LLaMA 3.2 vs Kimi K2 (0905)
Meta LLaMA 3.2 | Moonshot AI Kimi K2 (0905) | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | Meta | Moonshot AI |
| Release date | Sep 25 2024 | Sep 5 2025 |
| Access | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Specifications | ||
Parameters | 1B/3B | 1T |
Context window | — | 256k |
| Benchmarks | ||
Coding SWE-Bench VerifiedReal coding tasks pulled from open-source projects — the AI has to find and fix actual bugs. A human-checked version of the original SWE-Bench. Higher is better. | — | 65.8% |
Science GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions in biology, physics, and chemistry — hard enough that subject-matter PhDs score around 65%. Higher is better. | — | 75.1% |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | LLaMA 3.2 shipped 345 days before Kimi K2 (0905) | |
Which is better: LLaMA 3.2 or Kimi K2 (0905)?
LLaMA 3.2 and Kimi K2 (0905) don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. LLaMA 3.2 shipped 345 days before Kimi K2 (0905), so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
LLaMA 3.2 has 1B/3B parameters, while Kimi K2 (0905) has 1T.
Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — LLaMA 3.2 and Kimi K2 (0905) don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.
Frequently asked questions
LLaMA 3.2 was released by Meta on Sep 25 2024.
Kimi K2 (0905) was released by Moonshot AI on Sep 5 2025.
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