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Claude 1 vs Kimi-Dev

Anthropic Claude 1 vs Moonshot AI Kimi-Dev — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude 1
Moonshot AI
Kimi-Dev
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMoonshot AI
Release dateMar 14 2023Jun 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
72B
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapClaude 1 shipped 810 days before Kimi-Dev

Which is better: Claude 1 or Kimi-Dev?

Claude 1 and Kimi-Dev do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Claude 1 shipped 810 days before Kimi-Dev, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Kimi-Dev is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude 1 is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude 1 released?
Claude 1 was released by Anthropic on Mar 14 2023.
When was Kimi-Dev released?
Kimi-Dev was released by Moonshot AI on Jun 2025.
Is Claude 1 or Kimi-Dev open source?
Kimi-Dev is an open-source / open-weight model released by Moonshot AI. Claude 1 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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