Claude Opus 4 vs Kimi K2 Thinking
Anthropic Claude Opus 4 | Moonshot AI Kimi K2 Thinking | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | Anthropic | Moonshot AI |
| Release date | May 22 2025 | Nov 6 2025 |
| Access | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Specifications | ||
Parameters | — | 1T |
Context window | — | 256k |
| Benchmarks | ||
Nonsense detection BullshitBench v2Given a confidently-worded but nonsensical prompt, does the AI spot that it makes no sense and push back — instead of playing along and inventing an answer? The score is how often it clearly called out the nonsense. Higher is better. | 34% | — |
Coding SWE-Bench VerifiedReal coding tasks pulled from open-source projects — the AI has to find and fix actual bugs. A human-checked version of the original SWE-Bench. Higher is better. | 72.5%Best | 71.3% |
Science GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions in biology, physics, and chemistry — hard enough that subject-matter PhDs score around 65%. Higher is better. | 79.6% | — |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | Claude Opus 4 shipped 168 days before Kimi K2 Thinking | |
Which is better: Claude Opus 4 or Kimi K2 Thinking?
Claude Opus 4 leads Kimi K2 Thinking on 1 of the 1 benchmark they both report (SWE-Bench Verified). Claude Opus 4 shipped 168 days before Kimi K2 Thinking, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Claude Opus 4 is proprietary, while Kimi K2 Thinking is open weight.
On SWE-Bench Verified, Claude Opus 4 leads at 72.5% vs Kimi K2 Thinking at 71.3%.
Frequently asked questions
Claude Opus 4 was released by Anthropic on May 22 2025.
Kimi K2 Thinking was released by Moonshot AI on Nov 6 2025.
Claude Opus 4 leads on SWE-Bench Verified — Claude Opus 4 72.5% vs Kimi K2 Thinking 71.3%.
Claude Opus 4 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic. Kimi K2 Thinking is an open weight model released by Moonshot AI.
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