Is Qwen 3 235B Thinking or Kimi K2 Thinking cheaper?

Qwen 3 235B Thinking is cheaper on output tokens ($0.60 vs $2.25 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen 3 235B Thinking or Kimi K2 Thinking?

Qwen 3 235B Thinking has the larger context window (262K tokens).

Qwen 3 235B Thinking vs Kimi K2 Thinking

Qwen 3 235B Thinking is cheaper on output tokens, while Qwen 3 235B Thinking offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen 3 235B Thinking or Kimi K2 Thinking based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen 3 235B Thinking	Kimi K2 Thinking
Provider	IO.NET	IO.NET
Input / 1M tokens	$0.11	$0.55
Output / 1M tokens	$0.60	$2.25
Context window	262K	33K
Parameters	—	1T
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Jul 2025	Nov 2024

Qwen 3 235B Thinking details →Kimi K2 Thinking details →

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