Kimi K3

Retiring November 9, 2026

Open weights by Moonshot

Kimi K3: Moonshot's most capable model and the first open 3T-class release - 2.8T parameters, a 1M-token context window, and native vision, built for repository-scale understanding and long agentic runs.

Price per 1M tokens
$3.00 in$15.00 out
Context
1M
128K max output
Parameters
2.8T
104B active
Weights
MXFP4
Official release
  • Vision
  • Tool calling
  • Reasoning optional, default max

How it ranks

Against every model we serve, best first. About the scores

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5by Artificial Analysis
  1. Kimi K3.1 Pro46
  2. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash33
  3. GLM 5.332

Not ranked, reported on another version: Kimi K3 (Intelligence v4.3: 44).

DeepSWEby Datacurve
  1. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash77%
  2. Kimi K3.1 Pro75.5%
  3. GLM 5.369%
  4. Kimi K368.5%
Terminal-Bench 4.0by tbench.ai
  1. Kimi K3.1 Pro67.2%
  2. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash42.3%
  3. GLM 5.341.9%

Not ranked, reported on another version: Kimi K3 (Terminal-Bench 2.1: 85%).

  • Intelligence v4.3 for Kimi K3: independent measurement. Source
  • DeepSWE for Kimi K3: independent measurement. Source
  • Terminal-Bench 2.1 for Kimi K3: independent measurement. Source

Pricing

Input
$3.00 per 1M tokens
Output
$15.00 per 1M tokens
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Specs

Context window
1M tokens
Max output
128K tokens
Parameters
2.8T total, 104B active per token
Vision
Yes
Tool calling
Yes
Reasoning
Adjustable (none, low, high, max)
Default effort
max
In production since
July 31, 2026

Quickstart

Pick your tool; the command already carries this model's id. More tools (Pi, Copilot, Zed, omp) in the setup guides.

OpenCode
Built in
Launch OpenCode on this model with the umans CLI. Umans AI is also built into OpenCode: run /connect and pick it.
Terminal
curl -fsSL https://api.code.umans.ai/cli/install.sh | bash   # once
umans opencode --model umans-kimi-k3

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