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Kimi-Dev vs o1

Moonshot AI Kimi-Dev vs OpenAI o1 — side-by-side specs.

Moonshot AI
Kimi-Dev
OpenAI
o1
Overview
CompanyMoonshot AIOpenAI
Release dateJun 2025Dec 5 2024
Model type
Open sourceYesNo
Specifications
Parameters
72B
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapo1 shipped 178 days before Kimi-Dev

Which is better: Kimi-Dev or o1?

Kimi-Dev and o1 do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. o1 shipped 178 days before Kimi-Dev, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Kimi-Dev is an open-source / open-weight model; o1 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 Kimi-Dev released?
Kimi-Dev was released by Moonshot AI on Jun 2025.
When was o1 released?
o1 was released by OpenAI on Dec 5 2024.
Is Kimi-Dev or o1 open source?
Kimi-Dev is an open-source / open-weight model released by Moonshot AI. o1 is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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