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Kimi K2 Thinking vs MiniMax M2-her
Side-by-side specs, pricing & capabilities · Updated September 2026
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| Organization | ||
| OpenTools Score | 65 42.0 | |
| Family | Kimi | MiniMax |
| Status | Current | Current |
| Release Date | Nov 2025 | Jan 2026 |
| Context Window | 262K tokens | 66K tokens |
| Input Price | $0.60/M tokens | $0.30/M tokens |
| Output Price | $2.50/M tokens | $1.20/M tokens |
| Pricing Notes | Cache read: $0.1500/M tokens | Cache read: $0.0300/M tokens |
| Capabilities | textcodeextended-thinking | textcode |
| Max Output | 262K tokens | 2K tokens |
| API Identifier | moonshotai/kimi-k2-thinking | minimax/minimax-m2-her |
| Benchmarks | ||
| GPQA | 84.5https://huggingface.co/moonshotai/Kimi-K2-Thinking | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 84.6https://huggingface.co/moonshotai/Kimi-K2-Thinking | — |
| GPQA Diamond | 83.8384artificial-analysis | — |
| AIME 2025 | 94.6667artificial-analysis | — |
| View Kimi K2 Thinking | View MiniMax M2-her | |
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| Model | Input | Output | Total / mo | vs Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MiniMax M2-herCheapest | $0.30 | $0.60 | $0.90 | — |
| Kimi K2 Thinking | $0.60 | $1.25 | $1.85 | +106% |
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.
MiniMax
MiniMax M2-her
MiniMax M2-her is a language-model variant designed for character role-play and interactive storytelling. MiniMax describes work on world consistency, story progression and adaptation to user preferences. It is distinct from the general-purpose MiniMax M2 family.
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