Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Kimi K2 0905 leads with 18.7% higher average benchmark score. Kimi K2 0905 offers 460.3K more tokens in context window than Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct. Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is $2.89 cheaper per million tokens. Overall, Kimi K2 0905 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2 was introduced as the second generation of Moonshot's language model family, designed to provide enhanced capabilities across language understanding and generation. Built with architectural improvements and expanded training, it represents a significant advancement in Moonshot's model offerings.
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 24B Instruct was created as the instruction-tuned version of the 24B base model, designed to follow user instructions reliably. Built to serve general-purpose applications requiring moderate capability, it balances performance with deployment practicality.
7 months newer

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Mistral AI
2025-01-30

Kimi K2 0905
Moonshot AI
2025-09-05
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Kimi K2 0905

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 4 common benchmarks

Kimi K2 0905

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
2023-10-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Kimi K2 0905
Novita
ZeroEval

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Kimi K2 0905

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Kimi K2 0905

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
DeepInfra
Mistral AI