Alicloud Minimax M2.5
Minimax · → text
Input$0.2876 /M
Output$1.1504 /M
Cache read$0.0575 /M
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Kimi K3
Alicloud Minimax M2.5 vs Kimi K3
Compare Alicloud Minimax M2.5 from Minimax and Kimi K3 from Moonshot AI 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 /M
Output$15 /M
Cache read$0.3 /M
Pricing & Specifications
Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.
Alicloud Minimax M2.5
Kimi K3
Input /M
$0.2876
$3
Output /M
$1.1504
$15
Cache read /M
$0.0575
$0.3
Context length
0
1,048,576
Max output
0
1,048,576
Time to First Token
2.2 s
0.9 s
Throughput
22.9 tok/s
73.1 tok/s
Modalities
textimagevideo
Supported Parameters
thinkingfunction callingstructured outputs
API Formats
Released
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July 16, 2026
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
alicloud-minimax-m2.5kimi-k3
1340140014601520
Overall
13911486
Coding
14451531
Math
13971397
Hard prompts
14161505
Instruction following
13801479
Multi-turn
13941499
Creative writing
13581470
Longer query
14031502
Chinese
14291527
English
14151491
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.
Alicloud Minimax M2.5
$34.51 /mo
Kimi K3
$405 /mo
Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.
FAQ
Which is cheaper: Alicloud Minimax M2.5, Kimi K3?
Alicloud Minimax M2.5: $1.1504/M output tokens; Kimi K3: $15/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.
How do their coding arena scores compare?
Kimi K3: 1531; Alicloud Minimax M2.5: 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.
Which one generates tokens faster?
Kimi K3 at 73.1 tok/s and Alicloud Minimax M2.5 at 22.9 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.
Can I call Alicloud Minimax M2.5 and Kimi K3 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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