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Mistral Small 3.1 vs Kimi K2.5

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Mistral
Mistral Small 3.1
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2.5
Overview
CompanyMistralMoonshot AI
Release dateMar 17 2025Jan 27 2026
Model type
Open sourceYesYes
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 gapMistral Small 3.1 shipped 316 days before Kimi K2.5

Which is better: Mistral Small 3.1 or Kimi K2.5?

Kimi K2.5 leads Mistral Small 3.1 on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Mistral Small 3.1 shipped 316 days before Kimi K2.5, 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.

Frequently asked questions

When was Mistral Small 3.1 released?
Mistral Small 3.1 was released by Mistral on Mar 17 2025.
When was Kimi K2.5 released?
Kimi K2.5 was released by Moonshot AI on Jan 27 2026.

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