Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Both models show comparable benchmark performance. Kimi K2 0905 offers 268.3K more tokens in context window than Qwen3 30B A3B. Qwen3 30B A3B is $2.70 cheaper per million tokens. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
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.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 30B was created with a mixture-of-experts architecture featuring 30 billion total parameters and 3 billion active parameters. Built to provide strong capabilities with efficient inference through sparse activation, it balances performance with practical computational requirements.
4 months newer

Qwen3 30B A3B
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-04-29

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

Kimi K2 0905

Qwen3 30B A3B
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

Kimi K2 0905

Qwen3 30B A3B
Available providers and their performance metrics

Kimi K2 0905
Novita
ZeroEval

Qwen3 30B A3B

Kimi K2 0905

Qwen3 30B A3B

Kimi K2 0905

Qwen3 30B A3B
DeepInfra
Fireworks
Novita