Models

Kimi K3 vs Nemotron Nano 12B V2 VL (free)

Context lengths are 1,048,576 tokens on Kimi K3 and 128,000 tokens on Nemotron Nano 12B V2 VL (free).

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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$3.00 /M
Output$15.00 /M
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Nemotron Nano 12B V2 VL (free)
Nvidia · text, image → text

Developed by Nvidia, Nemotron-Nano-12B-V2-VL-Free is a 12-billion-parameter open multimodal reasoning model designed for video understanding and document intelligence. It features a powerful 128,000-token context length to handle extensive visual and textual inputs. The model utilizes a hybrid Transformer-Mamba architecture, successfully combining transformer-level accuracy with Mamba's structural advantages.

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
Nemotron Nano 12B V2 VL (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
128,000
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
reasoningtool callinglong context
API Formats
chat_completions
Released
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October 28, 2025

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

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Cost calculator

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

Nemotron Nano 12B V2 VL (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 Nemotron Nano 12B V2 VL (free) accepts 128,000 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; Nemotron Nano 12B V2 VL (free) accepts text and image input and supports reasoning, tool calling and long context.

Can I call Kimi K3 and Nemotron Nano 12B V2 VL (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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