Mistral Devstral 2 (123B) vs Moonshot AI Kimi-VL — side-by-side specs.
Mistral Devstral 2 (123B) | Moonshot AI Kimi-VL | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | Mistral | Moonshot AI |
| Release date | Dec 9 2025 | Apr 2025 |
| Model type | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | Yes |
| Specifications | ||
Parameters | — | 16B |
Context window | — | — |
| Benchmarks | ||
Science reasoning GPQA Diamond | — | — |
Software engineering SWE-Bench Verified | — | — |
Multimodal understanding MMMU | — | — |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | Kimi-VL shipped 252 days before Devstral 2 (123B) | |
Devstral 2 (123B) and Kimi-VL do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Kimi-VL shipped 252 days before Devstral 2 (123B), 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.