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Kimi K2 vs o1-preview

2 vs 0 benchmarks won

Moonshot AI
Kimi K2
OpenAI
o1-preview
Overview
CompanyMoonshot AIOpenAI
Release dateJul 11 2025Sep 12 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-preview shipped 302 days before Kimi K2

Which is better: Kimi K2 or o1-preview?

Kimi K2 leads o1-preview on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). o1-preview shipped 302 days before Kimi K2, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Kimi K2 is an open-source / open-weight model; o1-preview 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-preview released?
o1-preview was released by OpenAI on Sep 12 2024.
Is Kimi K2 or o1-preview open source?
Kimi K2 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Moonshot AI. o1-preview is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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