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Kimi-VL vs GPT-5.2

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Moonshot AI
Kimi-VL
OpenAI
GPT-5.2
Overview
CompanyMoonshot AIOpenAI
Release dateApr 2025Dec 11 2025
Model type
Open sourceYesNo
Specifications
Parameters
16B
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
92.4%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
80%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapKimi-VL shipped 254 days before GPT-5.2

Which is better: Kimi-VL or GPT-5.2?

GPT-5.2 leads Kimi-VL on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Kimi-VL shipped 254 days before GPT-5.2, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Kimi-VL is an open-source / open-weight model; GPT-5.2 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-VL released?
Kimi-VL was released by Moonshot AI on Apr 2025.
When was GPT-5.2 released?
GPT-5.2 was released by OpenAI on Dec 11 2025.
Is Kimi-VL or GPT-5.2 open source?
Kimi-VL is an open-source / open-weight model released by Moonshot AI. GPT-5.2 is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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