Kimi K2 Thinkingvso1-preview
Kimi K2 Thinking | o1-preview | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | 256k | 128k |
| 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. | — | $15.00 |
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 |
Cached input priceA reduced rate for text you send over and over. If every request starts with the same instructions or the same document, the provider keeps a copy ready and charges less to read it again. | — | $7.50 |
Cheapest inputLowest input rate across third-party providers, excluding the lab itself. The cheapest endpoint may run a quantised build or a shorter context — see "Available from" on the model page. | $0.60Google | — |
Cheapest outputLowest output rate across third-party providers, excluding the lab itself. May come from a different provider than the cheapest input. | $2.50Google | — |
| BenchmarksPublished by one model only | ||
SWE-Bench VerifiedCoding — Real coding tasks pulled from open-source projects — the AI has to find and fix actual bugs. A human-checked version of the original SWE-Bench. Higher is better. | 71.3% | — |
GPQA DiamondScience — Graduate-level science questions in biology, physics, and chemistry — hard enough that subject-matter PhDs score around 65%. Higher is better. | — | 73.3% |
| Overview | ||
| Company | Moonshot AI | OpenAI |
| Release date | Nov 6 2025 | Sep 12 2024 |
| Access | Open Weight | Proprietary |
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Frequently asked questions
Kimi K2 Thinking and o1-preview don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Only o1-preview has a verified first-party API price: $15.00 per million input tokens and $60.00 per million output tokens. No pay-as-you-go API rate is tracked for Kimi K2 Thinking. o1-preview shipped 420 days before Kimi K2 Thinking, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Context windows are 256k (Kimi K2 Thinking) vs 128k (o1-preview). Kimi K2 Thinking is open weight, while o1-preview is proprietary.
Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Kimi K2 Thinking and o1-preview don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.
Kimi K2 Thinking was released by Moonshot AI on Nov 6 2025.
o1-preview was released by OpenAI on Sep 12 2024.
Only o1-preview has a verified first-party API price: $15.00 per million input tokens and $60.00 per million output tokens. No pay-as-you-go API rate is tracked for Kimi K2 Thinking. Rates are pay-as-you-go API prices verified on August 18, 2026.
Kimi K2 Thinking has a 256k context window; o1-preview has 128k.
Kimi K2 Thinking is an open weight model released by Moonshot AI. o1-preview is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.