Kimi K3

Kimi K3 is a 2.8T parameter open-weight multimodal reasoning model from Moonshot AI. It is suited for complex coding, knowledge work, and long-horizon agentic workflows, and is particularly strong at navigating large repositories, using tools, debugging, and iterating against images, logs, tests, and runtime feedback. Its architecture uses KDA and Attention Residuals for computational efficiency.

moonshotai/kimi-k3
Organization
Moonshot AI
Family
kimi-k3
Providers
76
Context
1,048,576
Output limit
131,072
Knowledge
—
Release
2026-07-16
Updated
2026-07-16
Weights
Open
Input
text, image, video
Output
text
Capabilities
Tools, Reasoning, Structured

Providers

Compare every cataloged offer for this model, including its provider, route, token limits, price, and capabilities.

126 offers · USD per million tokens
ProviderModel IDContextOutputInput / output · 1MReasoningToolsStructuredDetails
302.AI
kimi-k3
1,048,576131,072$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Abacus
moonshotai/Kimi-K3
1,048,576131,072$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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ai&
moonshotai/kimi-k3
1,048,576131,072$3.00 / $12.50YesYesYes
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AIHubMix
kimi-k3
1,048,576131,072$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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ainetcafe
Kimi-K3
262,14432,768$2.10 / $10.50YesYesYes
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Alibaba
kimi-k3
1,048,5761,048,576$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Alibaba (China)
kimi-k3
1,048,5761,048,576$2.827 / $14.133YesYesYes
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Amazon Bedrock
us.moonshotai.kimi-k3
1,048,576128,000$3.30 / $16.50YesYesYes
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Amazon Bedrock
global.moonshotai.kimi-k3
1,048,576128,000$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Arcee
moonshotai/kimi-k3
1,048,576131,072$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Baseten
moonshotai/Kimi-K3
1,048,576262,144$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Berget.AI
moonshotai/Kimi-K3
327,68032,768$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Charm Hyper
kimi-k3
1,048,57616,000$3.2664 / $16.332YesYesYes
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Chutes
moonshotai/Kimi-K3-TEE
1,048,57665,535$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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ClinePass
cline-pass/kimi-k3
1,048,576131,072$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Cloudflare AI Gateway
moonshotai/kimi-k3
1,048,576131,072$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Cortecs
kimi-k3
1,048,5761,048,576$3.00 / $14.999YesYesYes
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CrofAI
kimi-k3-eco
1,000,000131,072$1.00 / $4.00YesYesYes
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CrofAI
kimi-k3
1,000,000262,144$2.00 / $8.00YesYesYes
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CrossModel
moonshot/kimi-k3
1,048,5761,048,576$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Deep Infra
moonshotai/Kimi-K3
1,048,576131,072$2.85 / $14.25YesYesYes
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DevPass (LLM Gateway)
kimi-k3
1,048,576131,072$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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DevPass (LLM Gateway)
kimi-k3-fast
1,040,384131,072$4.50 / $22.50YesYesYes
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DigitalOcean
kimi-k3
1,048,576131,072$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Eden AI
moonshot/kimi-k3
1,048,576131,072$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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EmpirioLabs AI
kimi-k3
1,000,000131,072$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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engy
kimi-k3
1,113,08865,536$1.95 / $9.75YesYesYes
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Fireworks AI
accounts/fireworks/models/kimi-k3
1,048,576131,072$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Fireworks AI
accounts/fireworks/routers/kimi-k3-fast
1,048,576131,072$4.50 / $22.50YesYesYes
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Fireworks AI
accounts/fireworks/routers/kimi-latest
1,048,576131,072$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Fireworks AI
accounts/fireworks/routers/kimi-fast-latest
1,048,576131,072$4.50 / $22.50YesYesYes
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GitHub Copilot
kimi-k3
1,048,576131,072$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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GreenPT
kimi-k3
1,048,576131,072$3.762 / $18.81YesYesYes
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Hugging Face
moonshotai/Kimi-K3
1,000,000131,072$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Impossibl
moonshotai/kimi-k3
1,048,576131,072$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Inco
kimi-k3:fast
1,048,576131,072$6.00 / $30.00YesYesYes
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IteraCompute
moonshotai/kimi-k3
1,048,576999,999$3.00 / $14.90YesYesNo
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Jalapeno Cloud
Kimi-K3
1,048,576131,072$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Kenari
kimi-k3
1,048,576131,072$0.00 / $0.00YesYesYes
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Kilo Gateway
moonshotai/kimi-k3
