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LLaMA 4 Maverick vs Kimi-VL

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

Meta
LLaMA 4 Maverick
Moonshot AI
Kimi-VL
Overview
CompanyMetaMoonshot AI
Release dateApr 5 2025Apr 2025
Model type
Open sourceYesYes
Specifications
Parameters
16B
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapKimi-VL shipped 4 days before LLaMA 4 Maverick

Which is better: LLaMA 4 Maverick or Kimi-VL?

LLaMA 4 Maverick and Kimi-VL do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Kimi-VL shipped 4 days before LLaMA 4 Maverick, 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.

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-VL released?
Kimi-VL was released by Moonshot AI on Apr 2025.

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