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Kimi K2 (0905) vs o1-pro

Moonshot AI Kimi K2 (0905) vs OpenAI o1-pro — side-by-side specs.

Moonshot AI
Kimi K2 (0905)
OpenAI
o1-pro
Overview
CompanyMoonshot AIOpenAI
Release dateSep 5 2025Mar 19 2025
Model type
Open sourceYesNo
Specifications
Parameters
1T
Context window
256k
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
65.8%
Science
GPQA Diamond
75.1%
Timeline
Release gapo1-pro shipped 170 days before Kimi K2 (0905)

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

Kimi K2 (0905) and o1-pro don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. o1-pro shipped 170 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-pro is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Kimi K2 (0905) and o1-pro don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

When was Kimi K2 (0905) released?
Kimi K2 (0905) was released by Moonshot AI on Sep 5 2025.
When was o1-pro released?
o1-pro was released by OpenAI on Mar 19 2025.
Is Kimi K2 (0905) or o1-pro open source?
Kimi K2 (0905) is an open-source / open-weight model released by Moonshot AI. o1-pro is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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