Qwen3 14B vs Kimi K2 Thinking
Kimi K2 Thinking comes out ahead, 58 to 54 on our weighted score, though Qwen3 14B is 43% cheaper per token.
Alibaba (Qwen)Qwen3 14B
54/100- ECI138.2
- Price$0.35 / $1.40
- Context131K
- Our pick
Moonshot AIKimi K2 Thinking
58/100- ECI146.0
- Price$0.60 / $2.50
- Context262K
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Kimi K2 Thinking is our pick
Kimi K2 Thinking is the better all-round choice, scoring 58/100 against Qwen3 14B (54). It leads on capability and context window. Qwen3 14B wins on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
- CapabilityKimi K2 ThinkingCapabilities Index (ECI): Kimi K2 Thinking 146.0 · Qwen3 14B 138.2
- Lowest priceQwen3 14BQwen3 14B $0.613 · Kimi K2 Thinking $1.07 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextKimi K2 ThinkingKimi K2 Thinking 262,144 · Qwen3 14B 131,072 tokens
- Widest inputsSame inputsQwen3 14B: Text · Kimi K2 Thinking: Text
- Self-hostingAll open weightsEvery model here can be downloaded and run on your own hardware
| Measure | Weight | Qwen3 14B | Kimi K2 Thinking |
|---|---|---|---|
| CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI) | 50% | 63 | 73 |
| Price | 25% | 60 | 48 |
| Inputs & features | 15% | 35 | 35 |
| Context window | 10% | 24 | 37 |
| Overall | 100% | 54/100 | 58/100 |
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| Specification | Qwen3 14BAlibaba (Qwen) | Kimi K2 ThinkingMoonshot AI |
|---|---|---|
| Capability | ||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | 138.2 | 146.0 (best) |
| ECI rank | #107 of 148 | #72 of 148 (best) |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | 63.8% | 84.2% (best) |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | 66.4% | 83.1% (best) |
| Price per million tokens | ||
| Input | $0.35 (best) | $0.60 |
| Output | $1.40 (best) | $2.50 |
| Cached input | — | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.613 (best) | $1.07 |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Official Alibaba API | Median of 10 providers |
| Limits | ||
| Context window | 131,072 tokens | 262,144 tokens (best) |
| Max output | 8,192 tokens | 262,144 tokens (best) |
| Inputs and features | ||
| Text | Yes | Yes |
| Images | No | No |
| PDFs | No | No |
| Audio | No | No |
| Video | No | No |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | No | No |
| Availability | ||
| Weights | Open | Open |
| API model ID | qwen3-14b | — |
| API providers | 1 | 10 (best) |
| Released | Apr 29, 2025 | Nov 6, 2025 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Apr 2025 | Aug 2024 |
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- Qwen3 14B$6.30
- Kimi K2 Thinking$11.00
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Qwen3 14B or Kimi K2 Thinking?
Kimi K2 Thinking is the better all-round choice, scoring 58/100 against Qwen3 14B (54). It leads on capability and context window. Qwen3 14B wins on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
Which is cheaper, Qwen3 14B or Kimi K2 Thinking?
Qwen3 14B is cheaper at $0.35 input / $1.40 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). Kimi K2 Thinking costs $0.60 input / $2.50 output per million tokens (median across 10 API providers). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.613 per million tokens for Qwen3 14B versus $1.07 for Kimi K2 Thinking (1.8× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
Kimi K2 Thinking scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Kimi K2 Thinking 146.0 (#72 of 148) and Qwen3 14B 138.2 (#107 of 148). Their confidence ranges do not overlap (143.4–147.6 vs 133.5–140.1), so the gap is a real one. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Kimi K2 Thinking 84.2%, Qwen3 14B 63.8%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — Kimi K2 Thinking 83.1%, Qwen3 14B 66.4%.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Qwen3 14B and Kimi K2 Thinking yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Kimi K2 Thinking leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. Both support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
Kimi K2 Thinking has the largest context window at 262,144 tokens, against 131,072 for Qwen3 14B. Maximum output per response: Qwen3 14B up to 8,192, Kimi K2 Thinking up to 262,144 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Qwen3 14B accepts text; Kimi K2 Thinking accepts text. They handle the same number of input types.
Are any of these open source?
Yes, both publish their weights, so you can self-host them.
Which is newer?
Kimi K2 Thinking is the newest, released Nov 6, 2025. Qwen3 14B came out Apr 29, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Qwen3 14B Apr 2025, Kimi K2 Thinking Aug 2024.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.
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