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Kimi K2 (0905) vs o1

2 vs 0 benchmarks won

Moonshot AI
Kimi K2 (0905)
OpenAI
o1
Overview
CompanyMoonshot AIOpenAI
Release dateSep 5 2025Dec 5 2024
Model type
Open sourceYesNo
Specifications
Parameters
1T
Context window
256k
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
75.1%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
65.8%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapo1 shipped 274 days before Kimi K2 (0905)

Which is better: Kimi K2 (0905) or o1?

Kimi K2 (0905) leads o1 on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). o1 shipped 274 days before Kimi K2 (0905), so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Kimi K2 (0905) 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 K2 (0905) released?
Kimi K2 (0905) was released by Moonshot AI on Sep 5 2025.
When was o1 released?
o1 was released by OpenAI on Dec 5 2024.
Is Kimi K2 (0905) or o1 open source?
Kimi K2 (0905) is an open-source / open-weight model released by Moonshot AI. o1 is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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