Across 44 shared benchmarks, DeepSeek-R1 scores higher on 24 and Kimi K2 Instruct on 20. The widest gap is Terminal-Bench, where Kimi K2 Instruct scores 44.5 against 5.7. Kimi K2 Instruct is the cheaper of the two on tracked API pricing ($0.60 against $1.35 per million input tokens).
Best tracked score per model per benchmark (default configuration; source-attributed). ↓ marks lower-is-better metrics. Open either model for its full surface, provenance and pricing. Quoted rates are the price-setter row we currently track for each model — its direct or vendor-official listing where one exists (direct, direct), otherwise the lowest tracked offer.