1,048,576943,718$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Kimi For Coding (kimi.ai)
k3-256k
262,144131,072$0.00 / $0.00YesYesYes
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Kimi For Coding (kimi.ai)
k3
1,048,576131,072$0.00 / $0.00YesYesYes
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Kimi For Coding (kimi.com)
k3-256k
262,144131,072$0.00 / $0.00YesYesYes
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Kimi For Coding (kimi.com)
k3
1,048,576131,072$0.00 / $0.00YesYesYes
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LLM Gateway
aws-bedrock/kimi-k3
1,048,5761,048,576$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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LLM Gateway
together-ai/kimi-k3
1,000,0001,000,000$3.00 / $15.00YesYesNo
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LLM Gateway
novita/kimi-k3
1,048,5761,048,576$3.00 / $15.00YesYesNo
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LLM Gateway
scx-ai-gp/kimi-k3
1,048,5761,048,576$3.50 / $18.00YesYesYes
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LLM Gateway
tencent/kimi-k3
1,048,5761,048,576$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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LLM Gateway
fireworks/kimi-k3
1,040,3841,040,384$3.00 / $15.00YesYesNo
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LLM Gateway
canopywave/kimi-k3
1,048,5761,048,576$3.00 / $15.00YesYesNo
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LLM Gateway
runpod/kimi-k3
1,048,5761,048,576$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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LLM Gateway
runware/kimi-k3
1,048,5761,048,576$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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LLM Gateway
moonshot/kimi-k3
1,048,5761,048,576$3.00 / $15.00YesYesNo
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LLM Gateway
alibaba/kimi-k3
1,048,5761,048,576$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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LLM Gateway
fireworks/kimi-k3-fast
1,040,3841,040,384$4.50 / $22.50YesYesNo
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Melious
kimi-k3
1,000,000131,072$3.1878 / $15.939YesYesYes
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Merge Gateway
moonshot/kimi-k3
1,048,5761,048,576$2.90 / $14.00YesYesYes
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Modal
moonshotai/Kimi-K3
1,048,576131,072$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Moonshot AI
kimi-k3
1,048,5761,048,576$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Moonshot AI (China)
kimi-k3
1,048,5761,048,576$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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NanoGPT
TEE/kimi-k3
1,048,57665,535$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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NanoGPT
moonshotai/kimi-k3
1,048,576943,718$2.00 / $10.00YesYesYes
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Nebius Token Factory
moonshotai/Kimi-K3
1,048,5768,000$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Neon
kimi-k3
1,048,57665,536$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Neuralwatt
kimi-k3-flex
1,048,5601,048,560$1.95 / $9.75YesYesYes
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Neuralwatt
kimi-k3
1,048,5601,048,560$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Neuralwatt
kimi-k3-fast
1,048,5601,048,560$3.00 / $15.00NoYesYes
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NovitaAI
moonshotai/kimi-k3
1,048,5761,048,576$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Nvidia
moonshotai/kimi-k3
1,048,576131,072$0.00 / $0.00YesYesYes
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Ofox
moonshotai/kimi-k3
1,048,576131,072$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Ollama Cloud
kimi-k3
1,048,576131,072$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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OpenCode Go
kimi-k3
1,048,576131,072$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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OpenCode Zen
kimi-k3
1,048,576131,072$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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AkashMLvia OpenRouter
moonshotai/kimi-k3
fp4
1,048,576943,718$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Alibabavia OpenRouter
moonshotai/kimi-k3
unknown
1,048,576131,072$3.45 / $17.25YesYesYes
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Amazon Bedrockvia OpenRouter
moonshotai/kimi-k3
unknown
1,048,576128,000$3.00 / $15.00YesYesNo
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BaseTenvia OpenRouter
moonshotai/kimi-k3
fp8
1,048,576262,144$3.00 / $15.00YesYesNo
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Chutesvia OpenRouter
moonshotai/kimi-k3
mxfp4
1,048,57665,535$3.00 / $15.00YesNoYes
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Decartvia OpenRouter
moonshotai/kimi-k3
mxfp4
1,048,576943,718$2.25 / $11.25YesYesYes
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DeepInfravia OpenRouter
moonshotai/kimi-k3
mxfp4
1,048,576943,718$2.85 / $14.25YesYesYes
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DigitalOceanvia OpenRouter
moonshotai/kimi-k3
unknown
1,048,576943,718$2.55 / $12.95YesYesNo
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Fireworksvia OpenRouter
moonshotai/kimi-k3
unknown
1,048,576943,718$4.50 / $22.50YesYesYes
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Fireworksvia OpenRouter
