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Kimi K2
Moonshot AI
51.4 LLMBoard
Moonshot AI model product
Kimi K3 is Moonshot AI's flagship open Mixture-of-Experts model for long-horizon coding, knowledge work, and reasoning. It has 2.8 trillion total parameters, activates 16 of 896 experts, and combines Kimi Delta Attention, Attention Residuals, and Stable LatentMoE. The model supports a 1M-token context window, native image and video understanding, tool calling, structured output, and always-on reasoning with max thinking effort at launch.
Updated Aug 10, 2026. Default version: Kimi K3
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Official vendor API PAYG pricing is summarized first. The table then lists individual provider offerings without treating their minimum as the official price.
| Kenari | kimi-k3 | global | N/A | N/A | 1M | |
| GitHub Copilot | kimi-k3 | global | $0.95 | $4 | 1M | |
| CrofAI | kimi-k3 | global | $2 | $8 | 1M | |
| Requesty | kimi-k3 | global | $2.25 | $11.25 | 1M | |
| OpenCode Go | kimi-k3 | global | $3 | $15 | 1M | |
| LLM Gateway | kimi-k3 | global | $3 | $15 | 1M | |
| OpenCode Zen | kimi-k3 | global | $3 | $15 | 1M | |
| EmpirioLabs AI | kimi-k3 | global | $3 | $15 | 1M | |
| DigitalOcean | kimi-k3 | global | $3 | $15 | 1M | |
| Moonshot AI (China) | kimi-k3 | global | $3 | $15 | 1M | |
| Neuralwatt | kimi-k3 | global | $3 | $15 | 1M | |
| AIHubMix | kimi-k3 | global | $3 | $15 | 1M | |
| Moonshot AI | kimi-k3 | global | $3 | $15 | 1M | |
| Cortecs | kimi-k3 | global | $3 | $15 | 1M | |
| Charm Hyper | kimi-k3 | global | $3.27 | $16.33 | 1M | |
| Venice AI | kimi-k3 | global | $3.75 | $18.75 | 1M | |
| GreenPT | kimi-k3 | global | $3.76 | $18.81 | 1M |
Official prices use only the vendor's configured official Provider and positive standard USD PAYG rates. Third-party offers remain explicitly labeled.
All published versions linked to this unique model. The score columns identify the version used by the current overall ranking.
| Kimi K3 | N/A | 2.8T | 1M | 131.1K | Yes | Kimi K3 License |
A concise description based on the published model registry.
Kimi K3 is Moonshot AI's flagship open Mixture-of-Experts model for long-horizon coding, knowledge work, and reasoning. It has 2.8 trillion total parameters, activates 16 of 896 experts, and combines Kimi Delta Attention, Attention Residuals, and Stable LatentMoE. The model supports a 1M-token context window, native image and video understanding, tool calling, structured output, and always-on reasoning with max thinking effort at launch.
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Data snapshot: 2026-08-07. Editorial model content is not available in the backend.
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Common questions about Kimi K3.
Kimi K3's default version was released on Jul 16, 2026.
Kimi K3's official API price is $3 per million input tokens and $15 per million output tokens via Moonshot AI. The lowest tracked third-party offer starts at $2 input and $8 output via CrofAI.
Kimi K3 is published under Moonshot AI in the model registry.
The default version has a 1M token context window.
Yes. The default version is marked as open weight under Kimi K3 License.
18 published provider offerings are linked to the default version.
No nearby ranked alternatives are currently available.