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Magistral Medium vs Kimi K2

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Mistral
Magistral Medium
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2
Overview
CompanyMistralMoonshot AI
Release dateJun 10 2025Jul 11 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
1T
Context window
128k
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
75.1%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
65.8%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapMagistral Medium shipped 31 days before Kimi K2

Which is better: Magistral Medium or Kimi K2?

Kimi K2 leads Magistral Medium on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Magistral Medium shipped 31 days before Kimi K2, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Kimi K2 is an open-source / open-weight model; Magistral Medium 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 Magistral Medium released?
Magistral Medium was released by Mistral on Jun 10 2025.
When was Kimi K2 released?
Kimi K2 was released by Moonshot AI on Jul 11 2025.
Is Magistral Medium or Kimi K2 open source?
Kimi K2 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Moonshot AI. Magistral Medium is a proprietary model released by Mistral.

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