Models

Coding MiniMax M2 vs Kimi K3

Output tokens cost $0.20 per million on Coding MiniMax M2 and $15.00 per million on Kimi K3. Input tokens cost $0.20 per million on Coding MiniMax M2 and $3.00 per million on Kimi K3. Cached input tokens are billed at $0.20 per million on Coding MiniMax M2 and $0.30 per million on Kimi K3. Context lengths are 204,800 tokens on Coding MiniMax M2 and 1,048,576 tokens on Kimi K3. On the LMArena coding leaderboard Coding MiniMax M2 scores 1385 and Kimi K3 scores 1531.

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Coding MiniMax M2
Minimax · text → text

coding-minimax-m2 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 10 requests per minute, 1,000 total requests per day, and a daily quota of 5 million tokens.204800

Input$0.20 /M
Output$0.20 /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.

Coding MiniMax M2
Kimi K3
Input /M
$0.20
$3.00
Output /M
$0.20
$15.00
Cache read /M
$0.20
$0.30
Context length
204,800
1,048,576
Max output
13,100
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
coding-minimax-m2kimi-k3
1260134014201500
Overall
13461486
Coding
13851531
Math
13551355
Hard prompts
13681505
Instruction following
13401479
Multi-turn
13641499
Creative writing
12881470
Longer query
13431502
Chinese
13871527
English
13711491

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.

Coding MiniMax M2
$15.00 /mo
Kimi K3
$405 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Coding MiniMax M2, Kimi K3?

Coding MiniMax M2: $0.20/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; Coding MiniMax M2: 1385 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

How large is each context window?

Coding MiniMax M2 accepts 204,800 and Kimi K3 accepts 1,048,576 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 13,100 tokens on Coding MiniMax M2 and 1,048,576 tokens on Kimi K3.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

Coding MiniMax M2 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 Coding MiniMax M2 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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