DeepSeek-V3 is the latest model from the DeepSeek team, building upon the instruction following and coding abilities of the previous versions. Pre-trained on nearly 15 trillion tokens, the reported evaluations reveal that the model outperfo…
Model details →DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) vs MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905
DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) 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 | DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) | MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 164K | 131K | 🏆 DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.32 | $0.40 | 🏆 DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.89 | $2.00 | 🏆 DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) |
| 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 DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) better than MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905?
DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) and MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905?
Input: $0.32 vs $0.40 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.89 vs $2.00 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) and MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 support?
DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) supports up to 164K tokens. MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 supports up to 131K tokens.
Do both DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) and MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 support tool calling?
DeepSeek Chat (legacy id): yes. MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905: yes.