Models

Command R vs Kimi K3

Compare Command R from Cohere and Kimi K3 from Moonshot AI on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.

CohereCommand RMoonshot AIKimi K3
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Command R
Cohere · text → text

Input$0.64 /M
Output$1.92 /M
10% off
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Kimi K3
Moonshot AI · text, image, video → text

Kimi K3 is Kimi’s flagship model for long-horizon coding and end-to-end knowledge work, with a 1M-token context window and industry-leading intelligence.

Input$3$2.7 /M
Output$15$13.5 /M
Cache read$0.3$0.27 /M

Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

Command R
Kimi K3
Input /M
$0.64
$3$2.710%
Output /M
$1.92
$15$13.510%
Cache read /M
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$0.3$0.2710%
Context length
0
1,048,576
Max output
0
1,048,576
Time to First Token
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0.9 s
Throughput
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73.1 tok/s
Modalities
text
textimagevideo
Supported Parameters
thinkingfunction callingstructured outputs
API Formats
Released
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Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.

Activity Past 30 Days

Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.

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Tokens / day

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Requests / day

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Performance Past 3 Days

Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.

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Throughput (tok/s)

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TTFT (s)

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Uptime (%)

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LMArena Benchmarks

LMArena ratings by capability (Bradley-Terry, commonly called Elo). Higher is better.

Text
command-rkimi-k3
11601260136014601560
Overall
12261486
Coding
12421531
Math
11761176
Hard prompts
12141505
Instruction following
11981479
Multi-turn
11961499
Creative writing
11951470
Longer query
12311502
Chinese
12371527
English
12371491

Source: LMArena (arena.ai) leaderboard, imported by AIHubMix. Models without published ratings are omitted per chart.

Cost calculator

Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.

Command R
$67.20 /mo
Kimi K3
$405$365 /mo

Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Command R, Kimi K3?

Command R: $1.92/M output tokens; Kimi K3: $13.5/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

Kimi K3: 1531; Command R: 1242 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

Command R accepts text input; Kimi K3 accepts text, image and video input and supports thinking, function calling and structured outputs.

Can I call Command R and Kimi K3 with the same API key?

Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.

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