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Hy4 vs Kimi K3

Compare Hy4 from Hunyuan 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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Hunyuan logo
Hy4
Hunyuan · text, image → text

Tencent Hy4 preview is a Mixture-of-Experts language model designed for coding, office analysis, and scientific research. With a 1M-token context window, it supports complex software development, long-document analysis, and multi-step workflows. Compared with Hy3 preview, it expands model scale and context capacity while strengthening performance on practical productivity tasks.

Input$0.8823 /M
Output$2.647 /M
Cache read$0.4412 /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.

Hy4
Kimi K3
Input /M
$0.8823
$2.84
Output /M
$2.647
$14.2
Cache read /M
$0.4412
$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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0.9 s
Throughput
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73.1 tok/s
Modalities
textimage
textimagevideo
Supported Parameters
thinkingfunction callingstructured outputs
API Formats
Released
November 4, 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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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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Uptime (%)

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LMArena Benchmarks

LMArena ratings by capability (Bradley-Terry, commonly called Elo). Higher is better.

WebDev Arena
hy4kimi-k3
1520158016401700
Overall
16311656
React
16531672
HTML
16201641
Gaming
16981704
Simulations
16851701
Data analytics
15531580

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.

Hy4
$92.64 /mo
Kimi K3
$383 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Hy4, Kimi K3?

Hy4: $2.647/M output tokens; Kimi K3: $14.2/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

Hy4 accepts text and image input; Kimi K3 accepts text, image and video input and supports thinking, function calling and structured outputs.

Can I call Hy4 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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