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Claude Opus 4.5 vs Kimi K1.5

2 vs 0 benchmarks won

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.5
Moonshot AI
Kimi K1.5
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMoonshot AI
Release dateNov 24 2025Jan 20 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
128k
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
87%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
80.9%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapKimi K1.5 shipped 308 days before Claude Opus 4.5

Which is better: Claude Opus 4.5 or Kimi K1.5?

Claude Opus 4.5 leads Kimi K1.5 on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Kimi K1.5 shipped 308 days before Claude Opus 4.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude Opus 4.5 released?
Claude Opus 4.5 was released by Anthropic on Nov 24 2025.
When was Kimi K1.5 released?
Kimi K1.5 was released by Moonshot AI on Jan 20 2025.

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