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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Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507
Kimi K3 vs Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507
Compare Kimi K3 from Moonshot AI and Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 from Qwen on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.
Kimi K3Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507+ Add model · 2/4
Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507
Qwen · text, image → text
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507
Input$0.28 /M
Output$1.12 /M
Pricing & Specifications
Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.
Kimi K3
Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507
Input /M
$3.00
$0.28
Output /M
$15.00
$1.12
Cache read /M
$0.30
$0.28
Context length
1,048,576
262,144
Max output
1,048,576
262,144
Time to First Token
0.9 s
1.0 s
Throughput
73.1 tok/s
96.5 tok/s
Modalities
textimagevideo
textimage
Supported Parameters
thinkingfunction callingstructured outputs
toolsfunction 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-k3qwen3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507
1360142014801540
Overall
14231486
Coding
14731531
Math
14191419
Hard prompts
14481505
Instruction following
14161479
Multi-turn
14381499
Creative writing
13811470
Longer query
14351502
Chinese
14721527
English
14311491
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.
Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507
$33.60 /mo
Kimi K3
$405 /mo
Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.
FAQ
Which is cheaper: Kimi K3, Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507?
Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507: $1.12/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; Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507: 1473 (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 Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 accepts 262,144 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 1,048,576 tokens on Kimi K3 and 262,144 tokens on Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507.
Which one generates tokens faster?
Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 at 96.5 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; Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 accepts text and image input and supports tool calling, function calling and structured outputs.
Can I call Kimi K3 and Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 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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