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Kimi K1.5 vs GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

Moonshot AI Kimi K1.5 vs OpenAI GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark — side-by-side specs.

Moonshot AI
Kimi K1.5
OpenAI
GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark
Overview
CompanyMoonshot AIOpenAI
Release dateJan 20 2025Feb 12 2026
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
128k
128k
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapKimi K1.5 shipped 388 days before GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

Which is better: Kimi K1.5 or GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark?

Kimi K1.5 and GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Kimi K1.5 shipped 388 days before GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Context windows are 128k (Kimi K1.5) vs 128k (GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark).

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 K1.5 released?
Kimi K1.5 was released by Moonshot AI on Jan 20 2025.
When was GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark released?
GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark was released by OpenAI on Feb 12 2026.
How do the context windows of Kimi K1.5 and GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark compare?
Kimi K1.5 has a 128k context window; GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has 128k.

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