tokevenKimi K3
Kimi K3 is Moonshot (Kimi)'s most capable model, priced at $3.00/MTok input and $15.00/MTok output with a 1M context window. Prices from platform.kimi.ai (read 2026-10-11). Cache hit: $0.30/MTok input. Kimi K3 is a 2.8T-parameter open-weight MoE model. No batch discount published yet. Not yet benchmarked, so never recommended.
Input $/MTok
$3.00
Output $/MTok
$15.00
Context window
1M
Cache read discount
90% off
Kimi K3 pricing breakdown
| Rate | Input $/MTok | Output $/MTok |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | $3.00 | $15.00 |
| Cached read (90% off input) | $0.30 | - |
| Cached write (no surcharge) | $3.00 | - |
| Batch (0% off) | $3.00 | $15.00 |
All rates in USD per million tokens. Prices verified against provider documentation.
Kimi K3 task benchmarks
Confidence scores (0-100) and cross-provider rank for each task type. Rank 1 is best across all 88 models.
Not benchmarked. The third-party benchmark source used for confidence scores does not cover Moonshot (Kimi) models yet. Scores will appear here once independent benchmarks are published.
Kimi K3 cost by use case
Estimated cost per API call using default token counts for each workload.
| Use case | Input tokens | Output tokens | Cost / call |
|---|---|---|---|
| Code Generation | 2,000 | 4,000 | $0.0660 |
| Unit Test Generation | 3,000 | 5,000 | $0.0840 |
| SQL Generation | 1,500 | 1,000 | $0.0195 |
| API Generation | 3,000 | 6,000 | $0.0990 |
| Code Refactoring | 4,000 | 4,000 | $0.0720 |
| Code Review | 5,000 | 2,000 | $0.0450 |
| PR Review | 8,000 | 3,000 | $0.0690 |
| Security Review | 6,000 | 2,500 | $0.0555 |
| Bug Detection | 5,000 | 2,000 | $0.0450 |
| Document Summarization | 10,000 | 1,000 | $0.0450 |
| PDF Summarization | 15,000 | 1,500 | $0.0675 |
| Meeting Notes | 8,000 | 2,000 | $0.0540 |
Monthly cost projections
Projected monthly spend at different call volumes, using code generation as a representative workload (2,000 input / 4,000 output tokens per call).
| Calls / month | Without caching | With caching (90% read discount) |
|---|---|---|
| 1K | $66 | $62.22 |
| 10K | $660 | $622.2 |
| 100K | $6,600 | $6,222 |
| 500K | $33,000 | $31,110 |
| 1M | $66,000 | $62,220 |
Caching estimate assumes 70% of input tokens are cache reads. Your actual cache hit rate will depend on prompt structure and reuse.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| GPT 4 | GPT | $30.00 | $60.00 | 900% more |
| GPT 5.4 Pro | GPT | $30.00 | $180.00 | 900% more |
| GPT 5.5 Pro | GPT | $30.00 | $180.00 | 900% more |
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