Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct vs Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
Compare Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct by Moonshot AI against Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) by Qwen, context windows of 1.0M vs 1.0M, tested across 21 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct has the edge — bigger model tier, newer.
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct is 6.7x 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
1.3× cheaper
Output
$0.60
6.7× cheaper
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
Input
$0.40
Output
$4.00
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct is cheaper on both — 1.3× input, 6.7× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
38%
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) uses 34.0x more emoji
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
63%Vocabulary54%
15wSentence Length15w
0.19Hedging0.36
5.2Bold7.0
3.2Lists4.6
0.00Emoji0.34
0.38Headings0.94
0.05Transitions0.09
Based on 14 + 18 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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