moonshotai/kimi-k3
unknown
1,048,576943,718$4.50 / $22.50YesNoYes
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Fireworksvia OpenRouter
moonshotai/kimi-k3
unknown
1,048,576943,718$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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InferenceNetvia OpenRouter
moonshotai/kimi-k3
fp4
250,000225,000$3.50 / $20.00YesYesYes
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InferenceNetvia OpenRouter
moonshotai/kimi-k3
fp4
1,048,576943,718$0.72 / $13.00YesYesYes
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Makoravia OpenRouter
moonshotai/kimi-k3
unknown
1,048,576943,718$2.04 / $12.75YesYesYes
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Modalvia OpenRouter
moonshotai/kimi-k3
mxfp4
1,048,576943,718$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Moonshot AIvia OpenRouter
moonshotai/kimi-k3
mxfp4
1,048,576943,718$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Morphvia OpenRouter
moonshotai/kimi-k3
fp8
1,048,576943,718$1.25 / $11.822YesYesYes
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Parasailvia OpenRouter
moonshotai/kimi-k3
fp4
1,048,576943,718$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Phalavia OpenRouter
moonshotai/kimi-k3
unknown
1,048,576943,718$2.25 / $11.25YesYesYes
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Relacevia OpenRouter
moonshotai/kimi-k3
fp4
1,048,576943,718$0.6438 / $13.00YesYesNo
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Sail Researchvia OpenRouter
moonshotai/kimi-k3
fp4
1,048,576943,718$2.80 / $14.00YesYesYes
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Togethervia OpenRouter
moonshotai/kimi-k3
unknown
1,048,576943,718$2.70 / $13.50YesYesYes
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Wafervia OpenRouter
moonshotai/kimi-k3
unknown
1,048,576943,718$0.73 / $13.00YesYesYes
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Wafervia OpenRouter
moonshotai/kimi-k3
unknown
1,048,576943,718$2.80 / $14.00YesYesYes
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Opper
kimi-k3
1,048,576131,072$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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OrcaRouter
kimi/kimi-k3
1,048,576131,072$3.30 / $16.50YesYesYes
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Perplexity Agent
moonshot-ai/kimi-k3
1,048,576131,072$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Pioneer
moonshotai/Kimi-K3
1,000,000131,072$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Pioneer
moonshotai/Kimi-K3-Fast
1,000,000131,072$4.50 / $22.50YesYesYes
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Requesty
kimi-k3@eu
1,048,576262,144$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Requesty
kimi-k3
1,048,576262,144$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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SCNet Token Plan
Kimi-K3
1,048,576131,072$0.00 / $0.00YesYesYes
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SenseNova (China)
kimi-k3
1,048,57665,536$0.00 / $0.00YesYesYes
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SiliconFlow
moonshotai/Kimi-K3
1,048,576262,000$2.70 / $13.50YesYesYes
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Synthetic
hf:moonshotai/Kimi-K3
524,28865,536$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Tempr Gateway
moonshot/kimi-k3
1,048,576131,072$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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TensorX
moonshotai/kimi-k3
1,048,576131,072$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Tinfoil
kimi-k3
262,144131,072$4.00 / $20.00YesYesYes
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Together AI
moonshotai/Kimi-K3
1,048,576131,072$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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TokenGo
moonshotai/kimi-k3
1,048,576131,072$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Umans AI
umans-kimi-k3
1,048,576131,072$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Umans AI Coding Plan
umans-kimi-k3
1,048,576131,072$0.00 / $0.00YesYesYes
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Vancine
kimi-k3
1,048,576131,072$2.40 / $12.00YesYesYes
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Venice AI
kimi-k3
1,000,000131,072$3.75 / $18.75YesYesYes
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Venice AI
kimi-k3-fast-api
1,000,000131,072$4.50 / $22.50YesYesYes
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Vercel AI Gateway
moonshotai/kimi-k3
1,000,000131,072$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Vercel AI Gateway
moonshotai/kimi-k3-fast
1,000,000131,072$4.50 / $22.50YesYesYes
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Vivgrid
kimi-k3
1,000,000131,072$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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Volcengine Ark Coding Plan
kimi-k3
1,048,576131,072$0.00 / $0.00YesYesYes
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Wallaby
moonshotai/kimi-k3
1,048,576131,072$2.70 / $13.50YesYesYes
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ZenMux
moonshotai/kimi-k3
1,048,576131,072$3.00 / $15.00YesYesYes
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ZenMux
moonshotai/kimi-k3-free
1,048,576131,072$0.00 / $0.00YesYesYes
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Prices and limits apply to each offer. A dash means the value is not provided. OpenRouter offers show the hosting provider and routing channel separately.

