Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Both models show comparable benchmark performance. Kimi K2.5 offers 128.2K more tokens in context window than DeepSeek-V3.2. DeepSeek-V3.2 is $6.13 cheaper per million tokens. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V3.2, released by DeepSeek on December 1, 2025, is a large language model with 685 billion total parameters featuring integrated thinking in tool-use and support for both reasoning and direct generation modes. It features a 128K token context window and introduced large-scale agent training across 1,800+ environments. DeepSeek-V3.2 targets agentic workflows, complex instruction following, and coding tasks under an open MIT license.
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2.5, released by Moonshot AI in January 2026, is an updated Mixture-of-Experts large language model with 1 trillion total parameters and 32 billion active parameters. It builds on Kimi K2 with improved coding performance across multiple languages and an expanded context window. Kimi K2.5 targets agentic development workflows, polyglot code generation, and open-source deployments requiring large-scale MoE reasoning.
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DeepSeek-V3.2
DeepSeek
2025-12-01
Kimi K2.5
Moonshot AI
2026-01
Cost per million tokens (USD)
DeepSeek-V3.2
Kimi K2.5
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks
DeepSeek-V3.2
Kimi K2.5
Performance comparison across key benchmark categories
DeepSeek-V3.2
Kimi K2.5
Available providers and their performance metrics
DeepSeek-V3.2
DeepSeek
Kimi K2.5
DeepSeek-V3.2
Kimi K2.5
DeepSeek-V3.2
Kimi K2.5
Moonshot AI