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Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Kimi-VL

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

Anthropic
Claude Haiku 4.5
Moonshot AI
Kimi-VL
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMoonshot AI
Release dateOct 15 2025Apr 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
16B
Context window
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
73.3%
Science
GPQA Diamond
73%
Timeline
Release gapKimi-VL shipped 197 days before Claude Haiku 4.5

Which is better: Claude Haiku 4.5 or Kimi-VL?

Claude Haiku 4.5 and Kimi-VL don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Kimi-VL shipped 197 days before Claude Haiku 4.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

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

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Haiku 4.5 and Kimi-VL 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-VL released?
Kimi-VL was released by Moonshot AI on Apr 2025.
Is Claude Haiku 4.5 or Kimi-VL open source?
Kimi-VL 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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