Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 vs Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
Compare Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 by Google AI against Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct by Moonshot AI, context windows of 1.0M vs 1.0M, tested across 25 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct is 17x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05
Input
$1.25
Output
$10.00
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
Input
$0.30
4.2× cheaper
Output
$0.60
17× cheaper
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct is cheaper on both — 4.2× input, 17× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
58%
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 uses 2.6x more headings
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
51%Vocabulary63%
15wSentence Length15w
0.31Hedging0.19
4.8Bold5.2
4.1Lists3.2
0.00Emoji0.00
0.98Headings0.38
0.05Transitions0.05
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Research
What we learned reading every model
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