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Claude 3 Sonnet vs Kimi-Dev

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Anthropic
Claude 3 Sonnet
Moonshot AI
Kimi-Dev
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMoonshot AI
Release dateMar 4 2024Jun 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
72B
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
40.4%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapClaude 3 Sonnet shipped 454 days before Kimi-Dev

Which is better: Claude 3 Sonnet or Kimi-Dev?

Claude 3 Sonnet leads Kimi-Dev on 1 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Claude 3 Sonnet shipped 454 days before Kimi-Dev, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Kimi-Dev is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude 3 Sonnet 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 3 Sonnet released?
Claude 3 Sonnet was released by Anthropic on Mar 4 2024.
When was Kimi-Dev released?
Kimi-Dev was released by Moonshot AI on Jun 2025.
Is Claude 3 Sonnet or Kimi-Dev open source?
Kimi-Dev is an open-source / open-weight model released by Moonshot AI. Claude 3 Sonnet is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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