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 Coder Plus
Kimi K3 vs Qwen3 Coder Plus
Output tokens cost $15.00 per million on Kimi K3 and $2.16 per million on Qwen3 Coder Plus. Input tokens cost $3.00 per million on Kimi K3 and $0.54 per million on Qwen3 Coder Plus. Cached input tokens are billed at $0.30 per million on Kimi K3 and $0.11 per million on Qwen3 Coder Plus. Context lengths are 1,048,576 tokens on Kimi K3 and 1,048,576 tokens on Qwen3 Coder Plus. Time to first token (TTFT) measured on AIHubMix is 0.9s on Kimi K3 and 2.5s on Qwen3 Coder Plus. Measured output throughput is 73.1 tok/s on Kimi K3 and 81.0 tok/s on Qwen3 Coder Plus.
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Qwen3 Coder Plus
Qwen · text → text
The code generation model based on Qwen3 has powerful Coding Agent capabilities, excels in tool invocation and environment interaction, and can achieve autonomous programming with outstanding coding abilities while also possessing general capabilities.The model adopts tiered pricing.
Input$0.54 /M
Output$2.16 /M
Pricing & Specifications
Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.
Kimi K3
Qwen3 Coder Plus
Input /M
$3.00
$0.54
Output /M
$15.00
$2.16
Cache read /M
$0.30
$0.11
Context length
1,048,576
1,048,576
Max output
1,048,576
65,536
Time to First Token
0.9 s
2.5 s
Throughput
73.1 tok/s
81.0 tok/s
Modalities
textimagevideo
text
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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Cost calculator
Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.
Qwen3 Coder Plus
$64.80 /mo
Kimi K3
$405 /mo
Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.
FAQ
Which is cheaper: Kimi K3, Qwen3 Coder Plus?
Qwen3 Coder Plus: $2.16/M output tokens; Kimi K3: $15.00/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.
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 Coder Plus accepts 1,048,576 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 1,048,576 tokens on Kimi K3 and 65,536 tokens on Qwen3 Coder Plus.
Which one generates tokens faster?
Qwen3 Coder Plus at 81.0 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 Coder Plus accepts text input and supports tool calling, function calling and structured outputs.
Can I call Kimi K3 and Qwen3 Coder Plus 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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