Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 vs Nova Micro Comparison

Comparing Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 and Nova Micro across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 outperforms in 1 benchmarks (GPQA), while Nova Micro is better at 0 benchmarks.

Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Nova Micro costs less

For input processing, Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 ($0.47/1M tokens) is 15.7x more expensive than Nova Micro ($0.03/1M tokens).

For output processing, Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 ($2.00/1M tokens) is 14.3x more expensive than Nova Micro ($0.14/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 is more expensive than Nova Micro.*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

Lowest available price from all providers

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Kimi K2-Thinking-0905

Input tokens$0.47

Output tokens$2.00

Best providerDeepinfra

Nova Micro

Input tokens$0.03

Output tokens$0.14

Best providerAWS Bedrock

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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 accepts 262,144 input tokens compared to Nova Micro's 128,000 tokens. Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 can generate longer responses up to 262,144 tokens, while Nova Micro is limited to 128,000 tokens.

Kimi K2-Thinking-0905

Input262,144 tokens

Output262,144 tokens

Nova Micro

Input128,000 tokens

Output128,000 tokens

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License

Usage and distribution terms

Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 is licensed under MIT, while Nova Micro uses a proprietary license.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Kimi K2-Thinking-0905

MIT

Open weights

Nova Micro

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 was released on 2025-09-05, while Nova Micro was released on 2024-11-20.

Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 is 10 months newer than Nova Micro.

Kimi K2-Thinking-0905

Sep 5, 2025

6 months ago

9mo newer

Nova Micro

Nov 20, 2024

1.3 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Provider Availability

Kimi K2-Thinking-0905 is available from DeepInfra, Novita, Fireworks. Nova Micro is available from Bedrock. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.