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Codestral 22B vs Kimi K2.5

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Mistral
Codestral 22B
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2.5
Overview
CompanyMistralMoonshot AI
Release dateMay 29 2024Jan 27 2026
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
1T
Context window
256k
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
87.6%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
76.8%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapCodestral 22B shipped 608 days before Kimi K2.5

Which is better: Codestral 22B or Kimi K2.5?

Kimi K2.5 leads Codestral 22B on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Codestral 22B shipped 608 days before Kimi K2.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Kimi K2.5 is an open-source / open-weight model; Codestral 22B 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 Codestral 22B released?
Codestral 22B was released by Mistral on May 29 2024.
When was Kimi K2.5 released?
Kimi K2.5 was released by Moonshot AI on Jan 27 2026.
Is Codestral 22B or Kimi K2.5 open source?
Kimi K2.5 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Moonshot AI. Codestral 22B is a proprietary model released by Mistral.

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