Seed 1.6 vs Kimi K2 Thinking: side-by-side summary

Seed 1.6 and Kimi K2 Thinking are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.

Seed 1.6, from bytedance-seed, has a 262,144-token context window and is priced at $0.25/M tokens input, $2/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Kimi K2 Thinking, from moonshotai, has a 262,144-token context window and is priced at $0.60/M tokens input, $2.50/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Context window

• Seed 1.6: 262,144 tokens
• Kimi K2 Thinking: 262,144 tokens

Price

• Seed 1.6: $0.25/M tokens input, $2/M tokens output
• Kimi K2 Thinking: $0.60/M tokens input, $2.50/M tokens output

Provided by

• Seed 1.6: bytedance-seed
• Kimi K2 Thinking: moonshotai

• Seed 1.6 model details, providers and pricing
• Kimi K2 Thinking model details, providers and pricing