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DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest vs MoonshotAI: Kimi K3
Side-by-side comparison of specs, pricing, benchmark scores, and task rankings. Updated 2026-09-23.
| DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest | MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | ~deepseek | moonshotai |
| Quality Score | 99 | 100 |
| Benchmark Score | - | 73.9 |
| Input Price | $0.03/M | $3.00/M |
| Output Price | $0.80/M | $15.00/M |
| Context Window | 1,310,720 | 1,048,576 |
| Max Output | 943,718 | 943,718 |
| Tool Calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structured Output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reasoning Mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | - | ✓ |
| Audio | - | - |
| Benchmark Scores | ||
| ai_index | - | 71.9 |
Who wins by task?
| Task | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest | MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| SQL Generation | 133 | 140 |
| Code Review | 131 | 145 |
| Code Completion | 131 | 117 |
| Code Refactoring | 135 | 147 |
| Bug Fixing | 135 | 149 |
| Unit Test Generation | 123 | 132 |
| Code Documentation | 131 | 134 |
| Regex Writing | 119 | 123 |
| CI/CD Pipelines | 119 | 128 |
| Frontend Component Design | 91 | 130 |
| Data Analysis | 123 | 134 |
| CSV / Spreadsheet Cleanup | 133 | 135 |
| ETL Scripting | 127 | 138 |
| JSON Extraction | 131 | 120 |
| Bulk Data Labeling | 129 | 116 |
| OCR / Document Parsing | 85 | 134 |
| Table Extraction from PDFs | 85 | 134 |
| Long-Document Summarization | 137 | 147 |
| Short-Form Summarization | 123 | 116 |
| Blog Post Writing | 121 | 128 |
Scores reflect capability match + benchmark data + pricing for each task. Methodology →
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