Pixtral Large 24.11 vs Kimi K2 (0905)
Mistral Pixtral Large 24.11 | Moonshot AI Kimi K2 (0905) | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | Mistral | Moonshot AI |
| Release date | Nov 19 2024 | Sep 5 2025 |
| Access | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Specifications | ||
Parameters | — | 1T |
Context window | — | 256k |
| Benchmarks | ||
Coding SWE-Bench VerifiedReal coding tasks pulled from open-source projects — the AI has to find and fix actual bugs. A human-checked version of the original SWE-Bench. Higher is better. | — | 65.8% |
Science GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions in biology, physics, and chemistry — hard enough that subject-matter PhDs score around 65%. Higher is better. | — | 75.1% |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | Pixtral Large 24.11 shipped 290 days before Kimi K2 (0905) | |
Which is better: Pixtral Large 24.11 or Kimi K2 (0905)?
Pixtral Large 24.11 and Kimi K2 (0905) don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Pixtral Large 24.11 shipped 290 days before Kimi K2 (0905), 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 — Pixtral Large 24.11 and Kimi K2 (0905) don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.
Frequently asked questions
Pixtral Large 24.11 was released by Mistral on Nov 19 2024.
Kimi K2 (0905) was released by Moonshot AI on Sep 5 2025.
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