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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Qwen Plus
Kimi K3 vs Qwen Plus
Compare Kimi K3 from Moonshot AI and Qwen Plus from Qwen 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
Qwen Plus
Input /M
$3
$0.1126
Output /M
$15
$1.126
Cache read /M
$0.3
$0.0225
Context length
1,048,576
0
Max output
1,048,576
0
Time to First Token
0.9 s
0.7 s
Throughput
73.1 tok/s
58.5 tok/s
Modalities
textimagevideo
Supported Parameters
thinkingfunction callingstructured outputs
API Formats
Released
July 16, 2026
January 25, 2024
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-k3qwen-plus
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-k3qwen-plus
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-k3qwen-plus
1300138014601540
Overall
13461486
Coding
13801531
Math
13241324
Hard prompts
13531505
Instruction following
13321479
Multi-turn
13531499
Creative writing
13171470
Longer query
13621502
Chinese
13751527
English
13571491
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.
Qwen Plus
$23.65 /mo
Kimi K3
$405 /mo
Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.
FAQ
Which is cheaper: Kimi K3, Qwen Plus?
Qwen Plus: $1.126/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; Qwen Plus: 1380 (LMArena coding leaderboard).
Which responds faster?
Qwen Plus: 0.7s 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?
Kimi K3 at 73.1 tok/s and Qwen Plus at 58.5 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.
Can I call Kimi K3 and Qwen Plus 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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