Kimi K2.5 vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking

Kimi K2.5 at $0.655 in and $3.28 out and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking at $0.460 in and $4.60 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

Kimi K2.5

Moonshot AI

0.59¢

for a client proposal

$0.655 in · $3.28 out / 1M

262K context · released 6 months ago

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Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking

Qwen

0.6¢

for a client proposal

$0.460 in · $4.60 out / 1M

131K context · released September 2025

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 1.2¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

Cheapest input: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking at $0.460 per million tokens.
Cheapest output: Kimi K2.5 at $3.28 per million tokens.
Largest context: Kimi K2.5 at 262K tokens — about 370 pages.

Cost per task

Estimated totals at the rates above. Solid bar is input, lighter bar is output.

Quick code fix

2K in · 500 out

Kimi K2.5

0.29¢

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking

0.32¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

Kimi K2.5

0.59¢

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking

0.6¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

Kimi K2.5

$0.11

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking

needs 155K ctx

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

Kimi K2.5

2.6¢

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking

2.1¢

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

Kimi K2.5

$0.17

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking

needs 250K ctx

Solid part of each bar is input tokens, the lighter part is output. Models that don’t fit a task are marked instead of priced.

Cost vs Token Amount

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Kimi K2.5

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking

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Pricing

Kimi K2.5

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking

Input / 1M tokens

$0.655

$0.460

Output / 1M tokens

$3.28

$4.60

Cached input / 1M

$0.109

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Specs

Kimi K2.5

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking

Provider

Moonshot AI

Qwen

Released

6 months ago

September 2025

Context window

262K

131K

Max output

262K

33K

Input

Text and Images

Output

Text

Reasoning

Shows its thinking

Knowledge cutoff

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2025-03-31

Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

Kimi K2.5

Moonshot AI

0.29¢

for this task

44% input · 56% output

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Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking

Qwen

0.32¢

for this task

29% input · 71% output

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All 2, same prompt and context: 0.62¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 810 of these.

Which should you pick?

For long documents, Kimi K2.5 has the largest context window here — 262K tokens.

On price, Kimi K2.5 is the cheapest of the two on a typical task, at about 0.59¢.

Or don’t pick. Send the identical prompt to all both, read the answers side by side, and keep the winner. How to run a fair bake-off →

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Questions, answered

Which is cheaper, Kimi K2.5 or Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out): Kimi K2.5 at 0.59¢; Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking at 0.6¢. Long prompts can change the order when long-context rates apply.

Which has the largest context window?

Kimi K2.5 — 262K tokens, about 370 pages.

Can I run Kimi K2.5 and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking side by side on Alyph?

Yes — that is what Alyph is built for: the identical prompt with identical context to all 2, answers rendered side by side, billed from one wallet. This exact combination costs about 1.2¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 1.2¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.