Is MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 Thinking or DeepSeek: R1 cheaper?

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 Thinking is cheaper on output tokens ($2.00 vs $2.50 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 Thinking or DeepSeek: R1?

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 Thinking has the larger context window (131K tokens).

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 Thinking vs DeepSeek: R1

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 Thinking is cheaper on output tokens, while MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 Thinking offers a larger context window. Choose MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 Thinking or DeepSeek: R1 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 Thinking	DeepSeek: R1
Provider	Kilo Gateway	Kilo Gateway
Input / 1M tokens	$0.47	$0.70
Output / 1M tokens	$2.00	$2.50
Context window	131K	64K
Parameters	1T	671B
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Nov 2025	Jan 2025

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