizon 0.9B

Language model · Sep 3, 2026

K2 Horizon 0.9B is the family’s compact dense model. It supports up to 131,072 tokens with YaRN RoPE scaling and uses an additional on-policy distillation stage, which IFM calls MOPD, after pretraining, midtraining, and RL.

K2 Horizon 3.7B

Language model · Sep 3, 2026

K2 Horizon 3.7B brings the dense architecture to a smaller scale while retaining a native context of 524,288 tokens. Its published training path uses separate math, code, and STEM-code RL experts, merges their weights, and then applies FTPO as a final training stage.

K2 Horizon 32B

Language model · Sep 3, 2026

K2 Horizon 32B is the family’s large dense model, handling text in a native context of 524,288 tokens. Its documented training runs through pretraining, four midtraining stages, and two SFT phases, with the corresponding checkpoints released publicly.

K2 Horizon 375B-A23B

Language model · Sep 3, 2026

K2 Horizon 375B-A23B is the largest model in IFM’s open fleet. Its MoE architecture combines 375 billion total parameters and activates 23 billion per token. IFM also releases intermediate checkpoints from pretraining, midtraining, reinforcement learning, and SFT, making several stages of its development available for study.

K2 Horizon 7B

Language model · Sep 3, 2026

K2 Horizon 7B is a dense model with a 512K context for coding, reasoning, and multi-step tasks. After reinforcement learning, it receives an extra FTPO stage that the model card says is intended to reduce repetitive loops in long generations. The smaller 3.7B model follows a similar training path.

K2 Horizon MoVA 36B-A4B

Language model · Sep 3, 2026

K2 Horizon MoVA 36B-A4B complements the dense 32B model with a sparse architecture. Mixture-of-Value Attention routes attention through experts, while roughly 4 billion of its 36 billion parameters are active per token.

Where does Institute of Foundation Models stand?

Models among the best 20 in the overall index

Anthropic5 models, 4 of them among the best ten
OpenAI5 models, 2 of them among the best ten
Google4 models, 2 of them among the best ten
Meta3 models, 2 of them among the best ten
DeepSeek1 models, 0 of them among the best ten
Moonshot AI1 models, 0 of them among the best ten
xAI1 models, 0 of them among the best ten
Institute of Foundation Models0 models, 0 of them among the best ten

Best Institute of Foundation Models model per area

Agents
Rank 45 to 58 of 82
K2 Horizon 375B-A23B
Coding
Rank 48 to 85 of 89
K2 Horizon 375B-A23B
Reasoning
Rank 48 to 66 of 87
K2 Horizon 375B-A23B

Vendors compared

VendorModelsModel typesBest language modelTop 10Open weightsNew in 2026
Anthropic3333 language modelsClaude Opus 5.5 (Rank 1 to 3)4013
OpenAI6346 language models, 4 image models, 2 video models, 9 audio models, 2 specialist modelsGPT-6 Astra (Rank 4 to 8)2427
Google6643 language models, 4 image models, 6 video models, 11 audio models, 2 specialist modelsGemini 4 Carbon (Rank 1 to 5)21926
Meta3229 language models, 1 image model, 1 video model, 1 specialist modelMuse Wonder Full (Rank 6 to 9)2267
DeepSeek2323 language modelsDeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (Rank 13 to 20)0239
Moonshot AI1212 language modelsKimi K3.1 Pro (Rank 10 to 13)0107
xAI1612 language models, 2 image models, 2 video modelsGrok 4.7 (Rank 18 to 24)0112
Institute of Foundation Models66 language modelsnot ranked yet066

Strengths

6 models with open weights

Gaps

No image models, video models or audio models in the directory
No language model with a rank in the overall index yet

Every Institute of Foundation Models model over time

By release date. Grey: retired models.

Releases in the last twelve months

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6 releases since January 2026, by release date.

Frequently asked questions about Institute of Foundation Models

What K2 Horizon models are there?

The directory lists 6 K2 Horizon models from Institute of Foundation Models: 6 language models. It counts every model Institute of Foundation Models ever released, including retired ones. 6 are currently available, the newest being K2 Horizon 0.9B, K2 Horizon 3.7B and K2 Horizon 32B.

What is the latest K2 Horizon model?

K2 Horizon 0.9B, released on Sep 3, 2026. The timeline below shows every release by date.

Can I run K2 Horizon models locally?

Yes, 6 of the 6 models have open weights. Each model profile lists how much memory it needs.

Which K2 Horizon model is the fastest?

K2 Horizon 375B-A23B with 929 tokens per second according to Artificial Analysis. A typical model manages 98.

How large is the context window of the K2 Horizon models?

Up to 524,288 tokens (≈ 790 A4 pages), which 5 of the current models reach, including K2 Horizon 3.7B. Every model's value is in the model list.

Sources and data date

Data as of Nov 1, 2026

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