Pricing

Compare token rates and cache charges across available routes and hosting configurations.

USD per million tokens
Input from$0.00Per 1M input tokens
Output from$0.00Per 1M output tokens
Available offers126Across 76 providers

Lowest listed input and output prices across the offers above; they may belong to different providers. These are base rates, before conditional pricing, discounts or additional fees.

Endpoint price comparisonLatest observed snapshot · 10 lowest-priced configurations
InputOutput
Relacerelace/fp4
$0.6438$13.00
InferenceNetinference-net/fp4
$0.72$13.00
Waferwafer
$0.73$13.00
Morphmorph/fp8
$1.25$11.822
Makoramakora
$2.04$12.75
Decartdecart/mxfp4
$2.25$11.25
Phalaphala
$2.25$11.25
DigitalOceandigitalocean
$2.55$12.95
Togethertogether
$2.70$13.50
Sail Researchsail-research/fp4
$2.80$14.00
moonshotai/kimi-k3Observed
Input
$0.72
Output
$13.00
Cache read
$0.70
Hosting prices through OpenRouter All endpoints and cache rates
EndpointInput / 1MOutput / 1MCache read / 1MCache write / 1M
AkashMLakashml/fp4$3.00$15.00$0.30—
Alibabaalibaba$3.45$17.25$0.345—
Amazon Bedrockamazon-bedrock/us-east-2$3.00$15.00$0.30$3.75
BaseTenbaseten/fp8$3.00$15.00$0.30—
Chuteschutes/mxfp4$3.00$15.00$0.30—
Decartdecart/mxfp4$2.25$11.25$0.225—
DeepInfradeepinfra/mxfp4$2.85$14.25$0.285—
DigitalOceandigitalocean$2.55$12.95$0.255—
Fireworksfireworks/us$4.50$22.50$0.45—
Fireworksfireworks/fast$4.50$22.50$0.45—
Fireworksfireworks$3.00$15.00$0.30—
InferenceNetinference-net/fast$3.50$20.00$0.45—
InferenceNetinference-net/fp4$0.72$13.00$0.70—
Makoramakora$2.04$12.75$0.204—
Modalmodal/mxfp4$3.00$15.00$0.30—
Moonshot AImoonshotai/mxfp4$3.00$15.00$0.30—
Morphmorph/fp8$1.25$11.822$0.29—
Parasailparasail/fp4$3.00$15.00$0.30—
Phalaphala$2.25$11.25$0.225—
Relacerelace/fp4$0.6438$13.00$0.45—
Sail Researchsail-research/fp4$2.80$14.00$0.30—
Togethertogether$2.70$13.50$0.27—
Waferwafer$0.73$13.00$0.30—
Waferwafer/us$2.80$14.00$0.30—

Each row is a hosting configuration. Open an offer in Providers for its full pricing conditions and additional fees. Endpoint observations may differ from the routing catalog's base price.

