Models

CC MiniMax M2.5 Highspeed vs Kimi K3

Output tokens cost $0.10 per million on CC MiniMax M2.5 Highspeed and $15.00 per million on Kimi K3. Input tokens cost $0.10 per million on CC MiniMax M2.5 Highspeed and $3.00 per million on Kimi K3. Cached input tokens are billed at $0.10 per million on CC MiniMax M2.5 Highspeed and $0.30 per million on Kimi K3.

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CC MiniMax M2.5 Highspeed
Minimax · text → text

For Claude Code only

Input$0.10 /M
Output$0.10 /M
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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 MiniMax M2.5 Highspeed
Kimi K3
Input /M
$0.10
$3.00
Output /M
$0.10
$15.00
Cache read /M
$0.10
$0.30
Context length
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1,048,576
Max output
0
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
toolsfunction 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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Cost calculator

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

CC MiniMax M2.5 Highspeed
$7.50 /mo
Kimi K3
$405 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: CC MiniMax M2.5 Highspeed, Kimi K3?

CC MiniMax M2.5 Highspeed: $0.10/M output tokens; Kimi K3: $15.00/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

CC MiniMax M2.5 Highspeed accepts text input and supports 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 MiniMax M2.5 Highspeed 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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