Compare/K2-V2 (medium) vs GPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning)

K2-V2 (medium)vsGPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning)

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, 12 benchmarks, and generation speed.

MBZUAI Institute of Foundation Models

K2-V2 (medium)

Input
$0/M
Output
$0/M
Speed
TTFT
OpenAI

GPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning)

Input
$0.75/M
Output
$4.5/M
Speed
202 tok/s
TTFT
0.45s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
K2-V2 (medium)
Faster (tok/s)
GPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning)
Lower Latency
K2-V2 (medium)
Benchmarks (5-6)
GPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning)

Pricing Comparison

MetricK2-V2 (medium)GPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning)
Input ($/M tokens)$0$0.75
Output ($/M tokens)$0$4.5
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
K2-V2 (medium)$0.00
GPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning)$1.20

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
K2-V2 (medium)
GPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning)
202 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
K2-V2 (medium)
GPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning)
0.45s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
18.723.3
Coding Index
14.025.3
Math Index
64.7
GPQA Diamond
59.8%60.6%
MMLU-Pro
76.1%
LiveCodeBench
54.1%
AIME 2025
64.7%
MATH-500
Humanity's Last Exam
4.4%5.7%
SciCode
25.2%39.6%
IFBench
55.1%38.8%
TerminalBench
8.3%18.2%
K2-V2 (medium)5 wins
6 winsGPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, K2-V2 (medium) or GPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning)?

K2-V2 (medium) is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.00/M tokens vs $1.69/M for GPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning).

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

GPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning) wins 6 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 5 for K2-V2 (medium). See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

GPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning) generates tokens faster at 202 tok/s vs 0 tok/s. K2-V2 (medium) also has lower time-to-first-token (0.00s vs 0.45s).

When should I use K2-V2 (medium) vs GPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning)?

Choose based on your priorities: K2-V2 (medium) for lower cost, GPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning) for stronger benchmark performance, and GPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.