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LLaMA 4 Maverick vs Kimi Chat

Meta LLaMA 4 Maverick vs Moonshot AI Kimi Chat — side-by-side specs.

Meta
LLaMA 4 Maverick
Moonshot AI
Kimi Chat
Overview
CompanyMetaMoonshot AI
Release dateApr 5 2025Oct 2023
Model type
Open sourceYesNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapKimi Chat shipped 552 days before LLaMA 4 Maverick

Which is better: LLaMA 4 Maverick or Kimi Chat?

LLaMA 4 Maverick and Kimi Chat do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Kimi Chat shipped 552 days before LLaMA 4 Maverick, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

LLaMA 4 Maverick is an open-source / open-weight model; Kimi Chat 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 4 Maverick released?
LLaMA 4 Maverick was released by Meta on Apr 5 2025.
When was Kimi Chat released?
Kimi Chat was released by Moonshot AI on Oct 2023.
Is LLaMA 4 Maverick or Kimi Chat open source?
LLaMA 4 Maverick is an open-source / open-weight model released by Meta. Kimi Chat is a proprietary model released by Moonshot AI.

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