Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Kimi K2 Base leads with 3.8% higher average benchmark score. Claude 3.5 Haiku is available on 3 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Haiku was developed as the next generation of Anthropic's fastest model, offering similar speed to Claude 3 Haiku while surpassing Claude 3 Opus on many intelligence benchmarks. Built with low latency, improved instruction following, and accurate tool use, it serves user-facing products, specialized sub-agent tasks, and data-heavy applications.
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2 Base was created as the foundation model in the K2 series, designed to serve as a starting point for fine-tuning and customization. Built to provide strong base capabilities for domain-specific applications, it enables developers to build specialized solutions on Moonshot's architecture.
8 months newer

Claude 3.5 Haiku
Anthropic
2024-10-22

Kimi K2 Base
Moonshot AI
2025-07-11
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 3 common benchmarks

Claude 3.5 Haiku

Kimi K2 Base
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude 3.5 Haiku
Anthropic
Bedrock

Claude 3.5 Haiku

Kimi K2 Base

Claude 3.5 Haiku

Kimi K2 Base

Kimi K2 Base