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Kimi K2 Thinking vs DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale
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Winner summary
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale wins on 5/6 benchmarks
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale wins 5 of 6 shared benchmarks. Leads in math · knowledge · coding.
Category leads
math·DeepSeek V3.2 Specialeknowledge·DeepSeek V3.2 Specialelanguage·Kimi K2 Thinkingcoding·DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Kimi K2 Thinking
#77 by perf·no signal
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale
#4 by perf·#5 by attention
Best value
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale
2.8x better value than Kimi K2 Thinking
Kimi K2 Thinking
34.4 pts/$
$1.55/M
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale
97.8 pts/$
$0.80/M
Vendor risk
Mixed exposure
One or more vendors flagged
moonshotai
private · undisclosed
DeepSeek
$3.4B·Tier 1
Head to head
6 benchmarks · 2 models
Kimi K2 ThinkingDeepSeek V3.2 Speciale
OpenCompass · AIME2025
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale leads by +1.9
Kimi K2 Thinking
94.1
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale
96.0
OpenCompass · GPQA-Diamond
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale leads by +4.0
Kimi K2 Thinking
82.7
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale
86.7
OpenCompass · HLE
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale leads by +7.3
Kimi K2 Thinking
21.3
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale
28.6
OpenCompass · IFEval
Kimi K2 Thinking leads by +0.7
Kimi K2 Thinking
92.4
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale
91.7
OpenCompass · LiveCodeBenchV6
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale leads by +3.8
Kimi K2 Thinking
77.1
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale
80.9
OpenCompass · MMLU-Pro
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale leads by +1.2
Kimi K2 Thinking
84.3
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale
85.5
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Kimi K2 Thinking | DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale |
|---|---|---|
OpenCompass · AIME2025 | 94.1 | 96.0 |
OpenCompass · GPQA-Diamond | 82.7 | 86.7 |
OpenCompass · HLE | 21.3 | 28.6 |
OpenCompass · IFEval | 92.4 | 91.7 |
OpenCompass · LiveCodeBenchV6 | 77.1 | 80.9 |
OpenCompass · MMLU-Pro | 84.3 | 85.5 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimi K2 Thinking | $0.60 | $2.50 | 262K tokens (~131 books) | $10.75 |
| DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale | $0.40 | $1.20 | 164K tokens (~82 books) | $6.00 |
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