MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 vs Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
Compare MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 and Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct, both from Moonshot AI, context windows of 1.0M vs 1.0M, tested across 34 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
MoonshotAI: Kimi K3
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 25x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
MoonshotAI: Kimi K3
Input
$3.00
Output
$15.00
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
Input
$0.30
10× cheaper
Output
$0.60
25× cheaper
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct is cheaper on both — 10× input, 25× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
51%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 uses 77.9x more emoji
MoonshotAI: Kimi K3
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
58%Vocabulary63%
21wSentence Length15w
0.46Hedging0.19
3.6Bold5.2
3.4Lists3.2
0.78Emoji0.00
0.89Headings0.38
0.17Transitions0.05
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