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DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro vs MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro wins on more metrics (5 of 9), but the right pick depends on what you optimize for — see the breakdown below.

MetricDeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 ProMoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6
Intelligence Index44.342.8
Coding Index59.456.0
GPQA Diamond89%91%
Design Arena Elo13241355
Speed (tokens/sec)56166
Latency552ms274ms
Input price /M$0.435$0.660
Output price /M$0.870$3.41
Context window1.0M262K
CapabilitiesReasoningToolsJSONReasoningToolsJSONVision