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Composer 1.5 vs Kimi K2 Thinking

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Cursor
Composer 1.5
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2 Thinking
Overview
CompanyCursorMoonshot AI
Release dateFeb 8 2026Nov 6 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
1T
Context window
256k
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
71.3%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapKimi K2 Thinking shipped 94 days before Composer 1.5

Which is better: Composer 1.5 or Kimi K2 Thinking?

Kimi K2 Thinking leads Composer 1.5 on 1 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Kimi K2 Thinking shipped 94 days before Composer 1.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Kimi K2 Thinking 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 Thinking released?
Kimi K2 Thinking was released by Moonshot AI on Nov 6 2025.
Is Composer 1.5 or Kimi K2 Thinking open source?
Kimi K2 Thinking 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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