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Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Kimi K2.5

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Anthropic
Claude Haiku 4.5
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2.5
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMoonshot AI
Release dateOct 15 2025Jan 27 2026
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
1T
Context window
256k
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
73%
87.6%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
73.3%
76.8%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapClaude Haiku 4.5 shipped 104 days before Kimi K2.5

Which is better: Claude Haiku 4.5 or Kimi K2.5?

Kimi K2.5 leads Claude Haiku 4.5 on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Claude Haiku 4.5 shipped 104 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 Haiku 4.5 is proprietary.

On GPQA Diamond, Kimi K2.5 scores 87.6%, 14.6 points above Claude Haiku 4.5 at 73%. On SWE-Bench Verified, Kimi K2.5 scores 76.8%, 3.5 points above Claude Haiku 4.5 at 73.3%.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude Haiku 4.5 released?
Claude Haiku 4.5 was released by Anthropic on Oct 15 2025.
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 Haiku 4.5 or Kimi K2.5?
Kimi K2.5 scores higher on GPQA Diamond — Claude Haiku 4.5 73% vs Kimi K2.5 87.6%.
Which is better at coding, Claude Haiku 4.5 or Kimi K2.5?
On SWE-Bench Verified (real-world software-engineering tasks), Kimi K2.5 leads — Claude Haiku 4.5 scores 73.3% and Kimi K2.5 scores 76.8%.
Is Claude Haiku 4.5 or Kimi K2.5 open source?
Kimi K2.5 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Moonshot AI. Claude Haiku 4.5 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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