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Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Kimi-VL

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

Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Haiku
Moonshot AI
Kimi-VL
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMoonshot AI
Release dateOct 22 2024Apr 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
16B
Context window
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
40.6%
Science
GPQA Diamond
41.6%
Timeline
Release gapClaude 3.5 Haiku shipped 161 days before Kimi-VL

Which is better: Claude 3.5 Haiku or Kimi-VL?

Claude 3.5 Haiku and Kimi-VL don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Claude 3.5 Haiku shipped 161 days before Kimi-VL, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

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

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude 3.5 Haiku and Kimi-VL 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-VL released?
Kimi-VL was released by Moonshot AI on Apr 2025.
Is Claude 3.5 Haiku or Kimi-VL open source?
Kimi-VL 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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