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Specifications
ParametersA rough measure of how big the model is. More parameters usually means more capable and more expensive to run, though it is a poor guide on its own — a smaller, newer model often beats a larger, older one.
1T—
Context windowHow much text the model can hold in mind at once — your question, any documents you attach, the conversation so far, and its own reply. Go past it and the earliest part falls out of view.
256k8k
API pricingUSD per 1M tokens · lower wins
Input priceWhat you pay for everything you send the model — your question, plus any documents or earlier conversation you include with it.
—$30.00
Output priceWhat you pay for the text the model writes back. It is normally the dearer half: producing an answer costs more than reading one.
—$60.00
Cheapest inputLowest input rate across every provider on OpenRouter, the lab included. The cheapest endpoint may run a quantised build or a shorter context — see "Available from" on the model page.
$0.60Novita$30.00Azure
Cheapest outputLowest output rate across every provider on OpenRouter, the lab included. May come from a different provider than the cheapest input.
$2.50Novita$60.00Azure
$245Novita · fp8$9,000OpenAI list price
These models have no shared benchmark scores.
Overview
CompanyMoonshot AIOpenAI
Release dateSep 5 2025Mar 14 2023
AccessOpen WeightClosed
Model detailsView modelView model

Frequently asked questions

Kimi K2 (0905) and GPT-4 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Only GPT-4 has a verified first-party API price: $30.00 per million input tokens and $60.00 per million output tokens. No pay-as-you-go API rate is tracked for Kimi K2 (0905). GPT-4 shipped 906 days before Kimi K2 (0905), so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Context windows are 256k (Kimi K2 (0905)) vs 8k (GPT-4). Kimi K2 (0905) is open weight, while GPT-4 is closed.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Kimi K2 (0905) and GPT-4 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.