Models

Grok 4.3 vs Kimi K3

Compare Grok 4.3 from Grok 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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Grok 4.3
Grok · text, image → text

Grok 4.3 is amongst the leading models in intelligence and well priced when comparing to other models of similar price. It's also notably fast, however very verbose. The model supports text and image input, outputs text, and has a 1m tokens context window.

Input$1.25 /M
Output$2.5 /M
Cache read$0.2 /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.

Grok 4.3
Kimi K3
Input /M
$1.25
$3$2.710%
Output /M
$2.5
$15$13.510%
Cache read /M
$0.2
$0.3$0.2710%
Context length
1,000,000
1,048,576
Max output
1,000,000
1,048,576
Time to First Token
0.4 s
0.9 s
Throughput
55.1 tok/s
73.1 tok/s
Modalities
textimage
textimagevideo
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputslong context
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
grok-4.3kimi-k3
14001440148015201560
Overall
14431486
Coding
14881531
Math
14201420
Hard prompts
14571505
Instruction following
14161479
Multi-turn
14461499
Creative writing
14271470
Longer query
14451502
Chinese
14791527
English
14521491

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.

Grok 4.3
$113 /mo
Kimi K3
$405$365 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Grok 4.3, Kimi K3?

Grok 4.3: $2.5/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; Grok 4.3: 1488 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Which responds faster?

Grok 4.3: 0.4s 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?

Grok 4.3 accepts 1,000,000 and Kimi K3 accepts 1,048,576 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 1,000,000 tokens on Grok 4.3 and 1,048,576 tokens on Kimi K3.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Kimi K3 at 73.1 tok/s and Grok 4.3 at 55.1 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

Grok 4.3 accepts text and image input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling, structured outputs and long context; Kimi K3 accepts text, image and video input and supports thinking, function calling and structured outputs.

Can I call Grok 4.3 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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