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Updated Jul 2026

Hy3vsKimi K2 0905

Hy3 is cheaper than Kimi K2 0905 at $0.132/M vs $0.6/M input tokens.

Hy3 and Kimi K2 0905 compared across 14 shared prompts
SpecHy3Kimi K2 0905
Input price$0.132/M tokens$0.6/M tokens
Output price$0.528/M tokens$2.5/M tokens
Context window262K tokens262K tokens
WeightsOpenOpen
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedJul 2026Sep 2025
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Same prompt, both answers

Opening lines from 6 of the 14 prompts both answered. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Simple 7-Ingredient Recipe

Create a simple recipe for a delicious dish (sweet or savory) using only 7 common pantry ingredients. Include a creative name for the dish…

Hy3178 words
Dish Name: Ruby Hurricane Pasta Ingredients (exactly 7 common pantry staples): Spaghetti (or any dry pasta) Canned diced tomatoes Garlic (pre-minced or whole cloves) Extra-virgin olive oil Red pepper flakes Salt Grated Parmesan (shelf-stable style) (Water for boiling pasta is assumed free and not counted.)
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Kimi K2 0905192 words
Dish Name: “Midnight Magic Peanut-Butter Clouds” Pantry 7: Peanut butter – ½ cup Granulated sugar – ½ cup 1 large egg Vanilla extract – ½ tsp Baking soda – ¼ tsp Salt – 1 pinch Cocoa powder – 1 Tbsp (or 1 extra tsp sugar if you don’t want chocolate) Time: 5 min prep + 8 min bake = 13 minutes total Yield: 8–10 bite-size…
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Historical Counterfactual Analysis

If the transistor had been invented in 1920 instead of 1947, trace the likely technological, economic, and geopolitical implications through…

Hy3921 words
Premise: A functional solid-state transistor (germanium point-contact or junction) is demonstrated in 1920, with steady refinement through the interwar years. Vacuum tubes are not immediately displaced, but by the early 1930s transistors are reliable enough for niche military and telecom use, and by the late 1930s they…
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Kimi K2 0905849 words
This is a fascinating counterfactual. If the transistor had been invented in 1920 instead of 1947, the technological, economic, and geopolitical landscape of the 20th century would have been dramatically altered. Let's trace the implications through 1980, focusing on second- and third-order effects. 1.
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Advanced Longevity Plan (Biohacker)

Develop a comprehensive, cutting-edge 3-month longevity plan for a biohacker aiming to optimize longevity, physical and cognitive…

Hy3498 words
The 90-Day Biohacker Longevity & Performance Protocol Goal: Maximize healthspan, cognitive resilience, and physical capacity via quantified self, metabolic flexibility, and targeted compounds. Assumptions: Healthy adult, experienced with fasting/exercise, access to wearables & supplements. I.
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Kimi K2 09051,068 words
BIOHACKER-GRADE 90-DAY LONGEVITY SPRINT Version 3.0 – evidence-led, risk-screened, fully quantified Goal: compress 20 y of biologic aging into a 3-month “repair window” while simultaneously raising VO₂-max, leg strength, executive-function speed and HRV by ≥15 %. DISCLAIMER Not medical advice.
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Ethical Dilemma with Stakeholders

You're the CEO of a pharmaceutical company. Your best-selling drug ($2B annual revenue, used by 4 million patients for chronic pain) has…

Hy3997 words
Assumptions / Starting Point Current time: Monday 9:00 AM. Board meeting: Wednesday 9:00 AM (Hour 48). Earnings call: Thursday 9:00 AM (Hour 72). Drug: $2B revenue, 4M patients, liver failure 1/8,000 over 5 yrs (~500 total, ~100/yr).
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Kimi K2 09051,615 words
48-HOUR CRISIS PLAYBOOK (All times are “CEO clock”; every action is logged, time-stamped, and preserved on the company’s litigation-hold server.) DAY 0 – T+0 h (Today, the moment the internal memo lands on your desk) 00:00 – 00:30 TRIAGE & LEGAL PRIVILEGE Convene the “Red Notebook” team (you, General Counsel, Chief…
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Mini LBO Underwrite

You are underwriting a 5-year LBO for a private equity investment committee. Company (fictional): HarborTech Services (HTS) –…

Hy3354 words
1) Simplified LBO Model (FY2026–FY2030, $m) Entry (end FY25): EBITDA $120m, EV = 12.0x = $1,440m. Fees 2% = $28.8m. Debt: TL $480m (9% cash, 1% amort), Mezz $180m (12% cash + 2% PIK). Equity = 1,440+28.8–660 = $808.8m. FY Revenue EBITDA TL Int Mezz Int Cash Tax* Capex ΔNWC FCF after req. svc (opt.
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Kimi K2 0905281 words
HarborTech Services – 5-yr LBO model (all $ in millions) Operating & cash-flow build (FY26-30) FY25 FY26 FY27 FY28 FY29 FY30 Revenue 900 972 1,040 1,102 1,157 1,215 EBITDA 120 136 156 176 191 207 Term int (9%) 43.2 36.6 29.4 21.6 13.2 Mezz int (12%) 21.6 22.0 22.5 23.0 23.5 Tax shield @25% 17.8 24.4 31.0 36.6 42.5…
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Explain Like I'm a Specific Expert

Explain how a large language model (like GPT or Claude) learns and generates text to each of these three audiences: 1. **An experienced…

Hy3816 words
For the Experienced Software Engineer (distributed systems/APIs, no ML, skeptical) You’re used to building systems where explicit logic, endpoints, and state machines handle requests.
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Kimi K2 0905884 words
Senior backend engineer Think of the model as a 200-layer, purely functional, eventually-consistent key/value store whose keys are every token prefix it has ever seen and whose values are probability vectors over the next token. At “compile time” (pre-training) it sees ~10²¹ bytes of text.
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Our Verdict
Hy3
Hy3
Kimi K2 0905
Kimi K2 0905

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, nothing separates them.

Hy3 costs 4.7x less per token.

Too close to call
API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Hy3
Input
$0.13
4.5× cheaper
Output
$0.53
4.7× cheaper
Kimi K2 0905
Input
$0.60
Output
$2.50

Hy3 is cheaper on both: 4.5× input, 4.7× output.

Where to run it

7 hosts, cheapest first

Hy36 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
DDeepInfrafp4$0.13 in·$0.53 out·262k·99.7% upTencentfp8$0.13 in·$0.53 out·262k·99.9% upGGMI Cloudbf16$0.14 in·$0.58 out·262k·98.6% upNNovita$0.14 in·$0.58 out·262k·100% upPPhala$0.15 in·$0.64 out·262k·100% upAAtlasCloudfp8$0.20 in·$0.80 out·262k·99.9% up
Kimi K2 09051 host
HostInOutContextUptime
NNovitafp8$0.60 in·$2.50 out·262k·100% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 23 Sep 2026.

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Hy3 is developed by Tencent while Kimi K2 0905 is developed by Moonshot AI. Hy3 has a 262K token context window vs Kimi K2 0905's 262K. You can compare their actual outputs across 14 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. Hy3 and Kimi K2 0905 each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 14 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

Hy3 costs $0.132/M input tokens and Kimi K2 0905 costs $0.6/M input tokens. Hy3 is $0.47/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

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