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LLaMA 3.1 vs Kimi K1.5

Meta LLaMA 3.1 vs Moonshot AI Kimi K1.5 — side-by-side specs.

Meta
LLaMA 3.1
Moonshot AI
Kimi K1.5
Overview
CompanyMetaMoonshot AI
Release dateJul 23 2024Jan 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 3.1 shipped 181 days before Kimi K1.5

Which is better: LLaMA 3.1 or Kimi K1.5?

LLaMA 3.1 and Kimi K1.5 do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. LLaMA 3.1 shipped 181 days before Kimi K1.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

LLaMA 3.1 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 3.1 released?
LLaMA 3.1 was released by Meta on Jul 23 2024.
When was Kimi K1.5 released?
Kimi K1.5 was released by Moonshot AI on Jan 20 2025.
Is LLaMA 3.1 or Kimi K1.5 open source?
LLaMA 3.1 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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