Is MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 or DeepSeek: R1 cheaper?

DeepSeek: R1 is cheaper on output tokens ($2.50 vs $3.50 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 or DeepSeek: R1?

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 has the larger context window (262K tokens).

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 vs DeepSeek: R1

DeepSeek: R1 is cheaper on output tokens, while MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 offers a larger context window. Choose MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 or DeepSeek: R1 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6	DeepSeek: R1
Provider	Kilo Gateway	Kilo Gateway
Input / 1M tokens	$0.75	$0.70
Output / 1M tokens	$3.50	$2.50
Context window	262K	64K
Parameters	1T	671B
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Apr 2026	Jan 2025

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 details →DeepSeek: R1 details →

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