Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
o3 offers 35.8K more tokens in context window than Kimi K2 Thinking. Kimi K2 Thinking is $45.00 cheaper per million tokens. o3 supports multimodal inputs. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
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.
OpenAI
OpenAI o3, released by OpenAI in April 2025, is a large reasoning model that applies extended chain-of-thought processing to deliver improved performance on complex math, science, and coding tasks. It features a 200K token context window and native image understanding, with demonstrated strong results on mathematics and software engineering benchmarks. o3 targets demanding analytical and engineering tasks where deliberate, multi-step reasoning produces significantly better outcomes than direct generation.
6 months newer

o3
OpenAI
2025-04-16
Kimi K2 Thinking
Moonshot AI
2025-11-06
Cost per million tokens (USD)
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Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics
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