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.
Kimi K3 vs MiMo V2 Flash (free)
Context lengths are 1,048,576 tokens on Kimi K3 and 256,000 tokens on MiMo V2 Flash (free). Time to first token (TTFT) measured on AIHubMix is 0.9s on Kimi K3 and 1.6s on MiMo V2 Flash (free). Measured output throughput is 73.1 tok/s on Kimi K3 and 130.4 tok/s on MiMo V2 Flash (free). On the LMArena coding leaderboard Kimi K3 scores 1531 and MiMo V2 Flash (free) scores 1445.
MiMo V2 Flash (free)MiMo-V2-Flash is an open-source foundation language model developed by Xiaomi. It adopts a MoE architecture with 309B total parameters and 15B active parameters per inference, balancing performance and efficiency. The model features a hybrid attention architecture, supports a hybrid-thinking toggle, and offers a 256K context window, enabling strong capabilities in complex reasoning, code generation, and agent-based scenarios. On SWE-bench Verified and SWE-bench Multilingual, MiMo-V2-Flash ranks #1 among open-source models globally, delivering performance comparable to Claude Sonnet 4.5 while costing only about 3.5% as much.
Pricing & Specifications
Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.
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Performance Past 3 Days
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LMArena Benchmarks
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Source: LMArena (arena.ai) leaderboard, imported by AIHubMix. Models without published ratings are omitted per chart.
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FAQ
How do their coding arena scores compare?
Kimi K3: 1531; MiMo V2 Flash (free): 1445 (LMArena coding leaderboard).
Which responds faster?
Kimi K3: 0.9s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.
How large is each context window?
Kimi K3 accepts 1,048,576 and MiMo V2 Flash (free) accepts 256,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 1,048,576 tokens on Kimi K3 and 256,000 tokens on MiMo V2 Flash (free).
Which one generates tokens faster?
MiMo V2 Flash (free) at 130.4 tok/s and Kimi K3 at 73.1 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.
What inputs and capabilities does each model support?
Kimi K3 accepts text, image and video input and supports thinking, function calling and structured outputs; MiMo V2 Flash (free) accepts text input and supports web search.
Can I call Kimi K3 and MiMo V2 Flash (free) 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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