Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct vs OpenAI o4-mini
Compare Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct by Moonshot AI against OpenAI o4-mini by OpenAI, tested across 35 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
OpenAI o4-miniRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct is 7.3x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
Input
$0.30
3.7× cheaper
Output
$0.60
7.3× cheaper
OpenAI o4-mini
Input
$1.10
Output
$4.40
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct is cheaper on both — 3.7× input, 7.3× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
67%
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct uses 524.8x more bold
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
OpenAI o4-mini
63%Vocabulary73%
15wSentence Length15w
0.19Hedging0.18
5.2Bold0.0
3.2Lists2.1
0.00Emoji0.00
0.38Headings0.00
0.05Transitions0.02
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