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LLaMA 1 vs Kimi K2

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Meta
LLaMA 1
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2
Overview
CompanyMetaMoonshot AI
Release dateFeb 24 2023Jul 11 2025
Model type
Open sourceYesYes
Specifications
Parameters
1T
Context window
128k
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
75.1%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
65.8%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapLLaMA 1 shipped 868 days before Kimi K2

Which is better: LLaMA 1 or Kimi K2?

Kimi K2 leads LLaMA 1 on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). LLaMA 1 shipped 868 days before Kimi K2, 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 — 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 K2 released?
Kimi K2 was released by Moonshot AI on Jul 11 2025.

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