Jamba Large 1.7 is the latest model in the Jamba open family, offering improvements in grounding, instruction-following, and overall efficiency. Built on a hybrid SSM-Transformer architecture with a 256K context window, it delivers more acc…
Model details →AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 vs MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 (exacto)
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 (exacto) wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Kimi K2 0905 is the September update of [Kimi K2 0711](moonshotai/kimi-k2). It is a large-scale Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) language model developed by Moonshot AI, featuring 1 trillion total parameters with 32 billion active per forward pass.…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 | MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 (exacto) | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 256K | 262K | 🏆 MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 (exacto) |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $2.00 | $0.60 | 🏆 MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 (exacto) |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $8.00 | $2.50 | 🏆 MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 (exacto) |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | — | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | — | — | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 better than MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 (exacto)?
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 (exacto) wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 and MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 (exacto)?
Input: $2.00 vs $0.60 per 1M tokens. Output: $8.00 vs $2.50 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 and MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 (exacto) support?
AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 supports up to 256K tokens. MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 (exacto) supports up to 262K tokens.
Do both AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 and MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 (exacto) support tool calling?
AI21: Jamba Large 1.7: yes. MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 (exacto): yes.