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Kimi K2.5 vs o1-pro

Moonshot AI Kimi K2.5 vs OpenAI o1-pro — side-by-side specs.

Moonshot AI
Kimi K2.5
OpenAI
o1-pro
Overview
CompanyMoonshot AIOpenAI
Release dateJan 27 2026Mar 19 2025
Model type
Open sourceYesNo
Specifications
Parameters
1T
Context window
256k
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
76.8%
Science
GPQA Diamond
87.6%
Timeline
Release gapo1-pro shipped 314 days before Kimi K2.5

Which is better: Kimi K2.5 or o1-pro?

Kimi K2.5 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 314 days before Kimi K2.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Kimi K2.5 is an open-source / open-weight model; o1-pro is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Kimi K2.5 and o1-pro don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

When was Kimi K2.5 released?
Kimi K2.5 was released by Moonshot AI on Jan 27 2026.
When was o1-pro released?
o1-pro was released by OpenAI on Mar 19 2025.
Is Kimi K2.5 or o1-pro open source?
Kimi K2.5 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Moonshot AI. o1-pro is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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