Models

DeepSeek V4 Flash vs Kimi K2 Turbo Preview

Compare DeepSeek V4 Flash from DeepSeek and Kimi K2 Turbo Preview from Moonshot AI on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.

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DeepSeek V4 Flash
DeepSeek · text → text

(This model currently points to the older 0423 version; if you need to request the latest version, you can choose the model deepseek-v4-flash-0731)DeepSeek-V4 features an ultra-long context of one million characters and achieves leading performance domestically and in the open-source domain in agent capabilities, world knowledge, and reasoning.

Input$0.142 /M
Output$0.284 /M
Cache read$0.0284 /M
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Kimi K2 Turbo Preview
Moonshot AI · text → text

The kimi-k2-turbo-preview model is a high-speed version of kimi-k2, with the same model parameters as kimi-k2, but the output speed has been increased from 10 tokens per second to 40 tokens per second.

Input$1.2 /M
Output$4.8 /M
Cache read$0.3 /M

Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

DeepSeek V4 Flash
Kimi K2 Turbo Preview
Input /M
$0.142
$1.2
Output /M
$0.284
$4.8
Cache read /M
$0.0284
$0.3
Context length
1,000,000
262,144
Max output
384,000
8,192
Time to First Token
1.0 s
3.1 s
Throughput
66.5 tok/s
19.7 tok/s
Modalities
text
text
Supported Parameters
toolsfunction callingstructured outputsthinking
toolsfunction callingstructured outputs
API Formats
chat_completions · claude_api
Released
April 24, 2026
July 8, 2025

Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.

Activity Past 30 Days

Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.

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Tokens / day

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Performance Past 3 Days

Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.

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Throughput (tok/s)

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Uptime (%)

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LMArena Benchmarks

LMArena ratings by capability (Bradley-Terry, commonly called Elo). Higher is better.

Text
deepseek-v4-flashkimi-k2-turbo-preview
1360140014401480
Overall
14181436
Coding
14671483
Math
14161426
Hard prompts
14371459
Instruction following
13901428
Multi-turn
14041452
Creative writing
13821408
Longer query
14031448
Chinese
14541473
English
14231445

Source: LMArena (arena.ai) leaderboard, imported by AIHubMix. Models without published ratings are omitted per chart.

Cost calculator

Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.

DeepSeek V4 Flash
$12.78 /mo
Kimi K2 Turbo Preview
$144 /mo

Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.

FAQ

Which is cheaper: DeepSeek V4 Flash, Kimi K2 Turbo Preview?

DeepSeek V4 Flash: $0.284/M output tokens; Kimi K2 Turbo Preview: $4.8/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 1483; Kimi K2 Turbo Preview: 1467 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Which responds faster?

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 1.0s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.

How large is each context window?

DeepSeek V4 Flash accepts 1,000,000 and Kimi K2 Turbo Preview accepts 262,144 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 384,000 tokens on DeepSeek V4 Flash and 8,192 tokens on Kimi K2 Turbo Preview.

Which one generates tokens faster?

DeepSeek V4 Flash at 66.5 tok/s and Kimi K2 Turbo Preview at 19.7 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

DeepSeek V4 Flash accepts text input and supports tool calling, function calling, structured outputs and thinking; Kimi K2 Turbo Preview accepts text input and supports tool calling, function calling and structured outputs.

Can I call DeepSeek V4 Flash and Kimi K2 Turbo Preview with the same API key?

Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.

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