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Claude Mythos 5.2 vs Kimi K2 Base

Claude Mythos 5.2 leads the LLM Stats Score 59.6 to 12.7.

Anthropic · Moonshot AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude Mythos 5.2 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 59.6 to 12.7, ranking #2 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Claude Mythos 5.2

  • overall performance matters — it scores 59.6 and ranks #2 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Nov 2026

Choose Kimi K2 Base

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Claude Mythos 5.2
Anthropic
Kimi K2 Base
Moonshot AI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
59.6
#2
12.7
#291
Reasoning
53.6
#7
11.8
#290
Coding
44.6
#5
10.5
#201
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$8.00 / M
— / M
Output price
$40.00 / M
— / M
Context window
1,000,000
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Individual benchmarks

9 reported for Claude Mythos 5.2 · 13 for Kimi K2 Base

No common benchmarks found

Claude Mythos 5.2 and Kimi K2 Basedon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Claude Mythos 5.2 specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only Claude Mythos 5.2 specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude Mythos 5.2
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2 Base
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Fri Nov 13 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Claude Mythos 5.2 supports multimodal inputs, whereas Kimi K2 Base does not.

Claude Mythos 5.2 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Claude Mythos 5.2

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Kimi K2 Base

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude Mythos 5.2 is licensed under a proprietary license, while Kimi K2 Base uses MIT.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Claude Mythos 5.2

Proprietary

Closed source

Kimi K2 Base

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Mythos 5.2 was released on 2026-11-09, while Kimi K2 Base was released on 2025-07-11.

Claude Mythos 5.2 is 16 months newer than Kimi K2 Base.

Claude Mythos 5.2

Nov 9, 2026

3 days ago

1.3yr newer
Kimi K2 Base

Jul 11, 2025

1.3 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Claude Mythos 5.2 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2026-06-01, while Kimi K2 Base's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Claude Mythos 5.2's training data extends to 2026-06-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Kimi K2 Base's cutoff date.

Claude Mythos 5.2

Jun 2026

Kimi K2 Base

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Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Claude Mythos 5.2 and Kimi K2 Base side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude Mythos 5.2
✓ Preferred
Kimi K2 Base
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FAQ

Common questions about Claude Mythos 5.2 vs Kimi K2 Base.

Which is better, Claude Mythos 5.2 or Kimi K2 Base?

Claude Mythos 5.2 leads the LLM Stats Score 59.6 to 12.7. Claude Mythos 5.2 is made by Anthropic and Kimi K2 Base is made by Moonshot AI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Claude Mythos 5.2 compare to Kimi K2 Base in benchmarks?

Claude Mythos 5.2 scores De novo protein binder design: 85.1%, Biomedical image analysis: 80.7%, Protocols Troubleshooting: 77.1%, Terminal-Bench-Science 0.1: 75.3%, Terminal-Bench 4.0: 70.5%. Kimi K2 Base scores C-Eval: 92.5%, GSM8k: 92.1%, MMLU-redux-2.0: 90.2%, MMLU: 87.8%, TriviaQA: 85.1%.

What are the context window sizes for Claude Mythos 5.2 and Kimi K2 Base?

Claude Mythos 5.2 supports 1.0M tokens and Kimi K2 Base supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Claude Mythos 5.2 and Kimi K2 Base?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (59.6 vs 12.7), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs MIT). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude Mythos 5.2 and Kimi K2 Base?

Claude Mythos 5.2 is developed by Anthropic and Kimi K2 Base is developed by Moonshot AI.

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