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Kimi-K3
Kimi-K3 is an open-weight vision-language model published by Moonshot AI.
moonshotai/Kimi-K3This page represents one immutable developer model ID. Serving endpoints, pricing, regions, quantizations, and service tiers attach separately and never create duplicate model records.
Provider availability
Serving endpoints and pricing
| Provider | Route model | Tier | Input | Output | Region | Observed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 OpenRouterRoute-ready | moonshotai/kimi-k3 | Standard routing | $3.00 | $15.00 | Unknown | Aug 28, 2026 | Provider-reported |
Technical specification
Capabilities
Version lineage
Explicit unknowns
- Maximum output
- Knowledge cutoff
Comparable peers
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Questions
Kimi-K3 FAQs
What is Kimi-K3?+
Kimi-K3 is an open-weight vision-language model published by Moonshot AI. It is developed by Moonshot AI and its current sourced lifecycle status is active.
What inputs and outputs does Kimi-K3 support?+
Kimi-K3's current record lists Text and Image as input and Text as output.
How much context does Kimi-K3 support?+
The current record lists a 1,048,576-token context window and does not report a maximum output length.
Is Kimi-K3 available through an API?+
Kimi-K3 is marked as API-available. The directly sourced provider records currently include OpenRouter.
How large is Kimi-K3?+
The current record lists 2.8T total parameters and 104B active parameters. Its architecture is KimiK3ForConditionalGeneration.
What capabilities and tasks does Kimi-K3 support?+
Kimi-K3's recorded capabilities are chat, generation, and reasoning. Its supported tasks are embedding, image, and text.
Can Kimi-K3 be self-hosted?+
Kimi-K3 is an open-weight model. Self-hosting is supported, and the recorded license is other.
Does Kimi-K3 have related versions or aliases?+
No predecessor is recorded. No successor is recorded. Recorded aliases are moonshotai/Kimi-K3.
Which models can Kimi-K3 be compared with?+
The current compatible peer set includes Kimi-K2.5, Kimi-K2.6, Mistral-Small-4-119B-2603, Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E, and Kimi-K2-Thinking. Compatibility requires shared sourced modalities and tasks; it does not imply that one model is better. Browse model comparisons →
How current is the Model Markets record for Kimi-K3?+
Kimi-K3 was last verified Aug 28, 2026 from Moonshot AI's primary source, “moonshotai/Kimi-K3 developer model repository.” The evidence is classified as official fact.
Primary evidence