Mistral Large (latest) vs MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905
Mistral Large (latest) is cheaper than MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 by about 14% on a blended (75% input / 25% output) basis. Mistral Large (latest) charges $0.500000 / $1.500000 per 1M input/output tokens; MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 charges $0.500000 / $2.000000.
| Field | Mistral Large (latest) | MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 |
|---|---|---|
| Input $/Mtok | $0.500000 | $0.500000 |
| Output $/Mtok | $1.500000 | $2.000000 |
| Cache read $/Mtok | $0.050000 | – |
| Cache write $/Mtok | – | – |
| Input $/Mchar | 0.177809 | n/a |
| Output $/Mchar | 0.533428 | n/a |
| Context window | 262144 | 262144 |
| Tokenizer | mistral | – |
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 | Mistral Large (latest) | MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 |
|---|---|---|
| Coding agent | $5.50 | $5.75 |
| RAG chat | $6.50 | $7.25 |
| Summarisation (batch) | $6.00 | $6.50 |
| Classification | $5.20 | $5.30 |
| Chat assistant | $9.00 | $11.00 |
| Content generation | $13.00 | $17.00 |
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Mistral Large (latest) vs MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905: $0.500000/$1.500000 vs $0.500000/$2.000000 per 1M tokens, as of 2026-10-04 (Token Barometer, https://tokenbarometer.com/compare/mistral_mistral-large-2411-vs-moonshot_kimi-k2).
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