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Kimi K2 Thinking vs ChatGPT-4o

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Kimi K2 Thinking wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Has reasoning mode

ChatGPT-4o wins:

  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision
Price Advantage
Kimi K2 Thinking
Benchmark Advantage
ChatGPT-4o
Context Window
Kimi K2 Thinking
Speed
ChatGPT-4o

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricKimi K2 ThinkingChatGPT-4oWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.47$5.00 Kimi K2 Thinking
Output (per 1M tokens)$2.00$15.00 Kimi K2 Thinking
Cache Read (per 1M)$0.14N/A Kimi K2 Thinking
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Kimi K2 Thinking is 89% cheaper overall.

Kimi K2 Thinking Providers

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ChatGPT-4o Providers

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Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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Kimi K2 Thinking Wins
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ChatGPT-4o Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkKimi K2 ThinkingChatGPT-4oWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
-18.6-
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
-25.7-
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
-80.3-
GPQA
Graduate-level science
-65.5-
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
-42.5-
Aider
Real-world code editing
-72.2-
AIME
Competition math
-32.7-
ChatGPT-4o shows stronger mathematical reasoning abilities.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Kimi K2 Thinking
131,072
tokens
ChatGPT-4o
128,000
tokens
Kimi K2 Thinking has a 2% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricKimi K2 ThinkingChatGPT-4oWinner
Tokens/secondN/A0.0 tok/s
Time to First TokenN/A0.00s

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureKimi K2 ThinkingChatGPT-4o
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyKimi K2 ThinkingChatGPT-4o
LicenseOpen SourceProprietary
AuthorMoonshotaiOpenAI
ReleasedNov 2025Unknown

Kimi K2 Thinking Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

ChatGPT-4o Modalities

Input
Output

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Frequently Asked Questions

Kimi K2 Thinking has cheaper input pricing at $0.47/M tokens. Kimi K2 Thinking has cheaper output pricing at $2.00/M tokens.
Kimi K2 Thinking scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of N/A, compared to ChatGPT-4o's score of N/A.
Kimi K2 Thinking has a 131,072 token context window, while ChatGPT-4o has a 128,000 token context window.
Kimi K2 Thinking does not support vision. ChatGPT-4o supports vision.