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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O1 Mini 2024 09-12
Kimi K3 vs O1 Mini 2024 09-12
Compare Kimi K3 from Moonshot AI and O1 Mini 2024 09-12 from OpenAI 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
O1 Mini 2024 09-12
Input /M
$3
$3
Output /M
$15
$12
Cache read /M
$0.3
$1.5
Context length
1,048,576
0
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
Supported Parameters
thinkingfunction callingstructured outputs
API Formats
Released
July 16, 2026
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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.
kimi-k3o1-mini-2024-09-12
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.
kimi-k3o1-mini-2024-09-12
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
kimi-k3o1-mini-2024-09-12
1260134014201500
Overall
13371486
Coding
13881531
Math
13621362
Hard prompts
13611505
Instruction following
13321479
Multi-turn
13241499
Creative writing
12811470
Longer query
13441502
Chinese
13491527
English
13541491
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.
O1 Mini 2024 09-12
$360 /mo
Kimi K3
$405 /mo
Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.
FAQ
Which is cheaper: Kimi K3, O1 Mini 2024 09-12?
O1 Mini 2024 09-12: $12/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; O1 Mini 2024 09-12: 1388 (LMArena coding leaderboard).
Can I call Kimi K3 and O1 Mini 2024 09-12 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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