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Kimi-VL vs o3-mini-high

Moonshot AI Kimi-VL vs OpenAI o3-mini-high — side-by-side specs.

Moonshot AI
Kimi-VL
OpenAI
o3-mini-high
Overview
CompanyMoonshot AIOpenAI
Release dateApr 2025Jan 31 2025
Model type
Open sourceYesNo
Specifications
Parameters
16B
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapo3-mini-high shipped 60 days before Kimi-VL

Which is better: Kimi-VL or o3-mini-high?

Kimi-VL and o3-mini-high do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. o3-mini-high shipped 60 days before Kimi-VL, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Kimi-VL is an open-source / open-weight model; o3-mini-high 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 o3-mini-high released?
o3-mini-high was released by OpenAI on Jan 31 2025.
Is Kimi-VL or o3-mini-high open source?
Kimi-VL is an open-source / open-weight model released by Moonshot AI. o3-mini-high is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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