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Coding GLM 4.5 Air vs Kimi K3

Compare Coding GLM 4.5 Air from Z.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.

Z.AICoding GLM 4.5 AirMoonshot AIKimi K3
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Coding GLM 4.5 Air
Z.AI · text → text

Input$0.014 /M
Output$0.084 /M
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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.

Coding GLM 4.5 Air
Kimi K3
Input /M
$0.014
$3
Output /M
$0.084
$15
Cache read /M
-
$0.3
Context length
NaN
1,048,576
Max output
0
1,048,576
Time to First Token
7.9 s
0.9 s
Throughput
27.3 tok/s
73.1 tok/s
Modalities
text
textimagevideo
Supported Parameters
thinkingfunction callingstructured outputs
API Formats
Released
July 28, 2025
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
coding-glm-4.5-airkimi-k3
1340140014601520
Overall
14111486
Coding
14551531
Math
14131413
Hard prompts
14331505
Instruction following
14051479
Multi-turn
14061499
Creative writing
13741470
Longer query
14171502
Chinese
14401527
English
14201491

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.

Coding GLM 4.5 Air
$2.10 /mo
Kimi K3
$405 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Coding GLM 4.5 Air, Kimi K3?

Coding GLM 4.5 Air: $0.084/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; Coding GLM 4.5 Air: 1455 (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 Coding GLM 4.5 Air at 27.3 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

Coding GLM 4.5 Air accepts text input; Kimi K3 accepts text, image and video input and supports thinking, function calling and structured outputs.

Can I call Coding GLM 4.5 Air 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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