Kimi K3
Moonshot AI · released 2026 · open weights
- Open weights, self-hostable
Open-weights 2.8T-param MoE (104B active) under the Kimi K3 License; 1M context for long-horizon coding.
Context window
1M
1,000,000 tokens
Input price
$3
per 1M tokens
Output price
$15
per 1M tokens
Blended
$6
3:1 in:out mix
Weights
Open
self-hostable
Released
2026
Moonshot AI
Long-context / tier pricing — kimi-k3; cache-miss input shown, cache-hit input $0.30/1M. Listed prices are the base rate for prompts up to ~200K tokens.
Open-weights API prices are representative third-party-hosted rates; self-hosting costs only your own hardware.
Where it ranks
Of 42 models tracked.
Cost to run
#32(tied)
of 42
Input price
#32(tied)
of 42
Context window
#10(tied)
of 42
Compare with
The nearest models by blended cost to run.
Put it to work
Specs from BitByteCore's hand-verified Frontier Ledger (v2026-10-01), this row verified 3 Sep 2026 against Moonshot AI's official pricing ↗. Model pricing moves fast, so confirm with Moonshot AI before you rely on a figure.