Model Comparison

Comprehensive side-by-side analysis of model capabilities and performance

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1 is a language model developed by DeepSeek. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 74.1% across 20 benchmarks. It excels particularly in MATH-500 (97.3%), MMLU-Redux (92.9%), CLUEWSC (92.8%). It supports a 262K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 4 API providers. Released in 2025, it represents DeepSeek's latest advancement in AI technology.

Moonshot AI

Kimi K2 Instruct

Moonshot AI

Kimi K2 Instruct is a language model developed by Moonshot AI. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 66.7% across 38 benchmarks. It excels particularly in MATH-500 (97.4%), GSM8k (97.3%), CBNSL (95.6%). It supports a 144K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 1 API provider. Released in 2025, it represents Moonshot AI's latest advancement in AI technology.

Moonshot AI

Kimi K2 Instruct

Moonshot AI

2025-01-01

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

DeepSeek

2025-01-20

19 days newer

Pricing Comparison

Cost per million tokens (USD)

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

$0.12 cheaper
Input:$0.55
Output:$2.19
Moonshot AI

Kimi K2 Instruct

Input:$0.57
Output:$2.29

Performance Metrics

Context window and performance specifications

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

Larger context
Max Context:262.1K
Parameters:671.0B
Moonshot AI

Kimi K2 Instruct

Max Context:144.0K
Parameters:1.0T

Average performance across 11 common benchmarks

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

Average Score:75.0%
Moonshot AI

Kimi K2 Instruct

+1.2%
Average Score:76.3%

Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

math
+10.7%
97.3%
reasoning
1.3%
code
+2.7%
82.1%
general
+13.3%
75.3%
Moonshot AI

Kimi K2 Instruct

math
86.6%
reasoning
+87.7%
89.0%
code
79.5%
general
62.0%
Benchmark Scores - Detailed View
Side-by-side comparison of all benchmark scores

Provider Availability & Performance

Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

4 providers

Together

Throughput: 4 tok/s
Latency: 0.6ms

DeepInfra

Throughput: 0.9 tok/s
Latency: 0.3ms

Fireworks

Throughput: 2.1 tok/s
Latency: 0.3ms

DeepSeek

Throughput: 9 tok/s
Latency: 0.3ms
Moonshot AI

Kimi K2 Instruct

1 providers

Novita

Throughput: 45 tok/s
Latency: 0.95ms
DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

Avg Score:75.0%
Providers:4
Moonshot AI

Kimi K2 Instruct

+1.2%
Avg Score:76.3%
Providers:1