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Kimi K3 vs Mistral Large 4.0

Compare Kimi K3 from Moonshot AI and Mistral Large 4.0 from Mistral 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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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 /M
Output$15 /M
Cache read$0.3 /M
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Mistral Large 4.0
Mistral · text, image → text

Mistral Large 4 is Mistral AI’s frontier multimodal model with text and image input, designed for complex reasoning, coding, and agentic workflows. It supports tool calling and structured outputs, with a 512K-token context window and up to 256K output tokens, making it well suited for long-context and multi-step tasks. Compared with earlier Mistral large models, Mistral Large 4 places greater emphasis on multimodal understanding, extended context, and agentic execution.

Input$1.36 /M
Output$4.18 /M
Cache read$0.1399 /M

Pricing & Specifications

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

Kimi K3
Mistral Large 4.0
Input /M
$3
$1.36
Output /M
$15
$4.18
Cache read /M
$0.3
$0.1399
Context length
1,048,576
524,000
Max output
1,048,576
0
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
API Formats
Released
July 16, 2026
October 6, 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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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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Cost calculator

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

Mistral Large 4.0
$144 /mo
Kimi K3
$405 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Kimi K3, Mistral Large 4.0?

Mistral Large 4.0: $4.18/M output tokens; Kimi K3: $15/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How large is each context window?

Kimi K3 accepts 1,048,576 and Mistral Large 4.0 accepts 524,000 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; Mistral Large 4.0 accepts text and image input.

Can I call Kimi K3 and Mistral Large 4.0 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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