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Kimi K2 vs o1

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Moonshot AI
Kimi K2
OpenAI
o1
Overview
CompanyMoonshot AIOpenAI
Release dateJul 11 2025Dec 5 2024
Model type
Open sourceYesNo
Specifications
Parameters
1T
Context window
128k
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
75.1%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
65.8%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapo1 shipped 218 days before Kimi K2

Which is better: Kimi K2 or o1?

Kimi K2 leads o1 on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). o1 shipped 218 days before Kimi K2, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Kimi K2 is an open-source / open-weight model; o1 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 released?
Kimi K2 was released by Moonshot AI on Jul 11 2025.
When was o1 released?
o1 was released by OpenAI on Dec 5 2024.
Is Kimi K2 or o1 open source?
Kimi K2 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Moonshot AI. o1 is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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