Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
GPT-4.1 offers 768.6K more tokens in context window than Kimi K2 Thinking. Kimi K2 Thinking is $5.00 cheaper per million tokens. GPT-4.1 supports multimodal inputs. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
OpenAI
GPT-4.1, released by OpenAI in April 2025, is a large language model from the GPT-4 family optimized for coding, precise instruction following, and long-context tasks. It features a 1M token context window and native image understanding, with improved performance on tool-calling and web development benchmarks compared to GPT-4o. GPT-4.1 targets software development workflows, long-document analysis, and applications requiring accurate, instruction-adherent outputs.
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2 Thinking, released by Moonshot AI on November 6, 2025, is a reasoning-focused variant of Kimi K2 with 1 trillion total parameters and 32 billion active parameters, featuring extended chain-of-thought processing for complex problem solving. It builds on K2's agentic coding strengths with additional capabilities for mathematical and scientific reasoning. Kimi K2 Thinking targets open-source deployments requiring deep, deliberate reasoning across coding and analytical domains.
6 months newer

GPT-4.1
OpenAI
2025-04-14
Kimi K2 Thinking
Moonshot AI
2025-11-06
Cost per million tokens (USD)
GPT-4.1
Kimi K2 Thinking
Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics
GPT-4.1
OpenAI
Kimi K2 Thinking
GPT-4.1
Kimi K2 Thinking
GPT-4.1
Kimi K2 Thinking
Moonshot AI