DeepSeek-R1 vs Kimi-K2.5
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 6 August 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | DeepSeek-R1 | Kimi-K2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 684.5 B | 1,026.4 B |
| Architecture | DeepseekV3ForCausalLM | KimiK25ForConditionalGeneration |
| Context length | 163,840 | — |
| Licence | mit | other |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Unknown |
| Languages | — | — |
| Downloads 30d | 9,934,359 | 187,629 |
| Downloads all time | 46.8 M | 6.6 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-01-20 | 2026-01-27 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)
9.9 M185 K
DeepSeek-R1
Kimi-K2.5
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Kimi-K2.5 · fp16
877.8 GB / 24 GB
DeepSeek-R1 · fp16 @ 160K ctx
2,811.5 GB / 24 GB