Performance

Review reported latency and output-throughput percentiles from the latest observed rolling window.

Latest 30-minute observation

Time to first token · milliseconds

Latency distributionRolling 30-minute snapshot · 6 endpoints
P50P75P90P99
AkashMLakashml/fp4
1,102–3,553.3 ms
Alibabaalibaba
1,949.5–6,994.56 ms
Amazon Bedrockamazon-bedrock/us-east-2
1,686.5–11,688.82 ms
BaseTenbaseten/fp8
1,836.5–12,626.2 ms
Chuteschutes/mxfp4
1,693–17,361.82 ms
Decartdecart/mxfp4
554.5–5,871.1 ms
All latency percentiles 21 endpoints
EndpointP50P75P90P99
AkashMLakashml/fp41,102 ms1,661.5 ms2,535 ms3,553.3 ms
Alibabaalibaba1,949.5 ms2,575 ms3,401.7 ms6,994.56 ms
Amazon Bedrockamazon-bedrock/us-east-21,686.5 ms2,452.25 ms4,073.1 ms11,688.82 ms
BaseTenbaseten/fp81,836.5 ms2,831.5 ms4,161 ms12,626.2 ms
Chuteschutes/mxfp41,693 ms2,416.5 ms4,337.8 ms17,361.82 ms
Decartdecart/mxfp4554.5 ms723.75 ms951.5 ms5,871.1 ms
DeepInfradeepinfra/mxfp41,144 ms1,717.5 ms2,365.6 ms4,332.26 ms
DigitalOceandigitalocean1,013 ms1,548 ms2,242 ms3,282.2 ms
Fireworksfireworks/us3,006 ms5,026 ms6,621.2 ms12,270.76 ms
Fireworksfireworks/fast873.5 ms1,141.5 ms1,559.5 ms4,833.75 ms
Fireworksfireworks1,559 ms2,547 ms3,555.7 ms5,037.99 ms
InferenceNetinference-net/fast606 ms906 ms1,343 ms3,587.4 ms
InferenceNetinference-net/fp41,035 ms1,578 ms2,707.6 ms8,925.21 ms
Makoramakora1,400.5 ms2,758.5 ms5,050 ms16,225.05 ms
Modalmodal/mxfp4888 ms1,572 ms2,420.8 ms14,370.08 ms
Moonshot AImoonshotai/mxfp44,354 ms6,116.5 ms9,669 ms27,036.88 ms
Parasailparasail/fp41,675 ms3,272 ms5,814.4 ms27,418.11 ms
Phalaphala1,678 ms3,378 ms6,335.4 ms28,633.46 ms
Togethertogether1,276 ms2,179.25 ms3,331 ms8,686.52 ms
Waferwafer873.5 ms1,749.75 ms4,247.5 ms19,800.7 ms
Waferwafer/us913 ms1,440.25 ms5,450.5 ms35,006.75 ms

Output throughput · tokens per second

Throughput distributionRolling 30-minute snapshot · 6 endpoints
P50P75P90P99
AkashMLakashml/fp4
65–98.14 t/s
Alibabaalibaba
49–74 t/s
Amazon Bedrockamazon-bedrock/us-east-2
97–200.7 t/s
BaseTenbaseten/fp8
67–155.9 t/s
Chuteschutes/mxfp4
20–31.16 t/s
Decartdecart/mxfp4
87–179.5 t/s
All throughput percentiles 21 endpoints
EndpointP50P75P90P99
AkashMLakashml/fp465 t/s73.5 t/s91.4 t/s98.14 t/s
Alibabaalibaba49 t/s56 t/s62 t/s74 t/s
Amazon Bedrockamazon-bedrock/us-east-297 t/s130 t/s157 t/s200.7 t/s
BaseTenbaseten/fp867 t/s82 t/s111 t/s155.9 t/s
Chuteschutes/mxfp420 t/s23 t/s26 t/s31.16 t/s
Decartdecart/mxfp487 t/s103 t/s122 t/s179.5 t/s
DeepInfradeepinfra/mxfp432 t/s41 t/s49 t/s65 t/s
DigitalOceandigitalocean36 t/s39 t/s41.8 t/s45 t/s
Fireworksfireworks/us46 t/s60 t/s72 t/s94.82 t/s
Fireworksfireworks/fast66 t/s92 t/s139.8 t/s184.96 t/s
Fireworksfireworks34 t/s41 t/s47 t/s57 t/s
InferenceNetinference-net/fast74 t/s98 t/s123 t/s193 t/s
InferenceNetinference-net/fp441 t/s52 t/s65 t/s89 t/s
Makoramakora51 t/s62 t/s71 t/s82 t/s
Modalmodal/mxfp460 t/s76 t/s96 t/s136 t/s
Moonshot AImoonshotai/mxfp429 t/s35 t/s40 t/s50 t/s
Parasailparasail/fp465 t/s91 t/s119 t/s177 t/s
Phalaphala50 t/s88 t/s119 t/s204.26 t/s
Togethertogether57 t/s76 t/s98 t/s147 t/s
Waferwafer41 t/s51 t/s62 t/s87 t/s
Waferwafer/us41 t/s54.5 t/s58.2 t/s78.88 t/s

