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Claude 2 vs Kimi K2 (0905)

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Anthropic
Claude 2
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2 (0905)
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMoonshot AI
Release dateJul 11 2023Sep 5 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
1T
Context window
256k
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
75.1%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
65.8%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapClaude 2 shipped 787 days before Kimi K2 (0905)

Which is better: Claude 2 or Kimi K2 (0905)?

Kimi K2 (0905) leads Claude 2 on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Claude 2 shipped 787 days before Kimi K2 (0905), so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Kimi K2 (0905) is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude 2 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 released?
Claude 2 was released by Anthropic on Jul 11 2023.
When was Kimi K2 (0905) released?
Kimi K2 (0905) was released by Moonshot AI on Sep 5 2025.
Is Claude 2 or Kimi K2 (0905) open source?
Kimi K2 (0905) is an open-source / open-weight model released by Moonshot AI. Claude 2 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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