GPT-4o (Omni) vs Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
Compare GPT-4o (Omni) by OpenAI against Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct by Moonshot AI, context windows of 128K vs 1.0M, tested across 35 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
GPT-4o (Omni)
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
GPT-4o (Omni)
Input
$2.50
Output
$10.00
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
Input
$0.30
8.3× cheaper
Output
$0.60
17× cheaper
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct is cheaper on both — 8.3× input, 17× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
33%
GPT-4o (Omni) uses 2.5x more emoji
GPT-4o (Omni)
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
54%Vocabulary63%
18wSentence Length15w
0.72Hedging0.19
7.3Bold5.2
5.6Lists3.2
0.03Emoji0.00
1.40Headings0.38
0.26Transitions0.05
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