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Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Kimi Linear

Anthropic Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Moonshot AI Kimi Linear — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude Haiku 4.5
Moonshot AI
Kimi Linear
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMoonshot AI
Release dateOct 15 2025Oct 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
48B
Context window
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
73.3%
Science
GPQA Diamond
73%
Timeline
Release gapKimi Linear shipped 14 days before Claude Haiku 4.5

Which is better: Claude Haiku 4.5 or Kimi Linear?

Claude Haiku 4.5 and Kimi Linear don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Kimi Linear shipped 14 days before Claude Haiku 4.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Kimi Linear is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude Haiku 4.5 is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Haiku 4.5 and Kimi Linear don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude Haiku 4.5 released?
Claude Haiku 4.5 was released by Anthropic on Oct 15 2025.
When was Kimi Linear released?
Kimi Linear was released by Moonshot AI on Oct 2025.
Is Claude Haiku 4.5 or Kimi Linear open source?
Kimi Linear is an open-source / open-weight model released by Moonshot AI. Claude Haiku 4.5 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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