Moonshot AI Kimi Linear vs Moonshot AI Kimi-VL — side-by-side specs.
Moonshot AI Kimi Linear | Moonshot AI Kimi-VL | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | Moonshot AI | Moonshot AI |
| Release date | Oct 2025 | Apr 2025 |
| Model type | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | Yes |
| Specifications | ||
Parameters | 48B | 16B |
Context window | — | — |
| Benchmarks | ||
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | Kimi-VL shipped 183 days before Kimi Linear | |
Kimi Linear and Kimi-VL don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Kimi-VL shipped 183 days before Kimi Linear, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Kimi Linear has 48B parameters, while Kimi-VL has 16B.
Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Kimi Linear and Kimi-VL don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.