Models

Kimi K3 vs O3 Pro

Output tokens cost $15.00 per million on Kimi K3 and $80.00 per million on O3 Pro. Input tokens cost $3.00 per million on Kimi K3 and $20.00 per million on O3 Pro. Cached input tokens are billed at $0.30 per million on Kimi K3 and $20.00 per million on O3 Pro. Context lengths are 1,048,576 tokens on Kimi K3 and 200,000 tokens on O3 Pro. Time to first token (TTFT) measured on AIHubMix is 0.9s on Kimi K3 and 88.9s on O3 Pro. Measured output throughput is 73.1 tok/s on Kimi K3 and 12.6 tok/s on O3 Pro.

Moonshot AIKimi K3OpenAIO3 Pro
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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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O3 Pro
OpenAI · text, image → text

o3-pro This model only supports Requests API interface requests.The model's thinking time is relatively long, so the response will be slow.

Input$20.00 /M
Output$80.00 /M

Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

Kimi K3
O3 Pro
Input /M
$3.00
$20.00
Output /M
$15.00
$80.00
Cache read /M
$0.30
$20.00
Context length
1,048,576
200,000
Max output
1,048,576
100,000
Time to First Token
0.9 s
88.9 s
Throughput
73.1 tok/s
12.6 tok/s
Modalities
textimagevideo
textimage
Supported Parameters
thinkingfunction callingstructured outputs
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputs
API Formats
Released
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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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Cost calculator

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

Kimi K3
$405 /mo
O3 Pro
$2,400 /mo

Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Kimi K3, O3 Pro?

Kimi K3: $15.00/M output tokens; O3 Pro: $80.00/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

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.

How large is each context window?

Kimi K3 accepts 1,048,576 and O3 Pro accepts 200,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 1,048,576 tokens on Kimi K3 and 100,000 tokens on O3 Pro.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Kimi K3 at 73.1 tok/s and O3 Pro at 12.6 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

Kimi K3 accepts text, image and video input and supports thinking, function calling and structured outputs; O3 Pro accepts text and image input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs.

Can I call Kimi K3 and O3 Pro 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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