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Composer vs Kimi K2 (0905)

0 vs 2 benchmarks won

Cursor
Composer
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2 (0905)
Overview
CompanyCursorMoonshot AI
Release dateOct 29 2025Sep 5 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
1T
Context window
256k
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
75.1%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
65.8%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapKimi K2 (0905) shipped 54 days before Composer

Which is better: Composer or Kimi K2 (0905)?

Kimi K2 (0905) leads Composer on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Kimi K2 (0905) shipped 54 days before Composer, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Kimi K2 (0905) is an open-source / open-weight model; Composer 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 released?
Composer was released by Cursor on Oct 29 2025.
When was Kimi K2 (0905) released?
Kimi K2 (0905) was released by Moonshot AI on Sep 5 2025.
Is Composer or Kimi K2 (0905) open source?
Kimi K2 (0905) is an open-source / open-weight model released by Moonshot AI. Composer is a proprietary model released by Cursor.

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