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xAI: Grok Latest vs MoonshotAI: Kimi Latest

Side-by-side comparison of specs, pricing, benchmark scores, and task rankings. Updated 2026-09-23.

xAI: Grok Latest MoonshotAI: Kimi Latest
Vendor~x-ai~moonshotai
Quality Score100100
Benchmark Score5.8-
Input Price$1.60/M$0.99/M
Output Price$4.80/M$12.75/M
Context Window500,0001,048,576
Max Output450,000943,718
Tool Calling
Structured Output
Reasoning Mode
Vision
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Benchmark Scores
ai_index11.4-

Who wins by task?

TaskxAI: Grok LatestMoonshotAI: Kimi Latest
SQL Generation 134 132
Code Review 134 132
Code Completion 118 129
Code Refactoring 137 136
Bug Fixing 138 136
Unit Test Generation 125 124
Code Documentation 131 129
Regex Writing 119 117
CI/CD Pipelines 121 120
Frontend Component Design 123 122
Data Analysis 125 124
CSV / Spreadsheet Cleanup 133 132
ETL Scripting 129 128
JSON Extraction 122 129
Bulk Data Labeling 120 125
OCR / Document Parsing 131 131
Table Extraction from PDFs 131 131
Long-Document Summarization 139 136
Short-Form Summarization 115 121
Blog Post Writing 122 120

Scores reflect capability match + benchmark data + pricing for each task. Methodology →

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