Kimi K3 — pricing & specs
Kimi K3 is a flagship model from Moonshot, at capability tier 7 of 8. Live $/M-token pricing and specs from the Mintok catalog, as of 2026-07-17.
$/M-token pricing
as of 2026-07-17 · MoonshotWhat Kimi K3 costs in practice
At $15/M output tokens, Kimi K3 is the 2nd-cheapest of 8 priced tier-7 models in the Mintok catalog — about 40% below the tier median of $25/M.
| Scenario | Est. cost |
|---|---|
| 1M input + 1M output tokens | $18.00 |
| A 10K-token request (8K in / 2K out) | $0.054 |
| 1,000 agent runs (~2K in / 500 out each) | $13.50 |
| 1M-token RAG chat session (900K cached in / 100K out) | $1.77 |
Estimated from list price (as of 2026-07-17) at the token mixes shown; your real cost depends on prompt/response length and cache hit-rate. Model your own volume →
Specifications
- Vendor
- Moonshot
- Family
- Kimi K3
- Capability tier
- 7 / 8
- Size class
- FLAGSHIP
- Category
- GENERAL
- Parameters
- 2,800B total · 16B active (MoE)
- Context window
- 1,048,576 tokens
- Modality
- LLM
- Licensing
- Proprietary
Carbon footprint (modeled)
Modeled decode on a reference Cerebras Cerebras WSE-3 Turbo at 50% MBU, batch 32, global-avg grid. Compare all models & grids →
Alternatives at tier 7
Same capability tier, sorted by output price — the cheaper-capable options.
- Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGoogle$12/M out
- GPT-5.6 SolOpenAI$20/M out
- Claude Opus 4.8Anthropic$25/M out
- Claude Opus 4.7Anthropic$25/M out
- Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic$25/M out
- Claude Opus 4.5Anthropic$25/M out
FAQ
How much does Kimi K3 cost per token?
Kimi K3 costs $3 per million input tokens and $15 per million output tokens (cached input $0.30/M), via Moonshot, as of 2026-07-17.
Is Kimi K3 expensive?
At $15/M output tokens, Kimi K3 is the 2nd-cheapest of 8 priced tier-7 models in the Mintok catalog — about 40% below the tier median of $25/M.
What does a typical request with Kimi K3 cost?
At list price, a 10K-token request (8K in / 2K out) with Kimi K3 costs about $0.054, and 1,000 agent runs (~2K in / 500 out each) about $13.50.
What is Kimi K3's context window?
Kimi K3 supports a 1,048,576-token context window.
What capability tier is Kimi K3?
Kimi K3 sits at capability tier 7 of 8 on the Mintok scale (FLAGSHIP size class).
Is Kimi K3 open-source or proprietary?
Kimi K3 is a proprietary model from Moonshot, accessed via API.
Put Kimi K3 to work
Benchmark it on your prompts, or size a deployment and compare $/M-token against alternatives.
Pricing and specs are maintained by Mintok's catalog watchers from public sources. Not investment advice. Methodology.