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Kimi K2 Thinking vs DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale
Side-by-side specs, pricing & capabilities · Updated April 2026
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K Kimi K2 Thinking | D DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale | |
|---|---|---|
| Organization | Moonshot AI | DeepSeek |
| OpenTools Score | 69 86.1 | |
| Family | Kimi | DeepSeek |
| Status | Current | Current |
| Release Date | Nov 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| Context Window | 262K tokens | 164K tokens |
| Input Price | $0.60/M tokens | $0.40/M tokens |
| Output Price | $2.50/M tokens | $1.20/M tokens |
| Pricing Notes | Cache read: $0.1500/M tokens | Cache read: $0.2000/M tokens |
| Capabilities | textcodeextended-thinking | textcode |
| Max Output | 262K tokens | 164K tokens |
| API Identifier | moonshotai/kimi-k2-thinking | deepseek/deepseek-v3.2-speciale |
| Benchmarks | ||
| MMLU-Pro | — | 85deepseek |
| AIME 2025 | — | 96deepseek |
| LiveCodeBench | — | 88.7deepseek |
| HLE | — | 30.6deepseek |
| HMMT 2025 | — | 99deepseek |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 73deepseek |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | — | 46deepseek |
| View Kimi K2 Thinking | View DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale | |
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| Model | Input | Output | Total / mo | vs Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek V3.2 SpecialeCheapest | $0.40 | $0.60 | $1.00 | — |
| Kimi K2 Thinking | $0.60 | $1.25 | $1.85 | +85% |
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2 Thinking
Kimi K2 Thinking is a large language model from Moonshot AI. Supports up to 262,144 token context window. Available from $0.60/M input tokens.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale is a large language model from DeepSeek. Supports up to 163,840 token context window. Achieves 87.1% on MMLU. Available from $0.40/M input tokens.
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