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Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Kimi Linear

Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Haiku
Moonshot AI
Kimi Linear
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMoonshot AI
Release dateOct 22 2024Oct 2025
AccessProprietaryOpen Weight
Specifications
Parameters
48B
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
50%
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
40.6%
Science
GPQA Diamond
41.6%
Timeline
Release gapClaude 3.5 Haiku shipped 344 days before Kimi Linear

Which is better: Claude 3.5 Haiku or Kimi Linear?

Claude 3.5 Haiku and Kimi Linear don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Claude 3.5 Haiku shipped 344 days before Kimi Linear, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Claude 3.5 Haiku is proprietary, while Kimi Linear is open weight.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude 3.5 Haiku and Kimi Linear don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Claude 3.5 Haiku was released by Anthropic on Oct 22 2024.

Kimi Linear was released by Moonshot AI on Oct 2025.

Claude 3.5 Haiku is a proprietary model released by Anthropic. Kimi Linear is an open weight model released by Moonshot AI.

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