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LLaMA 1 vs Kimi K2.6

Meta LLaMA 1 vs Moonshot AI Kimi K2.6 — side-by-side specs.

Meta
LLaMA 1
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2.6
Overview
CompanyMetaMoonshot AI
Release dateFeb 24 2023Apr 21 2026
Model type
Open sourceYesNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapLLaMA 1 shipped 1152 days before Kimi K2.6

Which is better: LLaMA 1 or Kimi K2.6?

LLaMA 1 and Kimi K2.6 do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. LLaMA 1 shipped 1152 days before Kimi K2.6, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

LLaMA 1 is an open-source / open-weight model; Kimi K2.6 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 K2.6 released?
Kimi K2.6 was released by Moonshot AI on Apr 21 2026.
Is LLaMA 1 or Kimi K2.6 open source?
LLaMA 1 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Meta. Kimi K2.6 is a proprietary model released by Moonshot AI.

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