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Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Kimi Linear

Anthropic Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Moonshot AI Kimi Linear — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Haiku
Moonshot AI
Kimi Linear
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMoonshot AI
Release dateOct 22 2024Oct 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
48B
Context window
Benchmarks
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.

Kimi Linear is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude 3.5 Haiku is proprietary.

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

When was Claude 3.5 Haiku released?
Claude 3.5 Haiku was released by Anthropic on Oct 22 2024.
When was Kimi Linear released?
Kimi Linear was released by Moonshot AI on Oct 2025.
Is Claude 3.5 Haiku or Kimi Linear open source?
Kimi Linear 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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