Models

Grok Vision Beta vs Kimi K3

Compare Grok Vision Beta from Grok 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.

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Grok Vision Beta
Grok · text, image → text

Input$5.60 /M
Output$16.80 /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.

Grok Vision Beta
Kimi K3
Input /M
$5.60
$3.00
Output /M
$16.80
$15.00
Cache read /M
$5.60
$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
textimage
textimagevideo
Supported Parameters
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.

Kimi K3
$405 /mo
Grok Vision Beta
$588 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Grok Vision Beta, Kimi K3?

Kimi K3: $15.00/M output tokens; Grok Vision Beta: $16.80/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

Grok Vision Beta accepts text and image input; Kimi K3 accepts text, image and video input and supports thinking, function calling and structured outputs.

Can I call Grok Vision Beta 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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