DeepSeek DeepSeek-V3.2 vs Moonshot AI Kimi K2 (0905) — side-by-side specs.
DeepSeek DeepSeek-V3.2 | Moonshot AI Kimi K2 (0905) | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | DeepSeek | Moonshot AI |
| Release date | Dec 1 2025 | Sep 5 2025 |
| Model type | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | Yes |
| Specifications | ||
Parameters | — | 1T |
Context window | — | 256k |
| Benchmarks | ||
Coding SWE-Bench VerifiedReal coding tasks pulled from open-source projects — the AI has to find and fix actual bugs. A human-checked version of the original SWE-Bench. Higher is better. | — | 65.8% |
Science GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions in biology, physics, and chemistry — hard enough that subject-matter PhDs score around 65%. Higher is better. | — | 75.1% |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | Kimi K2 (0905) shipped 87 days before DeepSeek-V3.2 | |
DeepSeek-V3.2 and Kimi K2 (0905) don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Kimi K2 (0905) shipped 87 days before DeepSeek-V3.2, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.
Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — DeepSeek-V3.2 and Kimi K2 (0905) don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.