Claude 3 Sonnet vs Kimi K2 (0905)
Anthropic Claude 3 Sonnet | Moonshot AI Kimi K2 (0905) | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | Anthropic | Moonshot AI |
| Release date | Mar 4 2024 | Sep 5 2025 |
| Access | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Specifications | ||
Parameters | — | 1T |
Context window | — | 256k |
| Benchmarks | ||
Coding SWE-Bench VerifiedReal coding tasks pulled from open-source projects — the AI has to find and fix actual bugs. A human-checked version of the original SWE-Bench. Higher is better. | — | 65.8% |
Science GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions in biology, physics, and chemistry — hard enough that subject-matter PhDs score around 65%. Higher is better. | 40.4% | 75.1%Best |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | Claude 3 Sonnet shipped 550 days before Kimi K2 (0905) | |
Which is better: Claude 3 Sonnet or Kimi K2 (0905)?
Kimi K2 (0905) leads Claude 3 Sonnet on 1 of the 1 benchmark they both report (GPQA Diamond). Claude 3 Sonnet shipped 550 days before Kimi K2 (0905), so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Claude 3 Sonnet is proprietary, while Kimi K2 (0905) is open weight.
On GPQA Diamond, Kimi K2 (0905) leads at 75.1% vs Claude 3 Sonnet at 40.4%.
Frequently asked questions
Claude 3 Sonnet was released by Anthropic on Mar 4 2024.
Kimi K2 (0905) was released by Moonshot AI on Sep 5 2025.
Kimi K2 (0905) leads on GPQA Diamond — Claude 3 Sonnet 40.4% vs Kimi K2 (0905) 75.1%.
Claude 3 Sonnet is a proprietary model released by Anthropic. Kimi K2 (0905) is an open weight model released by Moonshot AI.
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