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Kimi K2.7 Code vs GPT-5.1

Moonshot AI
Kimi K2.7 Code
OpenAI
GPT-5.1
Overview
CompanyMoonshot AIOpenAI
Release dateJun 12 2026Nov 12 2025
Model type
Open sourceYesNo
Specifications
Parameters
1T
Context window
256k
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
76.3%
Science
GPQA Diamond
88.1%
Multimodal
MMMU
76%
Timeline
Release gapGPT-5.1 shipped 212 days before Kimi K2.7 Code

Which is better: Kimi K2.7 Code or GPT-5.1?

Kimi K2.7 Code and GPT-5.1 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. GPT-5.1 shipped 212 days before Kimi K2.7 Code, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Kimi K2.7 Code is an open-source / open-weight model; GPT-5.1 is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Kimi K2.7 Code and GPT-5.1 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

When was Kimi K2.7 Code released?
Kimi K2.7 Code was released by Moonshot AI on Jun 12 2026.
When was GPT-5.1 released?
GPT-5.1 was released by OpenAI on Nov 12 2025.
Is Kimi K2.7 Code or GPT-5.1 open source?
Kimi K2.7 Code is an open-source / open-weight model released by Moonshot AI. GPT-5.1 is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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