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Composer 1.5 vs Kimi K2

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Cursor
Composer 1.5
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2
Overview
CompanyCursorMoonshot AI
Release dateFeb 8 2026Jul 11 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
1T
Context window
128k
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
75.1%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
65.8%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapKimi K2 shipped 212 days before Composer 1.5

Which is better: Composer 1.5 or Kimi K2?

Kimi K2 leads Composer 1.5 on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Kimi K2 shipped 212 days before Composer 1.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Kimi K2 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 K2 released?
Kimi K2 was released by Moonshot AI on Jul 11 2025.
Is Composer 1.5 or Kimi K2 open source?
Kimi K2 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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