Percentiles describe the observed request distribution. These are snapshots of a rolling window, not a historical time series.

Uptime

Compare successful request rates across the latest 5-minute, 30-minute, and 24-hour observations.

Successful requests by window
Availability by endpointCurrent overlapping windows · 24 endpoints
Endpoint5 minutes30 minutes24 hours
AkashMLakashml/fp4
Alibabaalibaba
Amazon Bedrockamazon-bedrock/us-east-2
BaseTenbaseten/fp8
Chuteschutes/mxfp4
Decartdecart/mxfp4
DeepInfradeepinfra/mxfp4
DigitalOceandigitalocean
Fireworksfireworks/us
Fireworksfireworks/fast
Fireworksfireworks
InferenceNetinference-net/fast
InferenceNetinference-net/fp4
Makoramakora
Modalmodal/mxfp4
Moonshot AImoonshotai/mxfp4
Morphmorph/fp8
Parasailparasail/fp4
Phalaphala
Relacerelace/fp4
Sail Researchsail-research/fp4
Togethertogether
Waferwafer
Waferwafer/us

Reported by OpenRouter at the time of collection; rate-limited requests are excluded. A dash means no measurement was reported. This is not a live availability check.

Benchmarks

Review attributed evaluation results on each source's original scale.

External evaluations
moonshotai/kimi-k3Observed
Benchmark profileArtificial Analysis · shared source scale from 0 to 80
Coding76.2
Agentic50
Intelligence43.6
Design ArenaCategoryEloWin rateRank
agentsagenticgamedev1,25255%3
agentsandroidnative1,26255.4%5
agentsfullstack1,31361.8%2
agentsgodotgamedev1,22348.2%14
agentshtmlslides1,25659.6%2
agentsmobileapps1,26656.9%3
agentspython-pptxslides1,27359.2%4
agentswebapps1,28559.1%4
models3d1,40768%4
modelscodecategories1,37263.4%2
modelsdataviz1,35864%3
modelsgamedev1,37961.8%3
modelssvg1,29959.4%6
modelsuicomponent1,36262.3%3
modelswebsite1,34459.9%2

Sources: Artificial Analysis and Design Arena, via OpenRouter. Scores retain their original scales and are not OpenAI Suite ratings.

Detailed evaluations

Evaluation scoresAccuracy or item F1 · higher is better
tau bench verified airlineMoonshotAI: Kimi K3
71.917%
gpqa diamondMoonshotAI: Kimi K3
91.854%
EvaluationConfigurationSourceResultsDetails
tau bench verified airlineMoonshotAI: Kimi K3moonshotai/kimi-k3-20260715OpenRouter71.917%
Details
models · websiteKimi K3moonshotai/kimi-k3-20260715Design Arena1,344 Elo
Details
models · codecategoriesKimi K3moonshotai/kimi-k3-20260715Design Arena1,372 Elo
Details
gpqa diamondMoonshotAI: Kimi K3moonshotai/kimi-k3-20260715OpenRouter91.854%
Details
models · uicomponentKimi K3moonshotai/kimi-k3-20260715Design Arena1,362 Elo
Details
Composite indicesKimi K3 (Max)moonshotai/kimi-k3-20260715Artificial AnalysisIntelligence 43.6 · Coding 76.2 · Agentic 50
Details
models · 3dKimi K3moonshotai/kimi-k3-20260715Design Arena1,407 Elo
Details
models · datavizKimi K3moonshotai/kimi-k3-20260715Design Arena1,358 Elo
Details
models · gamedevKimi K3moonshotai/kimi-k3-20260715Design Arena1,379 Elo
Details
models · svgKimi K3moonshotai/kimi-k3-20260715Design Arena1,299 Elo
Details

