Model Comparison

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

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.

Mistral AI

Ministral 8B Instruct

Mistral AI

Ministral 8B Instruct is a language model developed by Mistral AI. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 63.3% across 11 benchmarks. It excels particularly in MT-Bench (83.0%), Winogrande (75.3%), ARC-C (71.9%). It supports a 256K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 1 API provider. Released in 2024, it represents Mistral AI's latest advancement in AI technology.

Mistral AI

Ministral 8B Instruct

Mistral AI

2024-10-16

Moonshot AI

Kimi K2 Instruct

Moonshot AI

2025-01-01

2 months newer

Pricing Comparison

Cost per million tokens (USD)

Moonshot AI

Kimi K2 Instruct

Input:$0.57
Output:$2.29
Mistral AI

Ministral 8B Instruct

$2.66 cheaper
Input:$0.10
Output:$0.10

Performance Metrics

Context window and performance specifications

Moonshot AI

Kimi K2 Instruct

Max Context:144.0K
Parameters:1.0T
Mistral AI

Ministral 8B Instruct

Larger context
Max Context:256.0K
Parameters:8.0B

Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

Moonshot AI

Kimi K2 Instruct

+41.5%
Average Score:91.4%
Mistral AI

Ministral 8B Instruct

Average Score:49.9%

Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

Moonshot AI

Kimi K2 Instruct

reasoning
+15.4%
89.0%
math
+32.1%
86.6%
roleplay
76.4%
code
+28.4%
79.5%
general
62.0%
Mistral AI

Ministral 8B Instruct

reasoning
73.6%
math
54.5%
roleplay
+6.6%
83.0%
code
51.0%
general
+2.7%
64.7%
Benchmark Scores - Detailed View
Side-by-side comparison of all benchmark scores

Provider Availability & Performance

Available providers and their performance metrics

Moonshot AI

Kimi K2 Instruct

1 providers

Novita

Throughput: 45 tok/s
Latency: 0.95ms
Mistral AI

Ministral 8B Instruct

1 providers

Mistral AI

Throughput: 0.1 tok/s
Latency: 0.18ms
Moonshot AI

Kimi K2 Instruct

+41.5%
Avg Score:91.4%
Providers:1
Mistral AI

Ministral 8B Instruct

Avg Score:49.9%
Providers:1