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 Preview 2024 09-12
Kimi K3 vs O1 Preview 2024 09-12
Compare Kimi K3 from Moonshot AI and O1 Preview 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 Preview 2024 09-12
Input /M
$3
$15
Output /M
$15
$60
Cache read /M
$0.3
$7.5
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.
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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
kimi-k3o1-preview-2024-09-12
1360142014801540
Overall
14021486
Coding
14331531
Math
14091409
Hard prompts
14181505
Instruction following
14071479
Multi-turn
13861499
Creative writing
13811470
Longer query
14121502
Chinese
14301527
English
14111491
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.
Kimi K3
$405 /mo
O1 Preview 2024 09-12
$1,800 /mo
Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.
FAQ
Which is cheaper: Kimi K3, O1 Preview 2024 09-12?
Kimi K3: $15/M output tokens; O1 Preview 2024 09-12: $60/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.
How do their coding arena scores compare?
Kimi K3: 1531; O1 Preview 2024 09-12: 1433 (LMArena coding leaderboard).
Can I call Kimi K3 and O1 Preview 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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