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Claude 2.1 vs Kimi K2 Thinking

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Anthropic
Claude 2.1
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2 Thinking
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMoonshot AI
Release dateNov 21 2023Nov 6 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
1T
Context window
256k
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
71.3%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapClaude 2.1 shipped 716 days before Kimi K2 Thinking

Which is better: Claude 2.1 or Kimi K2 Thinking?

Kimi K2 Thinking leads Claude 2.1 on 1 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Claude 2.1 shipped 716 days before Kimi K2 Thinking, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Kimi K2 Thinking is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude 2.1 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 2.1 released?
Claude 2.1 was released by Anthropic on Nov 21 2023.
When was Kimi K2 Thinking released?
Kimi K2 Thinking was released by Moonshot AI on Nov 6 2025.
Is Claude 2.1 or Kimi K2 Thinking open source?
Kimi K2 Thinking is an open-source / open-weight model released by Moonshot AI. Claude 2.1 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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