kimi-k3

Name: kimi-k3
Author: Moonshot AI (Kimi)

proprietary

Context

1.0M

Input price

$3/1M tokens

Output price

$15/1M tokens

Capabilities

vision

tool call

structured output

reasoning

json mode

streaming

fine tuning

batch

Details

ProviderMoonshot AI (Kimi)

Creatormoonshot

Familykimi

Licenseproprietary

Parameters—

Statusactive

Input modalitiestext

Output modalitiestext

Architecture—

Knowledge cutoff—

Training data cutoff—

Release date—

Deprecation date—

Typechat

Reasoning tokens—

Max input—

Open weightNo

Sourceofficial

Last updated2026-09-24

Pricing

Input

Output

$15

Cache write (5m)

Cache write (1h)

Cache read

$0.3

Batch in

—

Batch out

—

Price history · $/1M cache write

Sep 24

Date	Input	Output	Cache read	Cache write	Change
Jul 31, 2026	$3	$15	$0.3	—	—
Sep 24, 2026118451a	$3	$15	$0.3	$3	—

Price across providers

Provider	Input	Output	Since launch
Cursorcheapest	$3	$15	—
Moonshot AI (Kimi)cheapest	$3	$15	—
OpenCode Zencheapest	$3	$15	—

Family Comparison: kimi

Model	Caps	Perf	Speed	Context	Max out	Pricing
Kimi K2 (0711)	RVTS	—	—	128K	33K
Kimi K2 (0905)	RVTS	—	—	256K	33K
Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo	RVTS	—		256K	33K
Kimi K2 Thinking	RVTS	—	—	256K	33K
Kimi K2 Turbo	RVTS	—		256K	33K
Kimi K2.5	RVTS	—	—	256K	33K
kimi-k2.6		—	—	262K	—	$0.95$4
kimi-k2.7-code		—	—	262K	—	$0.95$4
kimi-k2.7-code-highspeed		—	—	262K	—	$1.9$8
kimi-k3.1-pro		—	—	1.0M	—	$2$10
kimi-k3		—	—	1.0M	—	$3$15
kimi-k3.1-pro-highspeed		—	—	1.0M	—	$4$20

API

GET/v1/models/moonshot/kimi-k3