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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.

Quality Score
100/100
price + capability + benchmarks
Input Price
$0.73
per 1M tokens · checked 2026-10-13
Output Price
$13.50
per 1M tokens · checked 2026-10-13
Context Window
1,048,576
tokens

Benchmark results

Independent, published benchmarks. Blended score 73.9 across 1 benchmark, last refreshed 2026-10-13. How scoring works →

BenchmarkMeasuresScore
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 →

JobTokensCost
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.

DateInput /MOutput /MContext
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 →

#CategoryScore
#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.

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