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Kimi Chat vs o3

Moonshot AI Kimi Chat vs OpenAI o3 — side-by-side specs.

Moonshot AI
Kimi Chat
OpenAI
o3
Overview
CompanyMoonshot AIOpenAI
Release dateOct 2023Apr 16 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapKimi Chat shipped 563 days before o3

Which is better: Kimi Chat or o3?

Kimi Chat and o3 do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Kimi Chat shipped 563 days before o3, 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 Kimi Chat released?
Kimi Chat was released by Moonshot AI on Oct 2023.
When was o3 released?
o3 was released by OpenAI on Apr 16 2025.

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