Grok 3 Beta vs Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
Compare Grok 3 Beta by xAI against Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct by Moonshot AI, context windows of 131K vs 1.0M, tested across 35 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Grok 3 Beta
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct is 6.7x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
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API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Grok 3 Beta
Input
$2.00
Output
$4.00
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
Input
$0.30
6.7× cheaper
Output
$0.60
6.7× cheaper
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct is cheaper on both — 6.7× input, 6.7× output
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Style Comparison
Similarity
34%
Grok 3 Beta uses 6.2x more transitions
Grok 3 Beta
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
48%Vocabulary63%
19wSentence Length15w
0.67Hedging0.19
3.1Bold5.2
5.5Lists3.2
0.00Emoji0.00
0.52Headings0.38
0.28Transitions0.05
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