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Gemini 1.0 Pro vs Kimi K2 (0905)

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Google
Gemini 1.0 Pro
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2 (0905)
Overview
CompanyGoogleMoonshot AI
Release dateDec 13 2023Sep 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 gapGemini 1.0 Pro shipped 632 days before Kimi K2 (0905)

Which is better: Gemini 1.0 Pro or Kimi K2 (0905)?

Kimi K2 (0905) leads Gemini 1.0 Pro on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Gemini 1.0 Pro shipped 632 days before Kimi K2 (0905), so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Kimi K2 (0905) is an open-source / open-weight model; Gemini 1.0 Pro 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 Gemini 1.0 Pro released?
Gemini 1.0 Pro was released by Google on Dec 13 2023.
When was Kimi K2 (0905) released?
Kimi K2 (0905) was released by Moonshot AI on Sep 5 2025.
Is Gemini 1.0 Pro or Kimi K2 (0905) open source?
Kimi K2 (0905) is an open-source / open-weight model released by Moonshot AI. Gemini 1.0 Pro is a proprietary model released by Google.

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