Kimi K2 vs Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
Compare Kimi K2 and Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct, both from Moonshot AI, tested across 35 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Kimi K2
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 3.8x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
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API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Kimi K2
Input
$0.57
Output
$2.30
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
Input
$0.30
1.9× cheaper
Output
$0.60
3.8× cheaper
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct is cheaper on both — 1.9× input, 3.8× output
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Style Comparison
Similarity
65%
Kimi K2 uses 68.5x more emoji
Kimi K2
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
63%Vocabulary63%
19wSentence Length15w
0.35Hedging0.19
4.2Bold5.2
3.6Lists3.2
0.68Emoji0.00
0.61Headings0.38
0.06Transitions0.05
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