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Kimi Linear vs o1-pro

Moonshot AI Kimi Linear vs OpenAI o1-pro — side-by-side specs.

Moonshot AI
Kimi Linear
OpenAI
o1-pro
Overview
CompanyMoonshot AIOpenAI
Release dateOct 2025Mar 19 2025
Model type
Open sourceYesNo
Specifications
Parameters
48B
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapo1-pro shipped 196 days before Kimi Linear

Which is better: Kimi Linear or o1-pro?

Kimi Linear and o1-pro do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. o1-pro shipped 196 days before Kimi Linear, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Kimi Linear is an open-source / open-weight model; o1-pro 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 Linear released?
Kimi Linear was released by Moonshot AI on Oct 2025.
When was o1-pro released?
o1-pro was released by OpenAI on Mar 19 2025.
Is Kimi Linear or o1-pro open source?
Kimi Linear is an open-source / open-weight model released by Moonshot AI. o1-pro is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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