MODEL COMPARE

Kimi K2 0905 vs Kimi K2 Thinking: Pricing, Capabilities and Benchmarks

Compare Kimi K2 0905 and Kimi K2 Thinking across context window, API pricing, modalities, tool use and recommended use cases.

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DECISION SUMMARY

Decision summary

Recommendations are conditional. Unknown values never count as a loss, and missing comparable benchmarks produce no winner.

Best for coding

Insufficient data
Evidencecomparable_coding_benchmark_missing

No same-source coding benchmark is attached to both model versions.

Best for agents

Insufficient data
Evidencecomparable_agent_benchmark_missing

Capabilities are listed, but a comparable agent benchmark is missing.

Long context

Tie
Evidencecontext_window_larger

Kimi K2 0905=262144; Kimi K2 Thinking=262144

Lower monthly token cost

Tie
Evidencesame_provider_monthly_cost_lower

Kimi K2 0905=1.1; Kimi K2 Thinking=1.1; input=1000000; cached_input=0; output=200000; provider=OpenRouter

Open deployment

Insufficient data
Evidenceopen_weights_support

Kimi K2 0905=unknown; Kimi K2 Thinking=unknown

MODEL ATTRIBUTES

Full comparison

Source scope: Provider endpoint

Attribute Kimi K2 0905 Kimi K2 ThinkingWinner
Context windowcontext_window_largerProvider endpoint262K262KTie
Maximum outputmax_output_largerProvider endpoint100K100KTie
Input modalitiesinput_modalities_differProvider endpointTextTextInsufficient data
Output modalitiesoutput_modalities_differProvider endpointTextTextInsufficient data
Tool callingtool_calling_supportProvider endpointSupportedSupportedTie
Structured outputstructured_output_supportProvider endpointSupportedSupportedTie
Reasoningreasoning_supportModelUnknownSupportedInsufficient data
Open weightsopen_weights_supportModelUnknownUnknownInsufficient data
Input price per 1M tokensinput_price_lowerProvider endpoint$0.60$0.60Tie
Output price per 1M tokensoutput_price_lowerProvider endpoint$2.5$2.5Tie
USAGE ESTIMATOR

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Kimi K2 0905$1.1Estimated monthly cost
Kimi K2 Thinking$1.1Estimated monthly cost