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Kimi-K2-Instruct vs Kimi-K3
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Moonshot AI · activeKimi-K2-InstructVerified Aug 28, 2026
Moonshot AI · activeKimi-K3Verified Aug 28, 2026
Technical differences
Side-by-side facts
| Field | Kimi-K2-Instruct | Kimi-K3 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Moonshot AI | Moonshot AI |
| Family | Kimi K2 Instruct | Kimi K3 |
| Model | Kimi-K2-Instruct | Kimi-K3 |
| Version | Kimi-K2-Instruct | Kimi-K3 |
| Lifecycle | active | active |
| Input modalities | Text | Text, Image |
| Output modalities | Text | Text |
| Context window | 131072 | 1048576 |
| Total parameters | 1026408235864 | 2779931837184 |
| Active parameters | 32000000000 | 104000000000 |
| License | other | other |
| Open weights | Yes | Yes |
| API available | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hostable | Yes | Yes |
| Capabilities | chat, generation, tools | chat, generation, reasoning |
15 comparable fields · 8 material differences · Pair passes the primary-source comparison gate
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Kimi-K2-Instruct capabilities
Input price—
Output price—
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Canonical IDmoonshotai/Kimi-K2-Instruct
Kimi-K3 capabilities
Input price$3.00
Output price$15.00
Serving providers1
Canonical IDmoonshotai/Kimi-K3
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