Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Kimi K2 Instruct leads with 7.9% higher average benchmark score. Kimi K2 Instruct offers 126.1K more tokens in context window than Grok-2. Kimi K2 Instruct is $9.13 cheaper per million tokens. Grok-2 supports multimodal inputs. Overall, Kimi K2 Instruct is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
xAI
Grok 2 was developed as the second generation of xAI's language model family, designed to provide enhanced reasoning, knowledge, and conversational abilities. Built with architectural improvements and expanded training, it represents a significant advancement in xAI's model capabilities.
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.
11 months newer

Grok-2
xAI
2024-08-13

Kimi K2 Instruct
Moonshot AI
2025-07-11
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Grok-2

Kimi K2 Instruct
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 4 common benchmarks

Grok-2

Kimi K2 Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

Grok-2
xAI

Kimi K2 Instruct

Grok-2

Kimi K2 Instruct

Grok-2

Kimi K2 Instruct
Novita