The Qwen3 series open-source models include hybrid models, thinking models, and non-thinking models, with both reasoning capabilities and general abilities reaching industry SOTA levels at the same scale.
Bai Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct vs Kimi K3
Output tokens cost $1.10 per million on Bai Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct and $15.00 per million on Kimi K3. Input tokens cost $0.27 per million on Bai Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct and $3.00 per million on Kimi K3. Cached input tokens are billed at $0.27 per million on Bai Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct and $0.30 per million on Kimi K3. Context lengths are 131,000 tokens on Bai Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct and 1,048,576 tokens on Kimi K3. Time to first token (TTFT) measured on AIHubMix is 1.1s on Bai Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct and 0.9s on Kimi K3. Measured output throughput is 41.7 tok/s on Bai Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct and 73.1 tok/s on Kimi K3. On the LMArena coding leaderboard Bai Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct scores 1466 and Kimi K3 scores 1531.
Kimi K3 is Kimi’s flagship model for long-horizon coding and end-to-end knowledge work, with a 1M-token context window and industry-leading intelligence.
Pricing & Specifications
Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.
Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.
Activity Past 30 Days
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Performance Past 3 Days
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LMArena Benchmarks
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Source: LMArena (arena.ai) leaderboard, imported by AIHubMix. Models without published ratings are omitted per chart.
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FAQ
Which is cheaper: Bai Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct, Kimi K3?
Bai Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct: $1.10/M output tokens; Kimi K3: $15.00/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.
How do their coding arena scores compare?
Kimi K3: 1531; Bai Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct: 1466 (LMArena coding leaderboard).
Which responds faster?
Kimi K3: 0.9s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.
How large is each context window?
Bai Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct accepts 131,000 and Kimi K3 accepts 1,048,576 input tokens.
Which one generates tokens faster?
Kimi K3 at 73.1 tok/s and Bai Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct at 41.7 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.
Can I call Bai Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct and Kimi K3 with the same API key?
Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.
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