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Claude 3.7 Sonnet vs Kimi K2

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Anthropic
Claude 3.7 Sonnet
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMoonshot AI
Release dateFeb 24 2025Jul 11 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
1T
Context window
128k
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
68%
75.1%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
62.3%
65.8%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapClaude 3.7 Sonnet shipped 137 days before Kimi K2

Which is better: Claude 3.7 Sonnet or Kimi K2?

Kimi K2 leads Claude 3.7 Sonnet on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Claude 3.7 Sonnet shipped 137 days before Kimi K2, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Kimi K2 is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude 3.7 Sonnet is proprietary.

On GPQA Diamond, Kimi K2 scores 75.1%, 7.1 points above Claude 3.7 Sonnet at 68%. On SWE-Bench Verified, Kimi K2 scores 65.8%, 3.5 points above Claude 3.7 Sonnet at 62.3%.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude 3.7 Sonnet released?
Claude 3.7 Sonnet was released by Anthropic on Feb 24 2025.
When was Kimi K2 released?
Kimi K2 was released by Moonshot AI on Jul 11 2025.
Which is better on GPQA Diamond, Claude 3.7 Sonnet or Kimi K2?
Kimi K2 scores higher on GPQA Diamond — Claude 3.7 Sonnet 68% vs Kimi K2 75.1%.
Which is better at coding, Claude 3.7 Sonnet or Kimi K2?
On SWE-Bench Verified (real-world software-engineering tasks), Kimi K2 leads — Claude 3.7 Sonnet scores 62.3% and Kimi K2 scores 65.8%.
Is Claude 3.7 Sonnet or Kimi K2 open source?
Kimi K2 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Moonshot AI. Claude 3.7 Sonnet is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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