Sources: Artificial Analysis, Design Arena and OpenRouter. Evaluation configurations and scales differ; results are not interchangeable. Updated Oct 4, 2026.

Apps & session costs

Compare observed median session costs for applications using this model, grouped by conversation length.

30-day sample · through Sep 27, 2026
ApplicationModel routeTurnsMedian cost / sessionDetails
Claude Codemoonshotai/kimi-k3-202607151 turn
$0.061641
Details
Hermes Agentmoonshotai/kimi-k3-2026071550+ turns
$3.538092
Details
Kilo Codemoonshotai/kimi-k3-2026071510–49 turns
$0.852894
Details
Claude Codemoonshotai/kimi-k3-2026071550+ turns
$5.661881
Details
Codexmoonshotai/kimi-k3-202607151 turn
$0.014547
Details
Kilo Codemoonshotai/kimi-k3-202607152–9 turns
$0.224268
Details
Codexmoonshotai/kimi-k3-2026071510–49 turns
$0.602778
Details
Hermes Agentmoonshotai/kimi-k3-202607152–9 turns
$0.099599
Details
Hermes Agentmoonshotai/kimi-k3-202607151 turn
$0.031836
Details
Claude Codemoonshotai/kimi-k3-202607152–9 turns
$0.149549
Details
Codexmoonshotai/kimi-k3-202607152–9 turns
$0.106788
Details
Kilo Codemoonshotai/kimi-k3-202607151 turn
$0.057958
Details
Hermes Agentmoonshotai/kimi-k3-2026071510–49 turns
$0.62061
Details
Claude Codemoonshotai/kimi-k3-2026071510–49 turns
$0.917687
Details
Kilo Codemoonshotai/kimi-k3-2026071550+ turns
$4.828857
Details

Source: OpenRouter, as of Oct 2, 2026. Published under CC BY 4.0. These are observed costs per session, not token prices or a forecast for your workload. Apps are compared separately.

Activity

Daily prompt and completion tokens reported for this model's routes in OpenRouter's top 50. Missing days have no published value.

