Models

Kimi K3 vs Qwen3 4B

Compare Kimi K3 from Moonshot AI and Qwen3 4B 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.

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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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Qwen3 4B
Qwen · → text

Achieves effective integration of thinking and non-thinking modes, allowing mode switching during conversations. Its reasoning ability reaches state-of-the-art (SOTA) levels among models of the same scale, with significantly enhanced human preference alignment. There are notable improvements in creative writing, role-playing, multi-turn dialogue, and instruction following, resulting in a noticeably better user experience.

Input$0.05 /M
Output$0.46 /M

Pricing & Specifications

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

Kimi K3
Qwen3 4B
Input /M
$3.00
$0.05
Output /M
$15.00
$0.46
Cache read /M
$0.30
$0.00
Context length
1,048,576
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Max output
1,048,576
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Time to First Token
0.9 s
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Throughput
73.1 tok/s
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Modalities
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.

Qwen3 4B
$9.66 /mo
Kimi K3
$405 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Kimi K3, Qwen3 4B?

Qwen3 4B: $0.46/M output tokens; Kimi K3: $15.00/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

Can I call Kimi K3 and Qwen3 4B 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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