Models

Kimi K3 vs MiniMax M2.7

Compare Kimi K3 from Moonshot AI and MiniMax M2.7 from Minimax 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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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
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MiniMax M2.7
Minimax · text → text

MiniMax M2.7 can autonomously build complex Agent Harnesses and, leveraging capabilities such as Agent Teams, complex Skills, and the Tool Search tool, complete highly complex productivity tasks.

Input$0.30 /M
Output$1.18 /M

Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

Kimi K3
MiniMax M2.7
Input /M
$3.00
$0.30
Output /M
$15.00
$1.18
Cache read /M
$0.30
$0.06
Context length
1,048,576
200,000
Max output
1,048,576
128,000
Time to First Token
0.9 s
2.8 s
Throughput
73.1 tok/s
14.7 tok/s
Modalities
textimagevideo
text
Supported Parameters
thinkingfunction callingstructured outputs
thinkingtoolsfunction 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
kimi-k3minimax-m2.7
1340140014601520
Overall
14161486
Coding
14801531
Math
14231423
Hard prompts
14421505
Instruction following
14081479
Multi-turn
14271499
Creative writing
13631470
Longer query
14341502
Chinese
14461527
English
14371491

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.

MiniMax M2.7
$35.50 /mo
Kimi K3
$405 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Kimi K3, MiniMax M2.7?

MiniMax M2.7: $1.18/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; MiniMax M2.7: 1480 (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 MiniMax M2.7 accepts 200,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 1,048,576 tokens on Kimi K3 and 128,000 tokens on MiniMax M2.7.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Kimi K3 at 73.1 tok/s and MiniMax M2.7 at 14.7 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; MiniMax M2.7 accepts text input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs.

Can I call Kimi K3 and MiniMax M2.7 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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