Bard and Kimi Linear don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Bard shipped 925 days before Kimi Linear, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Bard is proprietary, while Kimi Linear is open weight.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Bard and Kimi Linear don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.