AI model comparison

Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 vs Kimi K2 0711

Pricing, context window, benchmarks, and features compared side by side. Or skip the guesswork and send one prompt to both.

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 is a high-performance, open-weight Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) language model optimized for complex reasoning tasks.

Input / 1M
$0.45
Output / 1M
$3.50
Context
128K
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Kimi K2 0711

Kimi K2 Instruct 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.

Input / 1M
$0.57
Output / 1M
$2.30
Context
131K

At a glance

Quick verdict

How the two models stack up on the things people ask about most.

Lower price

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Kimi K2 0711

1.2x cheaper for a typical chat

Higher intelligence score

Tie

12.7 vs 12.7 on Artificial Analysis

Larger context window

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Kimi K2 0711

131K vs 128K tokens

Newer release

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Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507

Released July 25, 2025

Benchmarks

Benchmark scores

Independent scores from Artificial Analysis. Higher is better.

Intelligence index

qwen logoQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 250712.7
moonshotai logoKimi K2 071112.7

Coding index

qwen logoQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 250722.1
moonshotai logoKimi K2 0711Not available

Agentic index

qwen logoQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 25071.3
moonshotai logoKimi K2 0711Not available

Pricing

Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 vs Kimi K2 0711 API pricing

Per-token API rates. Cheaper option highlighted.

Metricqwen logoQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507moonshotai logoKimi K2 0711
Input tokensPer 1M tokens$0.45$0.57
Output tokensPer 1M tokens$3.50$2.30
Cached input (read)Per 1M tokensNot availableNot available
Cache writePer 1M tokensNot availableNot available

What it costs in practice

Estimated cost per 1,000 requests at standard rates. Coding and long-document figures also show the cost when the input is already cached.

Chat message

2K in, 500 out

qwen logoQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507$2.65
moonshotai logoKimi K2 0711$2.29

Coding task

30K in, 4K out

qwen logoQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507$27.50
moonshotai logoKimi K2 0711$26.30

Long document summary

150K in, 2K out

qwen logoQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507$74.50
moonshotai logoKimi K2 0711$90.10

Specs

Context window and capabilities

How much each model can read, how much it can write, and what it accepts as input.

Metricqwen logoQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507moonshotai logoKimi K2 0711
Context window128K tokens131K tokens
Max output16K tokens98K tokens
Input typesTextText
Output typesTextText
Reasoning effort levelsNot availableNot available
Default reasoning effortNot availableNot available
Release dateJuly 25, 2025July 11, 2025

Features

Supported features

API features available for each model.

Metricqwen logoQwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507moonshotai logoKimi K2 0711
Tool callingSupportedSupported
Structured outputsNot supportedNot supported
JSON modeNot supportedNot supported
ReasoningSupportedNot supported
TemperatureSupportedSupported
Stop sequencesSupportedSupported
Deterministic seedNot supportedSupported
Verbosity controlNot supportedNot supported

Our take

Kimi K2 0711 is 1.2x cheaper for a typical chat. Kimi K2 0711 has the larger context window (131K vs 128K tokens). The right pick depends on your workload, so the quickest way to settle it is to send the same prompt to both and compare.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 or Kimi K2 0711 cheaper?

Kimi K2 0711 is cheaper for a typical chat (2K input tokens and 500 output tokens). Kimi K2 0711 costs $0.57 per 1M input tokens and $2.30 per 1M output tokens, while Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 costs $0.45 per 1M input tokens and $3.50 per 1M output tokens.

Which has a bigger context window, Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 or Kimi K2 0711?

Kimi K2 0711 supports up to 131K tokens of context, compared with 128K for Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507.

Is Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 smarter than Kimi K2 0711?

On the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 scores 12.7 and Kimi K2 0711 scores 12.7, putting Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 ahead. Benchmarks don't capture everything, so the best test is running your own prompts through both.

Can I use Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 and Kimi K2 0711 at the same time?

Yes. Shortcut Chat sends one prompt to multiple models at once, so you can see Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 and Kimi K2 0711 answer side by side and keep the better response.

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Why choose? Ask both.

Send one prompt to Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 and Kimi K2 0711 at the same time. Compare the answers side by side and keep the best one.