Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Kimi K2 Instruct leads with 3.0% higher average benchmark score. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B was developed as a mid-sized distilled variant based on Qwen, designed to balance reasoning capability with practical deployment considerations. Built to provide strong analytical performance while remaining accessible, it serves applications requiring reliable reasoning without flagship-scale resources.
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 14B
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 14B

Kimi K2 Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B

Kimi K2 Instruct
Novita

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B

Kimi K2 Instruct

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B

Kimi K2 Instruct