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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Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
Kimi K3 vs Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
Compare Kimi K3 from Moonshot AI and Qwen2.5 14B Instruct 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
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
Input /M
$3
$0.4
Output /M
$15
$1.2
Cache read /M
$0.3
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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.
kimi-k3qwen2.5-14b-instruct
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-k3qwen2.5-14b-instruct
1220132014201520
Overall
13031486
Coding
13561531
Math
12961296
Hard prompts
13171505
Instruction following
12921479
Multi-turn
12991499
Creative writing
12541470
Longer query
13171502
Chinese
13211527
English
13161491
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.
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
$42.00 /mo
Kimi K3
$405 /mo
Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.
FAQ
Which is cheaper: Kimi K3, Qwen2.5 14B Instruct?
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: $1.2/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; Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: 1356 (LMArena coding leaderboard).
Can I call Kimi K3 and Qwen2.5 14B Instruct 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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