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Composite scores, benchmark ranks, capability grids, and pricing per million tokens. All sourced from the same data that powers the model atlas.

Tools Models

Kimi K3 vs MiniMax M3

Model A

Model B

MODEL A

Kimi K3

Moonshot · Kimi K3

Composite 58Intel 5810 rows2 sources

Moonshot AI's 2.8T-parameter multimodal reasoning model for long-horizon coding and knowledge work, with a 1M-token context window, public API access, and open weights on Hugging Face.

MODEL B

MiniMax M3

MiniMax · MiniMax

Composite 65Intel 655 rows1 sources

MiniMax's May 2026 open-weights release. Terminal-Bench 2.0 66.0% — the #10 score globally and the strongest non-frontier-tier result on the public ledger. 1M context. Pay-as-you-go list $0.30 / $1.20 per 1M tokens on inputs up to 512K.

Kimi K30stats won

Tied1stats

MiniMax M35stats won

Spec showdown

Capacity, price, freshness.

Kimi K3vsMiniMax M3

MiniMax M3 holds a narrow composite edge (65 vs 58), but the gap is small enough that other factors matter more. MiniMax M3 has the higher benchmark mix (65 vs 58). MiniMax M3 is significantly cheaper at $0.30/1M input vs $3.0/1M input.

Composite score
Kimi K358MiniMax M365Winner on this row
Benchmark mix
Kimi K358MiniMax M365Winner on this row
Context window
Kimi K31MMiniMax M31M
Max output
Kimi K3—MiniMax M366KWinner on this row
Input price / 1M (lower wins)
Kimi K3$3.0MiniMax M3$0.30Winner on this row
Output speed (AA default API)
Kimi K342 t/sMiniMax M3107 t/sWinner on this row

Composite score

Benchmark mix

Context window

Max output

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66K

Input price / 1M (lower wins)

$3.0

$0.30

Output speed (AA default API)

42 t/s

107 t/s

Capability grid

What each model can do.

Modalities

Kimi K3MiniMax M3

Text●●

Image●●

Audio——

Video—●

Code●●

Tool use●●

Reasoning●●

Access

Kimi K3MiniMax M3

API●●

Consumer app●—

Open weights●●

Managed cloud●●

On-device——

Family profile

Top score per benchmark family.

Reasoning

Coding

Long context

Benchmark ranks

Every shared benchmark, side by side.

Reasoning

GPQA Diamond#11/184 · #17/184

93.5%

92.9%

Humanity's Last Exam#17/186 · #48/186

46.9%

39%

Coding

SciCode#5/97 · #58/97

59.5%

47.1%

Long context

AA-LCR#1/184 · #15/184

88.67%

83%

Performance

AA output speed#134/195 · #54/195

42 t/s

107 t/s

Dossier facts

Dates, sources, fineprint.

Kimi K3MiniMax M3

ProviderMoonshotMiniMax

FamilyKimi K3MiniMax

Release date2026-07-162026-05-31

Knowledge cutoffunpublished2026-03-01

Context window1M1M

Max output—66K

Input price /1M$3.0$0.30

Output price /1M$15$1.2

Statussolidsolid

Composite score5865

Intelligence score5865

Intel sourcecompositecomposite

Benchmark rows105

Source count21

Freshnessfreshfresh

Pricing checked2026-09-232026-09-28

Ecosystem

Which tools wrap each model.

Kimi K3

Not listed in any tool yet.

MiniMax M3

Not listed in any tool yet.

Verdict

Which model to actually pick.

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Questions this comparison answers

Every answer below is assembled from the dated fields on this page. Nothing is written separately for search.

Should you use Kimi K3 or MiniMax M3?

Is Kimi K3 or MiniMax M3 cheaper?

Kimi K3: $3.0 / $15. MiniMax M3: $0.30 / $1.2.

How do the Kimi K3 and MiniMax M3 context windows compare?

Kimi K3: 1M. MiniMax M3: 1M.