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Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Kimi-VL

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Google
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Moonshot AI
Kimi-VL
Overview
CompanyGoogleMoonshot AI
Release dateMar 25 2025Apr 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
16B
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
86.4%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
59.6%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
68%
Timeline
Release gapGemini 2.5 Pro shipped 7 days before Kimi-VL

Which is better: Gemini 2.5 Pro or Kimi-VL?

Gemini 2.5 Pro leads Kimi-VL on 3 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Gemini 2.5 Pro shipped 7 days before Kimi-VL, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Kimi-VL is an open-source / open-weight model; Gemini 2.5 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 2.5 Pro released?
Gemini 2.5 Pro was released by Google on Mar 25 2025.
When was Kimi-VL released?
Kimi-VL was released by Moonshot AI on Apr 2025.
Is Gemini 2.5 Pro or Kimi-VL open source?
Kimi-VL is an open-source / open-weight model released by Moonshot AI. Gemini 2.5 Pro is a proprietary model released by Google.

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