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| Specifications | ||
ParametersThe learned values that shape how a model responds. B means billion and T means trillion. For mixture-of-experts models, the total count is larger than the number active for each token. Parameter count alone does not measure quality. | 236B | 48B |
Context windowHow much information the model can work with in one request, measured in tokens — pieces of words or other data. This includes your question, attachments, conversation and reply. Limits can vary by model variant and provider. | 128k | 1M |
| Overview | ||
| Company | DeepSeek | Moonshot AI |
| Release date | May 6 2024 | Oct 30 2025 |
| Access | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Model details | View model | View model |
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DeepSeek V2 and Kimi Linear don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. DeepSeek V2 shipped 542 days before Kimi Linear, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
DeepSeek V2 has 236B parameters, while Kimi Linear has 48B. Context windows are 128k (DeepSeek V2) vs 1M (Kimi Linear).
Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — DeepSeek V2 and Kimi Linear don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.