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Kimi K2 0905 vs Pixtral-12B
Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Kimi K2 0905 leads with 28.2% higher average benchmark score. Kimi K2 0905 offers 388.1K more tokens in context window than Pixtral-12B. Pixtral-12B is $2.80 cheaper per million tokens. Pixtral-12B supports multimodal inputs. Overall, Kimi K2 0905 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
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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.
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Mistral AI
Pixtral 12B was introduced as Mistral's multimodal vision-language model, designed to understand and reason about both images and text. Built with 12 billion parameters for integrated visual and textual processing, it extends Mistral's capabilities into multimodal applications.
11 months newer
Pixtral-12B
Mistral AI
2024-09-17
Kimi K2 0905
Moonshot AI
2025-09-05
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Pricing Comparison
Cost per million tokens (USD)
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Kimi K2 0905
Input:$0.60
Output:$2.50
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Pixtral-12B
Input:$0.15
Output:$0.15($2.80 cheaper)
Performance Metrics
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 3 common benchmarks
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Kimi K2 0905
Average Score:91.3%(+28.2%)
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Pixtral-12B
Average Score:63.1%
Provider Availability & Performance
Available providers and their performance metrics
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Kimi K2 0905
2 providers
Novita
ZeroEval
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Pixtral-12B
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Kimi K2 0905
Avg Score:91.3%(+28.2%)
Providers:2
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Pixtral-12B
Avg Score:63.1%
Providers:1