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
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Kimi K3 vs MiniMax M3 (free)
Compare Kimi K3 from Moonshot AI and MiniMax M3 (free) from Minimax 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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MiniMax M3 (free)
Minimax · text, image → text
MiniMax-M3 is a versatile multimodal foundation model developed by MiniMax that supports text, image, and video inputs to generate text outputs. With a massive context window of 1,048,576 tokens, it is capable of processing and understanding vast amounts of information. This model is highly optimized for complex tasks, making it exceptionally well-suited for coding and long-horizon agentic workflows.
Input$0.00 /M
Output$0.00 /M
Pricing & Specifications
Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.
Kimi K3
MiniMax M3 (free)
Input /M
$3.00
$0.00
Output /M
$15.00
$0.00
Cache read /M
$0.30
$0.00
Context length
1,048,576
1,048,576
Max output
1,048,576
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Time to First Token
0.9 s
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Throughput
73.1 tok/s
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Modalities
textimagevideo
textimage
Supported Parameters
thinkingfunction callingstructured outputs
reasoninglong context
API Formats
chat_completions
Released
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Activity Past 30 Days
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Tokens / day
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Requests / day
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Performance Past 3 Days
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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.
MiniMax M3 (free)
$0.00 /mo
Kimi K3
$405 /mo
Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.
FAQ
How large is each context window?
Kimi K3 accepts 1,048,576 and MiniMax M3 (free) accepts 1,048,576 input tokens.
What inputs and capabilities does each model support?
Kimi K3 accepts text, image and video input and supports thinking, function calling and structured outputs; MiniMax M3 (free) accepts text and image input and supports reasoning and long context.
Can I call Kimi K3 and MiniMax M3 (free) 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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