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Muse Spark 1.1 vs Kimi K2

Meta
Muse Spark 1.1
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2
Overview
CompanyMetaMoonshot AI
Release dateJul 9 2026Jul 11 2025
AccessProprietaryOpen Weight
Specifications
Parameters
1T
Context window
128k
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
10%
Agentic coding
SWE-Bench Pro
61.5%
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
65.8%
Agentic coding
DeepSWE 1.1
53.3%
Agentic terminal coding
Terminal-Bench 2.1
80%
Multi-step tool use
MCP Atlas
88.1%
Professional tool use
JobBench
54.7%
Personal tool use
Toolathlon-Verified
75.6%
Multidisciplinary reasoning
Humanity's Last Exam · with tools
62.1%
Science
GPQA Diamond
75.1%
Agentic computer use
OSWorld-Verified
80.8%
Agentic financial analysis
Finance Agent v2
57.2%
Chart reasoning
CharXiv Reasoning
88.4%
Visual reasoning
BabyVision
76.3%
Timeline
Release gapKimi K2 shipped 363 days before Muse Spark 1.1

Which is better: Muse Spark 1.1 or Kimi K2?

Muse Spark 1.1 and Kimi K2 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Kimi K2 shipped 363 days before Muse Spark 1.1, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Muse Spark 1.1 is proprietary, while Kimi K2 is open weight.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Muse Spark 1.1 and Kimi K2 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Muse Spark 1.1 was released by Meta on Jul 9 2026.

Kimi K2 was released by Moonshot AI on Jul 11 2025.

Muse Spark 1.1 is a proprietary model released by Meta. Kimi K2 is an open weight model released by Moonshot AI.

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