Compare Dots 3 Note Preview (free) from Dots Studio 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.
Dots 3 Note Preview (free)
Kimi K3Dots3-Note Preview is an open-weight mixture-of-experts model developed by Dots Studio, featuring 16B active parameters out of 280B total. As the lightest model in the Dots 3 family, it is designed for efficient performance while supporting an expansive context length of 512,000 tokens. This preview version provides an accessible way to experience the capabilities of the Dots 3 architecture.
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.
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Dots 3 Note Preview (free) accepts 512,000 and Kimi K3 accepts 1,048,576 input tokens.
Dots 3 Note Preview (free) accepts text and image input and supports reasoning, tool calling and long context; Kimi K3 accepts text, image and video input and supports thinking, function calling and structured outputs.
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