Kimi K2 Thinking is Moonshot AI’s most advanced open reasoning model to date, extending the K2 series into agentic, long-horizon reasoning. Built on the trillion-parameter Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture introduced in Kimi K2, it acti…
Model details →MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 Thinking vs Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B Thinking is a multimodal model that unifies strong text generation with visual understanding across images and video. The Thinking model is optimized for multimodal reasoning in STEM and math. The series emphasizes robust…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 Thinking | Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 131K | 131K | Tie |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.47 | $0.26 | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $2.00 | $2.60 | 🏆 MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 Thinking |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | Yes | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 Thinking better than Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking?
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 Thinking and Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking?
Input: $0.47 vs $0.26 per 1M tokens. Output: $2.00 vs $2.60 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 Thinking and Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking support?
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 Thinking supports up to 131K tokens. Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking supports up to 131K tokens.
Do both MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 Thinking and Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking support tool calling?
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 Thinking: yes. Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking: yes.