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Kimi K2 Thinking vs gpt-oss-120b

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Moonshot AI
Kimi K2 Thinking
OpenAI
gpt-oss-120b
Overview
CompanyMoonshot AIOpenAI
Release dateNov 6 2025Aug 5 2025
Model type
Open sourceYesYes
Specifications
Parameters
1T
Context window
256k
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
71.3%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapgpt-oss-120b shipped 93 days before Kimi K2 Thinking

Which is better: Kimi K2 Thinking or gpt-oss-120b?

Kimi K2 Thinking leads gpt-oss-120b on 1 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). gpt-oss-120b shipped 93 days before Kimi K2 Thinking, 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 K2 Thinking released?
Kimi K2 Thinking was released by Moonshot AI on Nov 6 2025.
When was gpt-oss-120b released?
gpt-oss-120b was released by OpenAI on Aug 5 2025.

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