Command R
Cohere · text → text
Input$0.64 /M
Output$1.92 /M
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Kimi K3
Command R vs Kimi K3
Output tokens cost $1.92 per million on Command R and $15.00 per million on Kimi K3. Input tokens cost $0.64 per million on Command R and $3.00 per million on Kimi K3. Cached input tokens are billed at $0.64 per million on Command R and $0.30 per million on Kimi K3. On the LMArena coding leaderboard Command R scores 1242 and Kimi K3 scores 1531.
Command RKimi K3+ Add model · 2/4
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
Pricing & Specifications
Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.
Command R
Kimi K3
Input /M
$0.64
$3.00
Output /M
$1.92
$15.00
Cache read /M
$0.64
$0.30
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
text
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.
command-rkimi-k3
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
command-rkimi-k3
11601260136014601560
Overall
12261486
Coding
12421531
Math
11761176
Hard prompts
12141505
Instruction following
11981479
Multi-turn
11961499
Creative writing
11951470
Longer query
12311502
Chinese
12371527
English
12371491
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.
Command R
$67.20 /mo
Kimi K3
$405 /mo
Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.
FAQ
Which is cheaper: Command R, Kimi K3?
Command R: $1.92/M output tokens; Kimi K3: $15.00/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.
How do their coding arena scores compare?
Kimi K3: 1531; Command R: 1242 (LMArena coding leaderboard).
What inputs and capabilities does each model support?
Command R accepts text input; Kimi K3 accepts text, image and video input and supports thinking, function calling and structured outputs.
Can I call Command R 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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