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LLaMA 1 vs Kimi K1.5

Meta LLaMA 1 vs Moonshot AI Kimi K1.5 — side-by-side specs.

Meta
LLaMA 1
Moonshot AI
Kimi K1.5
Overview
CompanyMetaMoonshot AI
Release dateFeb 24 2023Jan 20 2025
Model type
Open sourceYesNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
128k
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapLLaMA 1 shipped 696 days before Kimi K1.5

Which is better: LLaMA 1 or Kimi K1.5?

LLaMA 1 and Kimi K1.5 do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. LLaMA 1 shipped 696 days before Kimi K1.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

LLaMA 1 is an open-source / open-weight model; Kimi K1.5 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 LLaMA 1 released?
LLaMA 1 was released by Meta on Feb 24 2023.
When was Kimi K1.5 released?
Kimi K1.5 was released by Moonshot AI on Jan 20 2025.
Is LLaMA 1 or Kimi K1.5 open source?
LLaMA 1 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Meta. Kimi K1.5 is a proprietary model released by Moonshot AI.

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