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.
Kimi K3 vs moonshotai/Kimi-Dev-72B
Compare Kimi K3 from Moonshot AI and moonshotai/Kimi-Dev-72B 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.
Kimi-Dev-72B is a new generation open-source programming large model that achieved a leading performance of 60.4% on SWE-bench Verified. Through large-scale reinforcement learning optimization, it can automatically fix code in real Docker environments, receiving rewards only when passing the complete test suite, thereby ensuring the correctness and robustness of solutions and aligning more closely with real software development standards.
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FAQ
Which is cheaper: Kimi K3, moonshotai/Kimi-Dev-72B?
moonshotai/Kimi-Dev-72B: $1.28/M output tokens; Kimi K3: $15/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.
Can I call Kimi K3 and moonshotai/Kimi-Dev-72B 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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