Models

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 Fast vs Kimi K3

Compare DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 Fast from DeepSeek 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.

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DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 Fast
DeepSeek · text → text

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 Fast is a high-speed deployment of DeepSeek’s agentic model provided by Wafer, designed for coding, tool use, and high-volume agent workloads. It preserves the capabilities of V4 Flash 0731 while delivering much faster inference. Compared with V4 Pro, it prioritizes latency and execution efficiency.

Input$0.28 /M
Output$1.4 /M
Cache read$0.07 /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.

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 Fast
Kimi K3
Input /M
$0.28
$3$2.710%
Output /M
$1.4
$15$13.510%
Cache read /M
$0.07
$0.3$0.2710%
Context length
1,000,000
1,048,576
Max output
384,000
1,048,576
Time to First Token
2.3 s
0.9 s
Throughput
54.2 tok/s
73.1 tok/s
Modalities
text
textimagevideo
Supported Parameters
toolsfunction callingstructured outputsthinking
thinkingfunction callingstructured outputs
API Formats
chat_completions · claude_api
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
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1380144015001560
Overall
14361486
Coding
14831531
Math
14261426
Hard prompts
14591505
Instruction following
14281479
Multi-turn
14521499
Creative writing
14081470
Longer query
14481502
Chinese
14731527
English
14451491

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.

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 Fast
$37.80 /mo
Kimi K3
$405$365 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 Fast, Kimi K3?

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 Fast: $1.4/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; DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 Fast: 1483 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Which responds faster?

Kimi K3: 0.9s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.

How large is each context window?

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 Fast accepts 1,000,000 and Kimi K3 accepts 1,048,576 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 384,000 tokens on DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 Fast and 1,048,576 tokens on Kimi K3.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Kimi K3 at 73.1 tok/s and DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 Fast at 54.2 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 Fast accepts text input and supports tool calling, function calling, structured outputs and thinking; Kimi K3 accepts text, image and video input and supports thinking, function calling and structured outputs.

Can I call DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 Fast 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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