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Kimi K2 Thinking vs GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

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Moonshot AI
Kimi K2 Thinking
OpenAI
GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark
Overview
CompanyMoonshot AIOpenAI
Release dateNov 6 2025Feb 12 2026
Model type
Open sourceYesNo
Specifications
Parameters
1T
Context window
256k
128k
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
71.3%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapKimi K2 Thinking shipped 98 days before GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

Which is better: Kimi K2 Thinking or GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark?

Kimi K2 Thinking leads GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark on 1 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Kimi K2 Thinking shipped 98 days before GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Context windows are 256k (Kimi K2 Thinking) vs 128k (GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark). Kimi K2 Thinking is an open-source / open-weight model; GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark 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 Thinking released?
Kimi K2 Thinking was released by Moonshot AI on Nov 6 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 K2 Thinking and GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark compare?
Kimi K2 Thinking has a 256k context window; GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has 128k.
Is Kimi K2 Thinking or GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark open source?
Kimi K2 Thinking is an open-source / open-weight model released by Moonshot AI. GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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