deepseek-reasoner vs kimi-k2-thinking
Input price
$0.55
$0.60
Output price
$2.19
$2.50
Context window
66K
131K
Throughput
166 tok/s
120 tok/s
Availability
97.4%
97.5%
Cost / task
$0.002
$0.002
Efficiency score
88
88
Estimated monthly cost by workload
Metric
DEEPSEEK-REASO
KIMI-K2-THINKI
Chat assistant
$427.80
$480.00
RAG / long context
$857.10
$945.00
Agent / tool use
$1,184
$1,332
Efficiency score: deepseek-reasoner
Across price, speed and reliability, deepseek-reasoner offers the stronger overall balance for most workloads — but the right pick depends on your exact mix of input, output and latency needs.
Figures are illustrative demo data, not financial advice.
Frequently asked questions
Is deepseek-reasoner or kimi-k2-thinking cheaper?+
deepseek-reasoner has the lower input price — $0.55 vs $0.60 per 1M tokens — so for most blended workloads it is the more cost-effective of the two. Figures are illustrative demo data.
Which should I choose, deepseek-reasoner or kimi-k2-thinking?+
Across price, speed and reliability, deepseek-reasoner offers the stronger overall balance for most workloads — but the right pick depends on your exact mix of input, output and latency needs.