Compare Coding MiniMax M2.5 (free) from Minimax 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.
Coding MiniMax M2.5 (free)
Kimi K3coding-minimax-m2.5-free is a free and open version offered by AIHubMix specifically for MiniMax users. To maintain stable service operations, the following usage limits apply: a maximum of 5 requests per minute, 500 total requests per day, and a daily quota of 1 million tokens.
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.
Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.
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Kimi K3: 1531; Coding MiniMax M2.5 (free): 1444 (LMArena coding leaderboard).
Coding MiniMax M2.5 (free) accepts 204,800 and Kimi K3 accepts 1,048,576 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 13,100 tokens on Coding MiniMax M2.5 (free) and 1,048,576 tokens on Kimi K3.
Coding MiniMax M2.5 (free) 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.
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