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Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Kimi K2 (0905)

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Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Haiku
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2 (0905)
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMoonshot AI
Release dateOct 22 2024Sep 5 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
1T
Context window
256k
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
41.6%
75.1%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
40.6%
65.8%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapClaude 3.5 Haiku shipped 318 days before Kimi K2 (0905)

Which is better: Claude 3.5 Haiku or Kimi K2 (0905)?

Kimi K2 (0905) leads Claude 3.5 Haiku on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Claude 3.5 Haiku shipped 318 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 3.5 Haiku is proprietary.

On GPQA Diamond, Kimi K2 (0905) scores 75.1%, 33.5 points above Claude 3.5 Haiku at 41.6%. On SWE-Bench Verified, Kimi K2 (0905) scores 65.8%, 25.2 points above Claude 3.5 Haiku at 40.6%.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude 3.5 Haiku released?
Claude 3.5 Haiku was released by Anthropic on Oct 22 2024.
When was Kimi K2 (0905) released?
Kimi K2 (0905) was released by Moonshot AI on Sep 5 2025.
Which is better on GPQA Diamond, Claude 3.5 Haiku or Kimi K2 (0905)?
Kimi K2 (0905) scores higher on GPQA Diamond — Claude 3.5 Haiku 41.6% vs Kimi K2 (0905) 75.1%.
Which is better at coding, Claude 3.5 Haiku or Kimi K2 (0905)?
On SWE-Bench Verified (real-world software-engineering tasks), Kimi K2 (0905) leads — Claude 3.5 Haiku scores 40.6% and Kimi K2 (0905) scores 65.8%.
Is Claude 3.5 Haiku or Kimi K2 (0905) open source?
Kimi K2 (0905) is an open-source / open-weight model released by Moonshot AI. Claude 3.5 Haiku is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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