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Claude Opus 4.1 vs Kimi K2 (0905)

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Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.1
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2 (0905)
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMoonshot AI
Release dateAug 5 2025Sep 5 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
1T
Context window
256k
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
80.9%
75.1%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
74.5%
65.8%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapClaude Opus 4.1 shipped 31 days before Kimi K2 (0905)

Which is better: Claude Opus 4.1 or Kimi K2 (0905)?

Claude Opus 4.1 leads Kimi K2 (0905) on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Claude Opus 4.1 shipped 31 days before Kimi K2 (0905), so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Kimi K2 (0905) is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude Opus 4.1 is proprietary.

On GPQA Diamond, Claude Opus 4.1 scores 80.9%, 5.8 points above Kimi K2 (0905) at 75.1%. On SWE-Bench Verified, Claude Opus 4.1 scores 74.5%, 8.7 points above Kimi K2 (0905) at 65.8%.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude Opus 4.1 released?
Claude Opus 4.1 was released by Anthropic on Aug 5 2025.
When was Kimi K2 (0905) released?
Kimi K2 (0905) was released by Moonshot AI on Sep 5 2025.
Which is better on GPQA Diamond, Claude Opus 4.1 or Kimi K2 (0905)?
Claude Opus 4.1 scores higher on GPQA Diamond — Claude Opus 4.1 80.9% vs Kimi K2 (0905) 75.1%.
Which is better at coding, Claude Opus 4.1 or Kimi K2 (0905)?
On SWE-Bench Verified (real-world software-engineering tasks), Claude Opus 4.1 leads — Claude Opus 4.1 scores 74.5% and Kimi K2 (0905) scores 65.8%.
Is Claude Opus 4.1 or Kimi K2 (0905) open source?
Kimi K2 (0905) is an open-source / open-weight model released by Moonshot AI. Claude Opus 4.1 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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