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Composer 2.5 vs Kimi K2

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Cursor
Composer 2.5
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2
Overview
CompanyCursorMoonshot AI
Release dateMay 18 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 311 days before Composer 2.5

Which is better: Composer 2.5 or Kimi K2?

Kimi K2 leads Composer 2.5 on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Kimi K2 shipped 311 days before Composer 2.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Kimi K2 is an open-source / open-weight model; Composer 2.5 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 2.5 released?
Composer 2.5 was released by Cursor on May 18 2026.
When was Kimi K2 released?
Kimi K2 was released by Moonshot AI on Jul 11 2025.
Is Composer 2.5 or Kimi K2 open source?
Kimi K2 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Moonshot AI. Composer 2.5 is a proprietary model released by Cursor.

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