Kimi K2 vs Grok 3 mini
Moonshot AI Kimi K2 | SpaceXAI Grok 3 mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | Moonshot AI | SpaceXAI |
| Release date | Jul 11 2025 | Feb 17 2025 |
| Access | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Specifications | ||
Parameters | 1T | — |
Context window | 128k | — |
| Benchmarks | ||
Nonsense detection BullshitBench v2Given a confidently-worded but nonsensical prompt, does the AI spot that it makes no sense and push back — instead of playing along and inventing an answer? The score is how often it clearly called out the nonsense. Higher is better. | 10% | — |
Coding SWE-Bench VerifiedReal coding tasks pulled from open-source projects — the AI has to find and fix actual bugs. A human-checked version of the original SWE-Bench. Higher is better. | 65.8% | — |
Science GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions in biology, physics, and chemistry — hard enough that subject-matter PhDs score around 65%. Higher is better. | 75.1% | — |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | Grok 3 mini shipped 144 days before Kimi K2 | |
Which is better: Kimi K2 or Grok 3 mini?
Kimi K2 and Grok 3 mini don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Grok 3 mini shipped 144 days before Kimi K2, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Kimi K2 is open weight, while Grok 3 mini is proprietary.
Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Kimi K2 and Grok 3 mini don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.
Frequently asked questions
Kimi K2 was released by Moonshot AI on Jul 11 2025.
Grok 3 mini was released by SpaceXAI on Feb 17 2025.
Kimi K2 is an open weight model released by Moonshot AI. Grok 3 mini is a proprietary model released by SpaceXAI.
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