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Kimi K1.5 vs o4-mini-high

Moonshot AI Kimi K1.5 vs OpenAI o4-mini-high — side-by-side specs.

Moonshot AI
Kimi K1.5
OpenAI
o4-mini-high
Overview
CompanyMoonshot AIOpenAI
Release dateJan 20 2025Apr 16 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
128k
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapKimi K1.5 shipped 86 days before o4-mini-high

Which is better: Kimi K1.5 or o4-mini-high?

Kimi K1.5 and o4-mini-high do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Kimi K1.5 shipped 86 days before o4-mini-high, 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 K1.5 released?
Kimi K1.5 was released by Moonshot AI on Jan 20 2025.
When was o4-mini-high released?
o4-mini-high was released by OpenAI on Apr 16 2025.

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