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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Nvidia Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Kimi K3 vs Nvidia Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Compare Kimi K3 from Moonshot AI and Nvidia Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B from Nvidia 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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Pricing & Specifications
Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.
Kimi K3
Nvidia Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Input /M
$3
$0.066
Output /M
$15
$0.264
Cache read /M
$0.3
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Context length
1,048,576
0
Max output
1,048,576
0
Time to First Token
0.9 s
1.0 s
Throughput
73.1 tok/s
109.9 tok/s
Modalities
textimagevideo
Supported Parameters
thinkingfunction callingstructured outputs
API Formats
Released
July 16, 2026
December 15, 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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Tokens / day
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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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TTFT (s)
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Uptime (%)
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LMArena Benchmarks
LMArena ratings by capability (Bradley-Terry, commonly called Elo). Higher is better.
Text
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1220132014201520
Overall
13161486
Coding
13631531
Math
13531353
Hard prompts
13281505
Instruction following
12931479
Multi-turn
12991499
Creative writing
12491470
Longer query
12911502
Chinese
13591527
English
13451491
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.
Nvidia Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
$7.92 /mo
Kimi K3
$405 /mo
Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.
FAQ
Which is cheaper: Kimi K3, Nvidia Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
Nvidia Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: $0.264/M output tokens; Kimi K3: $15/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.
How do their coding arena scores compare?
Kimi K3: 1531; Nvidia Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 1363 (LMArena coding leaderboard).
Which responds faster?
Kimi K3: 0.9s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.
Which one generates tokens faster?
Nvidia Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B at 109.9 tok/s and Kimi K3 at 73.1 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.
Can I call Kimi K3 and Nvidia Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B 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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