DeepSeek VL2 vs Kimi K2.5
DeepSeek vs Moonshot AI — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •Kimi K2.5 has the higher intelligence index (87.9 vs 74.9)
- •Kimi K2.5 is cheaper ($0.40 vs $9.50 per 1M input)
- •Kimi K2.5 is faster
- •Kimi K2.5 has a larger context window (262K)
| DeepSeek VL2 | Kimi K2.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 74.9 | 87.9 |
| Developer | DeepSeek | Moonshot AI |
| Type | Multimodal | Multimodal |
| Access | Open weights | Open weights |
| Context window | 129,280 tokens | 262,144 tokens |
| Input price | $9.50 / 1M | $0.40 / 1M |
| Output price | $4,800.00 / 1M | $1.90 / 1M |
| Speed | 22 tok/s | 35 tok/s |
| Released | December 13, 2024 | January 27, 2026 |
| Parameters | 27000000000 | 1T (32B active) |
| Input modalities | — | Text, Image |
| Output modalities | — | Text |