Last 90 complete UTC days
Daily token usage16,379,194,694,048 reported tokens · 79 days with observations
Jul 6, 2026Oct 3, 2026
Daily observations · 79 days
Date (UTC)Reported tokensReported routes
Oct 3, 2026210,928,154,2871
Oct 2, 2026211,604,184,5501
Oct 1, 2026203,902,650,9731
Sep 30, 2026263,544,817,2991
Sep 29, 2026275,669,934,1811
Sep 28, 2026228,542,070,9561
Sep 27, 2026203,339,351,4801
Sep 26, 2026185,196,307,5941
Sep 25, 2026211,331,435,6301
Sep 24, 2026195,628,585,8261
Sep 23, 2026188,682,741,0831
Sep 22, 2026192,626,651,5571
Sep 21, 2026217,507,005,7401
Sep 20, 2026173,315,800,8651
Sep 19, 2026192,220,446,2931
Sep 18, 2026230,212,969,9901
Sep 17, 2026222,257,940,0941
Sep 16, 2026226,330,895,0591
Sep 15, 2026204,411,193,0191
Sep 14, 2026203,962,504,5731
Sep 13, 2026167,235,049,2611
Sep 12, 2026167,450,711,4461
Sep 11, 2026203,231,210,8681
Sep 10, 2026197,083,498,5901
Sep 9, 2026254,307,352,0041
Sep 8, 2026258,659,434,4881
Sep 7, 2026223,578,066,8491
Sep 6, 2026179,719,297,5971
Sep 5, 2026296,311,315,6391
Sep 4, 2026321,216,396,8621
Sep 3, 2026341,422,677,1441
Sep 2, 2026295,747,954,4591
Sep 1, 2026304,647,563,8101
Aug 31, 2026240,776,882,1411
Aug 30, 2026230,510,697,2881
Aug 29, 2026170,222,788,8171
Aug 28, 2026225,998,184,2011
Aug 27, 2026247,725,381,8611
Aug 26, 2026237,565,016,9331
Aug 25, 2026236,868,165,7101
Aug 24, 2026225,409,049,7761
Aug 23, 2026159,871,280,4451
Aug 22, 2026172,118,663,9221
Aug 21, 2026213,772,516,2801
Aug 20, 2026210,125,954,4591
Aug 19, 2026205,104,101,7791
Aug 18, 2026177,612,676,4161
Aug 17, 2026183,651,256,5821
Aug 16, 2026141,264,448,2461
Aug 15, 2026143,548,790,0601
Aug 14, 2026218,586,584,4101
Aug 13, 2026240,856,560,1411
Aug 12, 2026210,709,205,6481
Aug 11, 2026231,576,201,3671
Aug 10, 2026221,841,516,7681
Aug 9, 2026187,686,655,9881
Aug 8, 2026162,698,945,4971
Aug 7, 2026194,977,360,2101
Aug 6, 2026227,444,677,3621
Aug 5, 2026219,552,377,4131
Aug 4, 2026206,031,713,9831
Aug 3, 2026151,465,387,2931
Aug 2, 2026175,413,168,9471
Aug 1, 2026194,010,709,3191
Jul 31, 2026217,494,749,8331
Jul 30, 2026191,158,721,4591
Jul 29, 2026241,853,719,1701
Jul 28, 2026219,310,827,9291
Jul 27, 2026184,594,169,7341
Jul 26, 2026164,779,296,8821
Jul 25, 2026157,644,924,0811
Jul 24, 2026185,553,831,4331
Jul 23, 2026186,456,684,9691
Jul 22, 2026184,927,504,6791
Jul 21, 2026190,411,920,5081
Jul 20, 2026161,539,288,9481
Jul 19, 2026163,013,201,6071
Jul 18, 2026141,608,127,6971
Jul 17, 202672,024,635,7911

Source: OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings), as of Oct 4, 2026. CC BY 4.0. Totals include only individually published routes. Tokenizers differ by provider; the aggregated “other” category is never assigned to a model.

Technical details & API

Explore specifications, supported parameters, reasoning controls, and API identifiers for each OpenRouter route.

Current route specifications
moonshotai/kimi-k3Observed
Context
1,048,576
Maximum output
943,718
Tokenizer
Other
Input
text, image, video
Output
text
Moderation
No
Added to OpenRouter
2026-07-16
Base URLhttps://openrouter.ai/api/v1
Model IDmoonshotai/kimi-k3
Version IDmoonshotai/kimi-k3-20260715
Weights IDmoonshotai/Kimi-K3

Reasoning

Required
No
Enabled by default
Yes
Default effort
max
Supported efforts
max, high, low

Supported parameters

  • frequency_penalty
  • include_reasoning
  • logit_bias
  • logprobs
  • max_tokens
  • min_p
  • presence_penalty
  • reasoning
  • reasoning_effort
  • repetition_penalty
  • response_format
  • seed
  • stop
  • structured_outputs
  • temperature
  • tool_choice
  • tools
  • top_k
  • top_logprobs
  • top_p

Default parameters

top p
0.95

Frequently asked questions

Answers based on the model metadata and serving offers currently in the catalog.

How much does Kimi K3 cost?

Listed rates start at $0.00 per million input tokens and $0.00 per million output tokens. Prices vary by provider and configuration; see Pricing for details.

Which providers offer Kimi K3?

There are 126 cataloged offers across 76 providers. Compare model IDs, prices and limits in Providers.

What is the context window?

The cataloged model context is 1,048,576 tokens. Each serving endpoint may apply a different limit.

Does it support tools and structured output?

Tool calling: Yes. Structured output: Yes. Support can vary by endpoint.

Catalog history · 2 recorded revisions

Metadata observations since this model was first cataloged. These are not model release versions.

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