Kimi-VL vs o4-mini
Moonshot AI Kimi-VL | OpenAI o4-mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | Moonshot AI | OpenAI |
| Release date | Apr 2025 | Apr 16 2025 |
| Access | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Specifications | ||
Parameters | 16B | — |
| Benchmarks | ||
Nonsense detection BullshitBench v2Given a confidently-worded but nonsensical prompt, does the AI spot that it makes no sense and push back — instead of playing along and inventing an answer? The score is how often it clearly called out the nonsense. Higher is better. | — | 8% |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | Kimi-VL shipped 15 days before o4-mini | |
Which is better: Kimi-VL or o4-mini?
Kimi-VL and o4-mini don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Kimi-VL shipped 15 days before o4-mini, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Kimi-VL is open weight, while o4-mini is proprietary.
Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Kimi-VL and o4-mini don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.
Frequently asked questions
Kimi-VL was released by Moonshot AI on Apr 2025.
o4-mini was released by OpenAI on Apr 16 2025.
Kimi-VL is an open weight model released by Moonshot AI. o4-mini is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.