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Claude 1 vs Kimi K2

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Anthropic
Claude 1
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMoonshot AI
Release dateMar 14 2023Jul 11 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
1T
Context window
128k
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
75.1%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
65.8%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapClaude 1 shipped 850 days before Kimi K2

Which is better: Claude 1 or Kimi K2?

Kimi K2 leads Claude 1 on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Claude 1 shipped 850 days before Kimi K2, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Kimi K2 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 K2 released?
Kimi K2 was released by Moonshot AI on Jul 11 2025.
Is Claude 1 or Kimi K2 open source?
Kimi K2 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Moonshot AI. Claude 1 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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