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Composer 1.5 vs Kimi-Dev

Cursor Composer 1.5 vs Moonshot AI Kimi-Dev — side-by-side specs.

Cursor
Composer 1.5
Moonshot AI
Kimi-Dev
Overview
CompanyCursorMoonshot AI
Release dateFeb 8 2026Jun 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
72B
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapKimi-Dev shipped 252 days before Composer 1.5

Which is better: Composer 1.5 or Kimi-Dev?

Composer 1.5 and Kimi-Dev do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Kimi-Dev shipped 252 days before Composer 1.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Kimi-Dev is an open-source / open-weight model; Composer 1.5 is proprietary.

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 Composer 1.5 released?
Composer 1.5 was released by Cursor on Feb 8 2026.
When was Kimi-Dev released?
Kimi-Dev was released by Moonshot AI on Jun 2025.
Is Composer 1.5 or Kimi-Dev open source?
Kimi-Dev is an open-source / open-weight model released by Moonshot AI. Composer 1.5 is a proprietary model released by Cursor.

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