Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct vs MiniMax M2-her
Compare Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct by Moonshot AI against MiniMax M2-her by MiniMax, context windows of 1.0M vs 66K, tested across 35 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
MiniMax M2-herRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct has the edge — bigger model tier, bigger context window.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
Input
$0.30
Output
$0.60
2.0× cheaper
MiniMax M2-her
Input
$0.30
Output
$1.20
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
46%
MiniMax M2-her uses 96.5x more emoji
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
MiniMax M2-her
63%Vocabulary65%
15wSentence Length18w
0.19Hedging0.71
5.2Bold2.0
3.2Lists1.7
0.00Emoji0.96
0.38Headings0.31
0.05Transitions0.21
Based on 14 + 24 text responses
Research
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