Models

Gemini 2.5 Flash Image vs Kimi K3

Compare Gemini 2.5 Flash Image from Google 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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Gemini 2.5 Flash Image
Google · image, text → text

Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano-Banana) is a state-of-the-art image generation and editing model that enables seamless blending of multiple images into a single composition while maintaining character consistency for rich visual storytelling. It supports precise, targeted image transformations through natural language instructions and leverages built-in world knowledge for both image generation and editing, making it well suited for creative design, content production, advertising, and visual expression workflows.

Input$0.30 /M
Output$2.50 /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$3.00 /M
Output$15.00 /M

Pricing & Specifications

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

Gemini 2.5 Flash Image
Kimi K3
Input /M
$0.30
$3.00
Output /M
$2.50
$15.00
Cache read /M
$0.30
$0.30
Context length
32,800
1,048,576
Max output
8,000
1,048,576
Time to First Token
5.9 s
0.9 s
Throughput
76.8 tok/s
73.1 tok/s
Modalities
imagetext
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.

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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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Cost calculator

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

Gemini 2.5 Flash Image
$55.49 /mo
Kimi K3
$405 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, Kimi K3?

Gemini 2.5 Flash Image: $2.50/M output tokens; Kimi K3: $15.00/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

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.

How large is each context window?

Gemini 2.5 Flash Image accepts 32,800 and Kimi K3 accepts 1,048,576 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 8,000 tokens on Gemini 2.5 Flash Image and 1,048,576 tokens on Kimi K3.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Gemini 2.5 Flash Image at 76.8 tok/s and Kimi K3 at 73.1 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

Gemini 2.5 Flash Image accepts image and text input; Kimi K3 accepts text, image and video input and supports thinking, function calling and structured outputs.

Can I call Gemini 2.5 Flash Image 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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