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Kimi-VL vs GPT-5.5-Pro

Moonshot AI Kimi-VL vs OpenAI GPT-5.5-Pro — side-by-side specs.

Moonshot AI
Kimi-VL
OpenAI
GPT-5.5-Pro
Overview
CompanyMoonshot AIOpenAI
Release dateApr 2025Apr 23 2026
Model type
Open sourceYesNo
Specifications
Parameters
16B
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapKimi-VL shipped 387 days before GPT-5.5-Pro

Which is better: Kimi-VL or GPT-5.5-Pro?

Kimi-VL and GPT-5.5-Pro do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Kimi-VL shipped 387 days before GPT-5.5-Pro, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Kimi-VL is an open-source / open-weight model; GPT-5.5-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-VL released?
Kimi-VL was released by Moonshot AI on Apr 2025.
When was GPT-5.5-Pro released?
GPT-5.5-Pro was released by OpenAI on Apr 23 2026.
Is Kimi-VL or GPT-5.5-Pro open source?
Kimi-VL is an open-source / open-weight model released by Moonshot AI. GPT-5.5-Pro is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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