CC Kimi K2 Thinking
Moonshot AI · → text
Dedicated for Claude Code
Input$0.548 /M
Output$2.192 /M
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CC Kimi K2 Thinking vs Kimi K3
Compare CC Kimi K2 Thinking from Moonshot AI 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.
CC Kimi K2 Thinking
Kimi K3
Input /M
$0.548
$3
Output /M
$2.192
$15
Cache read /M
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$0.3
Context length
0
1,048,576
Max output
0
1,048,576
Time to First Token
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0.9 s
Throughput
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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
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1360142014801540
Overall
14181486
Coding
14671531
Math
14161416
Hard prompts
14371505
Instruction following
13901479
Multi-turn
14041499
Creative writing
13821470
Longer query
14031502
Chinese
14541527
English
14231491
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.
CC Kimi K2 Thinking
$65.76 /mo
Kimi K3
$405 /mo
Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.
FAQ
Which is cheaper: CC Kimi K2 Thinking, Kimi K3?
CC Kimi K2 Thinking: $2.192/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; CC Kimi K2 Thinking: 1467 (LMArena coding leaderboard).
Can I call CC Kimi K2 Thinking 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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