Kimi K2 vs MiniMax M1
Compare Kimi K2 by Moonshot AI against MiniMax M1 by MiniMax, in 15 community votes, kimi k2 wins 91% of head-to-head duels, tested across 54 shared challenges. Updated May 2026.
Which is better, Kimi K2 or MiniMax M1?
Kimi K2 is the better choice overall, winning 91% of 15 blind community votes on Rival. Kimi K2 costs $0.57/M input tokens vs $0.3/M for MiniMax M1. Compare their real outputs side by side below.
Key Differences Between Kimi K2 and MiniMax M1
Kimi K2 is made by moonshotai while MiniMax M1 is from minimax. On pricing, Kimi K2 costs $0.57/M input tokens vs $0.3/M for MiniMax M1. In community voting, In 15 community votes, Kimi K2 wins 91% of head-to-head duels.
In 15 community votes, Kimi K2 wins 91% of head-to-head duels. Kimi K2 leads in Web Design, Image Generation. Based on blind community voting from the Rival open dataset of 15+ human preference judgments for this pair.
Per 1M tokens
MiniMax M1 is cheaper on both — 1.9× input, 1.4× output
Pick Kimi K2. In 15 blind votes, Kimi K2 wins 91% of the time. That's not luck.
Kimi K2 particularly excels in Image Generation, Web Design.
Style Comparison
Kimi K2 uses 6.6x more emoji
