Moonshotai Kimi K2.5 vs Qwen Qwen3.235b A22b Thinking 2507

Moonshotai Kimi K2.5 vs Qwen Qwen3.235b A22b Thinking 2507: Qwen Qwen3.235b A22b Thinking 2507 is cheaper by 50% on average. Moonshotai Kimi K2.5 from W&B Inference (262,144-token context, reasoning, tool calls) vs. Qwen Qwen3.235b A22b Thinking 2507 from Novita AI (131,072-token context, reasoning, tool calls). Use Agent Command Center to A/B both in shadow mode and pick the winner per workload.

Side-by-side cost

Live workload comparison

Same workload run through both models. The cheaper one is highlighted.

3,000
0262,144
400
0200,000
5,000
01,000,000
W&B Inference
$457/mo
Input $0.600/M · Output $3.00/M
Novita AI
$320/mo
Input $0.300/M · Output $3.00/M
At this workload, Qwen Qwen3.235b A22b Thinking 2507 is 30% cheaper than Moonshotai Kimi K2.5 — a savings of $137/month ($1,644/year).
Production recipe — Agent Command Center
strategy: cost-optimized
primary:
  model: qwen-qwen3-235b-a22b-thinking-2507
  provider: novita-ai
fallback:
  model: moonshotai-kimi-k2-5
  provider: wandb-inference
shadow: { sample_rate: 0.05 }   # mirror 5% of traffic to compare quality live
Moonshotai Kimi K2.5 Qwen Qwen3.235b A22b Thinking 2507
Input price $0.600/M $0.300/M
Output price $3.00/M $3.00/M
Context window 262,144 131,072
Max output 262,144 32,768
Function calling
Vision
Audio input
Reasoning
Prompt caching
Structured output
Pricing verified May 12, 2026 May 12, 2026
Cheaper option
~50% cheaper than Moonshotai Kimi K2.5
Larger context
262,144 tokens
More capabilities
4 of 6 capability flags advertised