MoonshotAI: Kimi K3
Kimi K3 is a MoonshotAI model that accepts text, image, and video input. It offers a context window of 1,048,576 tokens and allows up to 943,718 completion tokens, so very long documents and long outputs fit within a single request. It supports tool calling and reasoning. The listing does not confirm structured output support or whether the weights are open, so verify both before building around either. Pricing is lopsided: $0.73 per million input tokens is inexpensive, while $13.5 per million output tokens is steep. That makes the model most cost-effective for input-heavy work, such as analyzing large files, long transcripts, or video, where responses stay short. Its blended benchmark score of 73.9 comes from a single independent benchmark, so its standing is thinly evidenced. Shortlist it if you need multimodal input and a very large context, and run your own tests before committing to output-heavy workloads.
Benchmark results
Independent, published benchmarks. Blended score 73.9 across 1 benchmark, last refreshed 2026-10-13. How scoring works →
| Benchmark | Measures | Score |
|---|---|---|
| AI Index | broad capability composite | 71.9 |
- Model ID
- moonshotai/kimi-k3
- Vendor
- moonshotai
- Released
- July 2026
- Tokenizer
- Other
- Input Modalities
- text, image, video
- Output Modalities
- text
- Max Output
- 943,718 tokens
- Tool Calling
- ✓ supported
- Structured Output
- ✓ supported
- Reasoning Mode
- ✓ supported
- Vision
- ✓ accepts images
- Audio
- no
- Moderated
- no
What it costs in practice
Computed from the current $0.73/M input and $13.50/M output rates. Run your own numbers →
| Job | Tokens | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Summarize a 50-page report | 30k in / 1.5k out | $0.04 |
| Classify 1,000 customer emails | 500k in / 50k out | $1.04 |
| A month of a busy support chatbot | 5M in / 2M out | $30.65 |
Price & spec history
Tracked daily by PicksByModel since 2026-07-17.
| Date | Input /M | Output /M | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-13 | $0.73 | $13.50 | 1,048,576 |
| 2026-10-12 | $0.73 | $10.00 | 1,048,576 |
| 2026-10-11 | $0.80 | $12.00 | 1,048,576 |
| 2026-10-10 | $0.64 | $13.50 | 1,048,576 |
| 2026-10-09 | $0.58 | $12.00 | 1,048,576 |
| 2026-10-08 | $0.72 | $15.00 | 1,048,576 |
| 2026-10-07 | $0.69 | $15.00 | 1,048,576 |
| 2026-10-06 | $0.95 | $14.00 | 1,048,576 |
| 2026-10-05 | $0.67 | $14.00 | 1,048,576 |
| 2026-10-04 | $0.72 | $13.00 | 1,048,576 |
| 2026-10-03 | $2.70 | $13.50 | 1,048,576 |
| 2026-10-02 | $1.39 | $13.00 | 1,048,576 |
| 2026-10-01 | $0.38 | $10.00 | 1,048,576 |
| 2026-09-26 | $3.00 | $15.00 | 1,048,576 |
| 2026-09-25 | $0.88 | $10.53 | 1,048,576 |
| 2026-09-22 | $3.00 | $15.00 | 1,048,576 |
| 2026-09-20 | $1.70 | $8.50 | 1,048,576 |
| 2026-09-19 | $2.07 | $11.59 | 1,048,576 |
| 2026-09-18 | $2.10 | $10.95 | 1,048,576 |
| 2026-09-17 | $3.00 | $15.00 | 1,048,576 |
| 2026-09-13 | $2.65 | $13.28 | 1,048,576 |
| 2026-09-12 | $2.30 | $11.55 | 1,048,576 |
| 2026-09-11 | $1.89 | $9.48 | 1,048,576 |
| 2026-07-17 | $3.00 | $15.00 | 1,048,576 |
Strong choice for
Category rankings
Where MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 places across the 3 categories it ranks in. How we rank →
| # | Category | Score |
|---|---|---|
| #2 | Image CaptioningVision · of 25 ranked | 121 |
| #10 | Video SummarizationVideo · of 25 ranked | 149 |
| #24 | Video Auto-TaggingVideo · of 25 ranked | 123 |
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Quick answers
- How much does MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 cost?
- $0.73 per million input tokens and $13.50 per million output tokens.
- What is MoonshotAI: Kimi K3's context window?
- 1,048,576 tokens, roughly 1,572 pages of text in a single request.
- Does MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 support tool calling?
- It supports tool calling, structured output, a reasoning mode.
- Can MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 process images?
- Yes, it accepts image input.