Codestral 25.01 and Kimi Linear don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Codestral 25.01 shipped 261 days before Kimi Linear, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Codestral 25.01 is proprietary, while Kimi Linear is open weight.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Codestral 25.01 and Kimi Linear don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.