Models

CC GLM 5.1 vs Kimi K3

Compare CC GLM 5.1 from Z.AI and Kimi K3 from Moonshot AI on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.

Z.AICC GLM 5.1Moonshot AIKimi K3
Z.AI logo
CC GLM 5.1
Z.AI · text → text

Supports Claude native interface, can be directly requested in Claude Code.

Input$0.06 /M
Output$0.22 /M
Moonshot AI logo
Kimi K3
Moonshot AI · text, image, video → text

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.

Input$3.00 /M
Output$15.00 /M

Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

CC GLM 5.1
Kimi K3
Input /M
$0.06
$3.00
Output /M
$0.22
$15.00
Cache read /M
$0.06
$0.30
Context length
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1,048,576
Max output
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1,048,576
Time to First Token
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0.9 s
Throughput
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73.1 tok/s
Modalities
text
textimagevideo
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputs
thinkingfunction callingstructured outputs
API Formats
Released
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Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.

Activity Past 30 Days

Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.

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Tokens / day

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Requests / day

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Performance Past 3 Days

Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.

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Throughput (tok/s)

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TTFT (s)

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Uptime (%)

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LMArena Benchmarks

LMArena ratings by capability (Bradley-Terry, commonly called Elo). Higher is better.

Text
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1440148015201560
Overall
14721486
Coding
15241531
Math
14761476
Hard prompts
14961505
Instruction following
14651479
Multi-turn
14871499
Creative writing
14581470
Longer query
14871502
Chinese
15161527
English
14871491

Source: LMArena (arena.ai) leaderboard, imported by AIHubMix. Models without published ratings are omitted per chart.

Cost calculator

Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.

CC GLM 5.1
$6.90 /mo
Kimi K3
$405 /mo

Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.

FAQ

Which is cheaper: CC GLM 5.1, Kimi K3?

CC GLM 5.1: $0.22/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; CC GLM 5.1: 1524 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

CC GLM 5.1 accepts text input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs; Kimi K3 accepts text, image and video input and supports thinking, function calling and structured outputs.

Can I call CC GLM 5.1 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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