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Kimi Linear
About Kimi Linear
Kimi Linear is an AI model developed by Moonshot, in the language category, released in 2025, made available as an open-weights model with 48B params.
On this page you'll find Kimi Linear's full specifications, including 17 benchmark results. Review provider pricing and benchmark scores below, or compare Kimi Linear head-to-head with other language models.
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Run Kimi Linear locally — what to buy
Share this build ↗Sized to what Kimi Linear actually needs (~8k context at Q4), not to the biggest GPU: Good = cheapest that runs it, Better = best value, Best = most headroom. Speed is a hardware estimate; anything past ~120 tok/s is shown as instant.
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✓ measured · · compatible · — not supported. Informational only — speed is hardware-based.
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Kimi Linear benchmark scores▶
| Benchmark | Category | Score | Variant |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | code | 26% | sft-pass@1 |
| EvalPlus | coding | 61 | sft |
| HELMET | general | 90% | helmet-icl-128k |
| LiveBench | general | 45.2 | sft-pass@1 |
| LongBench v2 | general | 35% | long-context-128k |
| MMLU | general | 77% | sft |
| MMLU-Pro | general | 67.4% | sft |
| MMLU-Redux | general | 80.3% | sft |
| RULER | general | 84.3% | long-context-128k |
| Frames | long-context | 58.8 | long-context-128k |
| RepoQA | long-context | 68.5 | long-context-128k |
| AIME 2025 | math | 21.3% | sft-avg@64 |
| HMMT February 2025 | math | 12.5% | sft-avg@32 |
| MATH-500 | math | 81.2% | sft |
| PolyMath-en | math | 43.6 | sft-avg@4 |
| BIG-Bench Hard | reasoning | 69.4% | sft |
| GPQA Diamond | reasoning | 62.1% | sft-avg@8 |
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Frequently asked questions
What is Kimi Linear? ▶
Kimi Linear is an AI model developed by Moonshot, in the language category, released in 2025. It is tracked on GenAIList with its specifications, benchmark scores and provider pricing.
Who created Kimi Linear? ▶
Kimi Linear was developed by Moonshot and released in 2025.
Is Kimi Linear open source or proprietary? ▶
Kimi Linear ships as an open-weights model: you can download and self-host the weights, though the licence may place some restrictions on use.
How much does Kimi Linear cost? ▶
Pricing for Kimi Linear depends on the provider. See the providers table on this page for the latest API rates.
How does Kimi Linear perform on benchmarks? ▶
Kimi Linear is benchmarked across 17 evaluations on GenAIList, including LiveCodeBench v6 (26%). See the full benchmark table below and compare it with other models.
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