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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Qianfan Qi VL
Kimi K3 vs Qianfan Qi VL
Compare Kimi K3 from Moonshot AI and Qianfan Qi VL from Baidu 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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Qianfan Qi VL
Baidu · → text
The Qianfan-QI-VL model is a proprietary image quality inspection and visual understanding large model (Quality Inspection Large Vision Language Model, Qianfan-QI-VL) developed by Baidu Cloud’s Qianfan platform. It is designed for quality inspection of product images uploaded in e-commerce scenarios, with detection capabilities including AIGC human defect detection, mosaic recognition, watermark recognition, and trademark detection.
Input$0.2 /M
Output$0.6 /M
Pricing & Specifications
Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.
Kimi K3
Qianfan Qi VL
Input /M
$3
$0.2
Output /M
$15
$0.6
Cache read /M
$0.3
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Context length
1,048,576
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Max output
1,048,576
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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
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Requests / day
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Performance Past 3 Days
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Throughput (tok/s)
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Cost calculator
Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.
Qianfan Qi VL
$21.00 /mo
Kimi K3
$405 /mo
Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.
FAQ
Which is cheaper: Kimi K3, Qianfan Qi VL?
Qianfan Qi VL: $0.6/M output tokens; Kimi K3: $15/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.
Can I call Kimi K3 and Qianfan Qi VL 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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