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Gemini 4 Carbon vs Kimi K3

Compare Gemini 4 Carbon 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 4 Carbon
Google · text → text

Gemini 4 Carbon is Google DeepMind’s multimodal model for complex coding, long-running agent workflows, and cybersecurity defense. Building on Gemini 4 Argon, it improves software engineering, vulnerability detection and remediation, multimodal understanding, and execution across challenging, multi-step tasks.

Input$2 /M
Output$10 /M
Cache read$0.1 /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.

Gemini 4 Carbon
Kimi K3
Input /M
$2
$2.84
Output /M
$10
$14.2
Cache read /M
$0.1
$0.284
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
November 11, 2026
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
gemini-4-carbonkimi-k3
1440150015601620
Overall
14881528
Coding
15401573
Math
14991525
Hard prompts
15171548
Instruction following
14901525
Multi-turn
15021559
Creative writing
14631515
Longer query
15031542
Chinese
15431588
English
14951523
WebDev Arena
gemini-4-carbonkimi-k3
15601640172018001880
Overall
16561768
React
16721791
HTML
16411780
Gaming
17041857
Simulations
16851859
Data analytics
15801667

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.

Gemini 4 Carbon
$270 /mo
Kimi K3
$383 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Gemini 4 Carbon, Kimi K3?

Gemini 4 Carbon: $10/M output tokens; Kimi K3: $14.2/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

Gemini 4 Carbon: 1573; Kimi K3: 1540 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

Gemini 4 Carbon accepts text input; Kimi K3 accepts text, image and video input and supports thinking, function calling and structured outputs.

Can I call Gemini 4 Carbon 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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