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Composer 2.5 vs Kimi K2 Thinking

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Cursor
Composer 2.5
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2 Thinking
Overview
CompanyCursorMoonshot AI
Release dateMay 18 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 193 days before Composer 2.5

Which is better: Composer 2.5 or Kimi K2 Thinking?

Kimi K2 Thinking leads Composer 2.5 on 1 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Kimi K2 Thinking shipped 193 days before Composer 2.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Kimi K2 Thinking 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 Thinking released?
Kimi K2 Thinking was released by Moonshot AI on Nov 6 2025.
Is Composer 2.5 or Kimi K2 Thinking open source?
Kimi K2 Thinking 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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