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Claude 2.1 vs Kimi K2.5

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Anthropic
Claude 2.1
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2.5
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMoonshot AI
Release dateNov 21 2023Jan 27 2026
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
1T
Context window
256k
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
87.6%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
76.8%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapClaude 2.1 shipped 798 days before Kimi K2.5

Which is better: Claude 2.1 or Kimi K2.5?

Kimi K2.5 leads Claude 2.1 on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Claude 2.1 shipped 798 days before Kimi K2.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Kimi K2.5 is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude 2.1 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 Claude 2.1 released?
Claude 2.1 was released by Anthropic on Nov 21 2023.
When was Kimi K2.5 released?
Kimi K2.5 was released by Moonshot AI on Jan 27 2026.
Is Claude 2.1 or Kimi K2.5 open source?
Kimi K2.5 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Moonshot AI. Claude 2.1 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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