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Claude 3 Opus vs Kimi K2.5

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Anthropic
Claude 3 Opus
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2.5
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMoonshot AI
Release dateMar 4 2024Jan 27 2026
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
1T
Context window
256k
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
50.4%
87.6%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
33%
76.8%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapClaude 3 Opus shipped 694 days before Kimi K2.5

Which is better: Claude 3 Opus or Kimi K2.5?

Kimi K2.5 leads Claude 3 Opus on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Claude 3 Opus shipped 694 days before Kimi K2.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Kimi K2.5 is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude 3 Opus is proprietary.

On GPQA Diamond, Kimi K2.5 scores 87.6%, 37.2 points above Claude 3 Opus at 50.4%. On SWE-Bench Verified, Kimi K2.5 scores 76.8%, 43.8 points above Claude 3 Opus at 33%.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude 3 Opus released?
Claude 3 Opus was released by Anthropic on Mar 4 2024.
When was Kimi K2.5 released?
Kimi K2.5 was released by Moonshot AI on Jan 27 2026.
Which is better on GPQA Diamond, Claude 3 Opus or Kimi K2.5?
Kimi K2.5 scores higher on GPQA Diamond — Claude 3 Opus 50.4% vs Kimi K2.5 87.6%.
Which is better at coding, Claude 3 Opus or Kimi K2.5?
On SWE-Bench Verified (real-world software-engineering tasks), Kimi K2.5 leads — Claude 3 Opus scores 33% and Kimi K2.5 scores 76.8%.
Is Claude 3 Opus or Kimi K2.5 open source?
Kimi K2.5 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Moonshot AI. Claude 3 Opus is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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