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Kimi K3

Kimi K3 · Released 2026-07-16

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.

Open-frontier option for large-repository coding, tool use, visual reasoning, and context-heavy research workflows — via API or self-hosted weights.

Composite58
Context1M
Input / 1M$3.0
Output / 1M$15
Knowledge cutoffunpublished
Output speed42 t/s
Statussolid

Family profile

Best published score in each covered benchmark family.

76/100 avg
Knowledge
48
Reasoning
94
Coding
60
Agentic
85
Multimodal
81
Long context
89

6 tested benchmark families

Benchmark placements

Where Kimi K3 places on each public benchmark source that publishes a row. Rank counts every model with a latest row in the same test — not a universal quality score.

BenchmarkFamilyRankScoreSourceDate
AA-LCRLong context#1/ 18489Artificial Analysis2026-09-28
SciCodeCoding#5/ 9760Artificial Analysis2026-09-28
Terminal-Bench-ScienceAgentic#7/ 97Terminal-Bench-Science 0.1 announcement2026-08-27
MMMU-ProMultimodal#8/ 881Artificial Analysis — MMMU-Pro2026-09-01
CritPtReasoning#9/ 1223Artificial Analysis — CritPt2026-09-01
AA-OmniscienceKnowledge#11/ 1248Artificial Analysis — AA-Omniscience2026-09-01
GPQA DiamondReasoning#11/ 18494Artificial Analysis2026-09-28
Terminal-BenchAgentic#14/ 16785Artificial Analysis2026-09-28
Humanity's Last ExamReasoning#17/ 18647Artificial Analysis2026-09-28
AA output speedPerformance#134/ 195Artificial Analysis2026-10-12
Family context

The three highest-scoring models with pages in each capability family. Where Kimi K3 shows up, it's highlighted.

Newest receipts

Benchmark rows added to the public ledger for Kimi K3 in the last 120 days. Older rows live in the full table below.

10 recent
Family coverage

A high composite that hides a weak family is a trap. These bars surface the families where this model hasn't been publicly tested, and where it leads.

Knowledge48
Reasoning94
Coding60
Agentic85
Multimodal81
Long context89
Price vs. performance
0255075100$0.10$0.30$1$3$10$30input USD / 1M tokens · log scale →← intelligence

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Full benchmark ledger

Every catalog benchmark for Kimi K3. Scores link to the original source; gaps mean no public row exists yet.

10 sourced rows

10 of 13 catalog benchmarks have a sourced row for Kimi K3.

Knowledge

Reasoning

Coding

Agentic

Multimodal

Long context

Performance

Changelog
  1. Amazon Bedrock, US and global profiles. Kimi API list unchanged.
Sources

Questions this model page answers

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What is Kimi K3?

Kimi K3 is a Moonshot model: 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.

What is Kimi K3 for?

Open-frontier option for large-repository coding, tool use, visual reasoning, and context-heavy research workflows — via API or self-hosted weights.

What does Kimi K3 cost?

Kimi K3 lists $3.0 input and $15 output per 1M tokens. Pricing last checked 2026-09-23.

How large is the Kimi K3 context window?

Kimi K3 publishes a 1M token context window.

What is the VerdictPal status of Kimi K3?

Kimi K3 carries Solid status on the model atlas.

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