Is Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct or Kimi K2.5 cheaper?

Kimi K2.5 is cheaper on output tokens ($3.00 vs $7.50 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct or Kimi K2.5?

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct has the larger context window (262K tokens).

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct vs Kimi K2.5

Kimi K2.5 is cheaper on output tokens, while Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct or Kimi K2.5 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct	Kimi K2.5
Provider	Vercel AI Gateway	Vercel AI Gateway
Input / 1M tokens	$1.50	$0.60
Output / 1M tokens	$7.50	$3.00
Context window	262K	262K
Parameters	—	1T
Open weights	No	Yes
Released	Jul 2025	Jan 2026

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct details →Kimi K2.5 details →

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