Kimi-VL and Grok 4 Heavy don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Kimi-VL shipped 99 days before Grok 4 Heavy, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Kimi-VL is open weight, while Grok 4 Heavy is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Kimi-VL and Grok 4 Heavy don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.