Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Kimi K2 Instruct leads with 23.9% higher average benchmark score. Overall, Kimi K2 Instruct is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B was created through distillation into an ultra-compact Qwen architecture, designed to enable reasoning capabilities on resource-constrained devices. Built with just 1.5 billion parameters, it brings advanced analytical techniques to edge computing and mobile scenarios.
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2 Instruct was developed as the instruction-tuned version of Kimi K2, designed to follow user instructions reliably across diverse tasks. Built to serve general-purpose conversational and task-completion applications, it provides Moonshot's accessible interface for language AI.
5 months newer

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B
DeepSeek
2025-01-20

Kimi K2 Instruct
Moonshot AI
2025-07-11
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 3 common benchmarks

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B

Kimi K2 Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B

Kimi K2 Instruct
Novita

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B

Kimi K2 Instruct

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B

Kimi K2 Instruct