MoonshotAI: Kimi K3

Kimi K3 is a 2.8T parameter open-weight multimodal reasoning model from Moonshot AI.

Context
1.0M
Max output
944K
Input price
$0.67/1M tokens
Output price
$14/1M tokens

Capabilities

vision
tool call
structured output
reasoning
json mode
streaming
fine tuning
batch

Details

Model IDmoonshotai/kimi-k3
Provider OpenRouter
Creator moonshotai
Familykimi-k3
License—
Parameters—
Status—
Input modalitiestext, image, video
Output modalitiestext
Architecture—
Knowledge cutoff—
Training data cutoff—
Release date
Deprecation date—
Typechat
Reasoning tokens—
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Open weight—
Sourceofficial
Last updated

Tools

Function Callingfunction_calling
Call external functions and APIs

Pricing

Input
$0.67
↓7%$0.72
Output
$14
↑8%$13
Cache write
—
Cache read
$0.22
↓69%$0.7
Batch in
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Batch out
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Price history · $/1M input
$3
$0.67
Jul 17Oct 5
DateInputOutputCache readChange
Jul 17, 2026$3$15$0.3—
Sep 11, 202617bcfbf$2.34$11.7$0.261↓22%
Sep 12, 2026265df08$2.303$11.55$0.263↓2%
Sep 13, 2026f844c98$2.648$13.283$0.303↑15%
Sep 17, 2026a6f5da0$3$15$0.3↑13%
Sep 18, 20262ae168f$2$11.2$0.232↓33%
Sep 19, 20263170597$1.875$10.5$0.218↓6%
Sep 20, 20267bc8de4$1.7$8.5$0.17↓9%
Sep 22, 2026f13f134$3$15$0.3↑76%
Sep 25, 202699b2555$0.885$10.535$0.33↓71%
Sep 26, 20269cb03f8$3$15$0.3↑239%
Oct 1, 20268c801e2$0.725$10$0.725↓76%
Oct 2, 20262b89bf1$2.7$13.5$0.27↑272%
Oct 4, 20268c3d4a3$0.72$13$0.7↓73%
Oct 5, 2026632cde3$0.67$14$0.22↓7%

Input is ↓78% since Jul 17, 2026, from $3 to $0.67 per 1M tokens.

Family Comparison: kimi-k3

ModelContextMax outPricing
MoonshotAI: Kimi K31.0M944K$0.67$14
MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 (batch)1.0M16K$2.28$11.4

API

GET/v1/models/openrouter/moonshotai/kimi-k3