Moonshot AI
Kimi K3
Released
2026-07-16
License
open-weights
Context window
1,048.576K tokens
Knowledge cutoff
Not disclosed
Pricing
$3.00 in / $15.00 out per 1M tokens — official pricing
In plain English: Cache-hit input price is $0.30/1M, far below the $3.00 cache-miss price shown. Open weights under a bespoke license (not plain MIT/Apache) with commercial terms above certain revenue/MAU thresholds.
Benchmark scores
| Benchmark | Score |
|---|---|
| 🧠 Reasoning(no tools) | 46.9independent |
| 🧠 Reasoning(with tools) | 56.0self-reported |
| 🔬 Expert science Q&A | 92.9independent |
| 💻 Terminal ops | 88.3self-reported |
| 🛠️ Long-horizon coding | 69.0independent |
| 🧰 Multi-tool chores | 76.5independent |
| 💼 Professional work | 28.3independent |
| 🐛 Bug fixing | 93.4independent |
| ⌨️ Contest coding | 87.2independent |