LLaMA 4 Maverick vs Kimi K2
Meta LLaMA 4 Maverick | Moonshot AI Kimi K2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | Meta | Moonshot AI |
| Release date | Apr 5 2025 | Jul 11 2025 |
| Access | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Specifications | ||
Parameters | — | 1T |
Context window | — | 128k |
| Benchmarks | ||
Nonsense detection BullshitBench v2Given a confidently-worded but nonsensical prompt, does the AI spot that it makes no sense and push back — instead of playing along and inventing an answer? The score is how often it clearly called out the nonsense. Higher is better. | 28%Best | 10% |
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 4 Maverick shipped 97 days before Kimi K2 | |
Which is better: LLaMA 4 Maverick or Kimi K2?
LLaMA 4 Maverick leads Kimi K2 on 1 of the 1 benchmark they both report (BullshitBench v2). LLaMA 4 Maverick shipped 97 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.
On BullshitBench v2, LLaMA 4 Maverick leads at 28% vs Kimi K2 at 10%.
Frequently asked questions
LLaMA 4 Maverick was released by Meta on Apr 5 2025.
Kimi K2 was released by Moonshot AI on Jul 11 2025.
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