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
← ModelsKimi K3
Qwen Plus 2025 07-28
Kimi K3 vs Qwen Plus 2025 07-28
Compare Kimi K3 from Moonshot AI and Qwen Plus 2025 07-28 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.
Kimi K3Qwen Plus 2025 07-28+ Add model · 2/4
Qwen Plus 2025 07-28
Qwen · → text
The Tongyi Qianwen series balanced capability model has inference performance and speed between Tongyi Qianwen-Max and Tongyi Qianwen-Turbo, making it suitable for moderately complex tasks. This model adopts tiered pricing.
Input$0.1126 /M
Output$1.126 /M
Cache read$0.0225 /M
Pricing & Specifications
Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.
Kimi K3
Qwen Plus 2025 07-28
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
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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
September 8, 2025
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-k3qwen-plus-2025-07-28
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 2025 07-28
$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 2025 07-28?
Qwen Plus 2025 07-28: $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 2025 07-28: 1380 (LMArena coding leaderboard).
Can I call Kimi K3 and Qwen Plus 2025 07-28 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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