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Claude 3 Sonnet vs Kimi K2.5

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Anthropic
Claude 3 Sonnet
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2.5
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMoonshot AI
Release dateMar 4 2024Jan 27 2026
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
1T
Context window
256k
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
40.4%
87.6%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
76.8%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapClaude 3 Sonnet shipped 694 days before Kimi K2.5

Which is better: Claude 3 Sonnet or Kimi K2.5?

Kimi K2.5 leads Claude 3 Sonnet on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Claude 3 Sonnet shipped 694 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 3 Sonnet is proprietary.

On GPQA Diamond, Kimi K2.5 scores 87.6%, 47.2 points above Claude 3 Sonnet at 40.4%.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude 3 Sonnet released?
Claude 3 Sonnet was released by Anthropic on Mar 4 2024.
When was Kimi K2.5 released?
Kimi K2.5 was released by Moonshot AI on Jan 27 2026.
Which is better on GPQA Diamond, Claude 3 Sonnet or Kimi K2.5?
Kimi K2.5 scores higher on GPQA Diamond — Claude 3 Sonnet 40.4% vs Kimi K2.5 87.6%.
Is Claude 3 Sonnet or Kimi K2.5 open source?
Kimi K2.5 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Moonshot AI. Claude 3 Sonnet is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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