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GPT 6 Luna vs Kimi K3

Compare GPT 6 Luna from OpenAI 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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GPT 6 Luna
OpenAI · text, image → text

GPT-6 Luna is OpenAI's latest and most efficient model, designed for focused, high-throughput tasks.

Input$0.1 /M
Output$0.5 /M
Cache read$0.01 /M
Moonshot AI logo
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.

GPT 6 Luna
Kimi K3
Input /M
$0.1
$2.84
Output /M
$0.5
$14.2
Cache read /M
$0.01
$0.284
Context length
1,050,000
1,048,576
Max output
128,000
1,048,576
Time to First Token
5.8 s
0.9 s
Throughput
66.0 tok/s
73.1 tok/s
Modalities
textimage
textimagevideo
Supported Parameters
thinkingfunction callingstructured outputs
API Formats
Released
September 23, 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
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1380144015001560
Overall
14411488
Coding
15061540
Math
14471499
Hard prompts
14641517
Instruction following
14381490
Multi-turn
14411502
Creative writing
14101463
Longer query
14511503
Chinese
14831543
English
14491495
WebDev Arena
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1520158016401700
Overall
15791656
React
15751672
HTML
15951641
Gaming
16151704
Simulations
16121685
Data analytics
15411580

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.

GPT 6 Luna
$13.50 /mo
Kimi K3
$383 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: GPT 6 Luna, Kimi K3?

GPT 6 Luna: $0.5/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?

Kimi K3: 1540; GPT 6 Luna: 1506 (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.

How large is each context window?

GPT 6 Luna accepts 1,050,000 and Kimi K3 accepts 1,048,576 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 128,000 tokens on GPT 6 Luna and 1,048,576 tokens on Kimi K3.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Kimi K3 at 73.1 tok/s and GPT 6 Luna at 66.0 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

GPT 6 Luna accepts text and image input; Kimi K3 accepts text, image and video input and supports thinking, function calling and structured outputs.

Can I call GPT 6 Luna 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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