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DeepSeek V3.1 vs Kimi K2 0711

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Winner summary

Kimi K2 0711 wins 3 of 4 shared benchmarks. Leads in knowledge · coding.

Category leads
knowledge·Kimi K2 0711reasoning·DeepSeek V3.1coding·Kimi K2 0711
Hype vs Reality
DeepSeek V3.1
#118 by perf·no signal
QUIET
Kimi K2 0711
#72 by perf·#17 by attention
UNDERRATED
Best value
2.2x better value than Kimi K2 0711
DeepSeek V3.1
84.5 pts/$
$0.60/M
Kimi K2 0711
39.1 pts/$
$1.43/M
Vendor risk
One or more vendors flagged
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DeepSeek
$3.4B·Tier 1
Higher risk
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Moonshot AI
$18.0B·Tier 1
Medium risk
Head to head
DeepSeek V3.1Kimi K2 0711
Fiction.LiveBench
Kimi K2 0711 leads by +8.3
Fiction.LiveBench · a continuously updated benchmark using recently published fiction to test reading comprehension and reasoning, preventing data contamination.
DeepSeek V3.1
52.8
Kimi K2 0711
61.1
Lech Mazur Writing
Kimi K2 0711 leads by +0.4
Lech Mazur Writing · evaluates creative writing ability, assessing prose quality, narrative coherence, and stylistic sophistication.
DeepSeek V3.1
85.2
Kimi K2 0711
85.6
SimpleBench
DeepSeek V3.1 leads by +16.4
SimpleBench · tests fundamental reasoning capabilities with straightforward problems designed to expose gaps in basic logical and spatial thinking.
DeepSeek V3.1
28.0
Kimi K2 0711
11.6
WeirdML
Kimi K2 0711 leads by +1.0
WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns.
DeepSeek V3.1
38.4
Kimi K2 0711
39.4
Full benchmark table
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3.1Kimi K2 0711
Fiction.LiveBench
Fiction.LiveBench · a continuously updated benchmark using recently published fiction to test reading comprehension and reasoning, preventing data contamination.
52.861.1
Lech Mazur Writing
Lech Mazur Writing · evaluates creative writing ability, assessing prose quality, narrative coherence, and stylistic sophistication.
85.285.6
SimpleBench
SimpleBench · tests fundamental reasoning capabilities with straightforward problems designed to expose gaps in basic logical and spatial thinking.
28.011.6
WeirdML
WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns.
38.439.4
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
ModelInputOutputContextProjected $/mo
DeepSeek logoDeepSeek V3.1$0.25$0.95164K tokens (~82 books)$4.25
moonshotai logoKimi K2 0711$0.57$2.30131K tokens (~66 books)$10.03