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Flint V1.0 (free) vs Kimi K3

Compare Flint V1.0 (free) from Recursive 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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Flint V1.0 (free)
Recursive · text → text

Flint is an open-weight mixture-of-experts model developed by Recursive for coding agents, featuring an expansive context length of 262,144 tokens. Built by Recursive's autoresearch system Eureka Machine, it operates with approximately 2.5B active parameters out of 40B total parameters. This model offers an efficient and powerful solution tailored for complex development workflows and agentic tasks.

Input$0 /M
Output$0 /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$2.84 /M
Output$14.2 /M
Cache read$0.284 /M

Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

Flint V1.0 (free)
Kimi K3
Input /M
$0
$2.84
Output /M
$0
$14.2
Cache read /M
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$0.284
Context length
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1,048,576
Max output
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1,048,576
Time to First Token
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0.6 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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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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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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Cost calculator

Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.

Flint V1.0 (free)
$0.00 /mo
Kimi K3
$383 /mo

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

FAQ

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

Flint V1.0 (free) accepts text input; Kimi K3 accepts text, image and video input and supports thinking, function calling and structured outputs.

Can I call Flint V1.0 (free) 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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