Meta: Llama 4 Maverick vs MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905
Meta: Llama 4 Maverick is cheaper than MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 by about 93% on a blended (75% input / 25% output) basis. Meta: Llama 4 Maverick charges $0.050000 / $0.100000 per 1M input/output tokens; MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 charges $0.500000 / $2.000000.
| Field | Meta: Llama 4 Maverick | MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 |
|---|---|---|
| Input $/Mtok | $0.050000 | $0.500000 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.100000 | $2.000000 |
| Cache read $/Mtok | – | – |
| Cache write $/Mtok | – | – |
| Input $/Mchar | 0.015047 | n/a |
| Output $/Mchar | 0.030093 | n/a |
| Context window | 1048576 | 262144 |
| Tokenizer | llama3 | – |
Price history
Same workload, monthly cost
Illustrative monthly cost at 10M tokens/month, split per workload preset. Not a substitute for the calculator, which uses your own volume, cache and batch assumptions.
| Workload | Meta: Llama 4 Maverick | MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 |
|---|---|---|
| Coding agent | $0.53 | $5.75 |
| RAG chat | $0.58 | $7.25 |
| Summarisation (batch) | $0.55 | $6.50 |
| Classification | $0.51 | $5.30 |
| Chat assistant | $0.70 | $11.00 |
| Content generation | $0.90 | $17.00 |
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Meta: Llama 4 Maverick vs MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905: $0.050000/$0.100000 vs $0.500000/$2.000000 per 1M tokens as of 2026-10-04. Token Barometer by Dejan Strbad, https://tokenbarometer.com, data CC BY 4.0. https://tokenbarometer.com/compare/meta_llama-4-maverick-vs-moonshot_kimi-k2
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