Kimi K2 0905 vs Grok 4

Comparing 2 AI models · 6 benchmarks · Moonshot AI, xAI

Most Affordable
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Kimi K2 0905
$0.99/1M
Highest Intelligence
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Grok 4
87.7% GPQA
Best for Coding
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Grok 4
55.1 Coding Index
Price Difference
3.0x
input cost range

Composite Indices

Intelligence, Coding, Math

Standard Benchmarks

Academic and industry benchmarks

Benchmark Winners

6 tests
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Kimi K2 0905

0

No clear wins

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Grok 4

6
  • GPQA
  • MMLU Pro
  • HLE
  • LiveCodeBench
  • MATH 500
  • AIME 2025
Metric
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xAI logo Grok 4
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Pricing
Per 1M tokens
Input Cost $0.99/1M $3.00/1M
Output Cost $2.50/1M $15.00/1M
Blended Cost 3:1 input/output ratio
$1.37/1M $6.00/1M
Specifications
Organization Model creator
Moonshot AI xAI
Release Date Launch date
Sep 5, 2025 Jul 10, 2025
Performance & Speed
Throughput Output speed
88.3 tok/s 37.2 tok/s
Time to First Token (TTFT) Initial response delay
564ms 9172ms
Latency Time to first answer token
564ms 9172ms
Composite Indices
Intelligence Index Overall reasoning capability
50.4 65.3
Coding Index Programming ability
38.1 55.1
Math Index Mathematical reasoning
57.3 92.7
Standard Benchmarks
GPQA Graduate-level reasoning
76.7% 87.7%
MMLU Pro Advanced knowledge
81.9% 86.6%
HLE Hard language evaluation
6.3% 23.9%
LiveCodeBench Real-world coding tasks
61.0% 81.9%
MATH 500 Mathematical problems
99.0%
AIME 2025 Advanced math competition
57.3% 92.7%
AIME (Original) Math olympiad problems
94.3%
SciCode Scientific code generation
30.7% 45.7%
LCR Code review capability
52.3% 68.0%
IFBench Instruction-following
41.7% 53.7%
TAU-bench v2 Tool use & agentic tasks
73.4% 74.9%
TerminalBench Hard CLI command generation
22.7% 37.6%

Key Takeaways

Kimi K2 0905 offers the best value at $0.99/1M, making it ideal for high-volume applications and cost-conscious projects.

Grok 4 leads in reasoning capabilities with a 87.7% GPQA score, excelling at complex analytical tasks and problem-solving.

Grok 4 achieves a 55.1 coding index, making it the top choice for software development and code generation tasks.

All models support context windows of ∞+ tokens, suitable for processing lengthy documents and maintaining extended conversations.

When to Choose Each Model

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Kimi K2 0905

  • Cost-sensitive applications
  • High-volume processing
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Grok 4

  • Complex reasoning tasks
  • Research & analysis
  • Code generation
  • Software development

Cost Calculator

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per month
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Costs are estimates based on API pricing. Actual costs may vary based on caching, batch processing, and volume discounts.