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LLaMA 4 Scout vs Kimi-Dev

Meta LLaMA 4 Scout vs Moonshot AI Kimi-Dev — side-by-side specs.

Meta
LLaMA 4 Scout
Moonshot AI
Kimi-Dev
Overview
CompanyMetaMoonshot AI
Release dateApr 5 2025Jun 2025
Model type
Open sourceYesYes
Specifications
Parameters
72B
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapLLaMA 4 Scout shipped 57 days before Kimi-Dev

Which is better: LLaMA 4 Scout or Kimi-Dev?

LLaMA 4 Scout and Kimi-Dev do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. LLaMA 4 Scout shipped 57 days before Kimi-Dev, 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 Scout released?
LLaMA 4 Scout was released by Meta on Apr 5 2025.
When was Kimi-Dev released?
Kimi-Dev was released by Moonshot AI on Jun 2025.

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