Models

Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview vs Kimi K3

Compare Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview from Google 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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Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview
Google · text, image → text

gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview (Nano Banana 2) features professional-grade visual intelligence, lightning-fast efficiency, and realistic, grounded generative capabilities. This model serves as the high-efficiency counterpart to Gemini 3 Pro Image, optimized for speed and high-volume developer use cases.

Input$0.5 /M
Output$3 /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.

Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview
Kimi K3
Input /M
$0.5
$3$2.710%
Output /M
$3
$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
10.1 s
0.9 s
Throughput
122.4 tok/s
73.1 tok/s
Modalities
textimage
textimagevideo
Supported Parameters
thinking
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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Cost calculator

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

Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview
$75.00 /mo
Kimi K3
$405$365 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview, Kimi K3?

Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview: $3/M output tokens; Kimi K3: $13.5/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

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.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview at 122.4 tok/s and Kimi K3 at 73.1 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview accepts text and image input and supports thinking; Kimi K3 accepts text, image and video input and supports thinking, function calling and structured outputs.

Can I call Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview 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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