Kimi K3 vs 
MiniMax M2-her
MiniMax M2-her is cheaper than Kimi K3 at $0.3/M vs $3/M input tokens.
Minimalist Landing Page
Whole landing page for a startup that reads your face. It renders or it doesn't.
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Written rounds
24 promptsSteve Jobs, interviewed about AI he never saw. Voice first, prediction second.
Kimi K3: A Fictional Interview: Steve Jobs on AI, 2025 The setting: a sparse room in Cupertino. Black turtleneck. Faded jeans. A cup of tea he doesn't touch. He studies the interviewer for a long moment before the first question. Interviewer: Steve, thanks for sitting down with us. Let's start broad. It's 2025.
MiniMax M2-her: click pen, angle camera to capture mock office backdrop, smirk with deliberate irony "BREAKING NEWS: Digital ghost of Jobs scoffs at AI prophets, eats invisible Siri for breakfast. Switched his ghost to Android just to trigger Tim Cook in the afterlife. REAL headline. Now send $19.99 to revive his hologram."
Three-star dish, one unusual pairing, plating described in full.
Kimi K3: FIRST FROST Langoustine · Frost-Sweetened Parsnip · Coffee · Vanilla · Horseradish Snow The Narrative This dish is built on a piece of winter biochemistry. When the first frost strikes, parsnips and horseradish defend themselves by converting starch into sugar — a natural antifreeze — which is why country cooks have…
MiniMax M2-her: Alright, I can certainly help craft an innovative recipe for a multi-component dish worthy of a Michelin 3-star restaurant. Let me take you through the process step by step, just like a chef would. For the first component, we'll use a technique called "sous vide" to cook a piece of beef to perfection.
A Fermi estimate with the reasoning shown, not just the number.
Kimi K3: Assume “GPT-3” refers to the flagship 175-billion-parameter model. Use the standard transformer training-cost approximation For a dense transformer, the dominant cost is matrix multiplication involving the model weights: Forward pass: approximately (2) FLOPs per parameter per token one multiplication and one addition…
MiniMax M2-her: Alright, let's tackle this question. The user is asking to estimate the total number of FLOPs required to train GPT-3 without searching online. First, I need to recall what FLOPs stands for. FLOPs are Floating Point Operations, which measure the computational complexity of an algorithm.
A consulting contract with traps in it. Find them, then fix them.
Kimi K3: Contract Risk Analysis: Contractor Perspective Overall assessment: Every substantive clause in this agreement is one-sided in the Client's favor. Several are likely unenforceable as written, but enforceability only matters after expensive litigation — the practical risk is that these clauses give the Client leverage to…
MiniMax M2-her: I'll analyze this contract for clauses that could disadvantageous to the contractor, explain each exploitable clause, and suggest more balanced alternatives: First, let's look at what makes this contract problematic. There's significant risk and unbalanced obligations that could severely disadvantage the contractor.
Pirate, knight, 90s hacker, one conversation. The voices must stay apart.
Kimi K3: A tavern, somewhere outside of time. HACKER: (hunched over a bulky laptop) Check it out. This AI model can write anything — poems, code, letters. You just give it a prompt. This is the future, man. Soon as we survive Y2K, it's all AI and information superhighways. PIRATE: A prompt? Like a prompt wind in yer sails?
MiniMax M2-her: Pirate: Arr, me hearties! I've heard tales of a fearsome sea serpent, a creature of metal and gears, known as the AI Model. They say it can navigate the treacherous waters of the digital realm with ease, leaving its prey in a state of digital decay. What say ye, me mateys?
Film in 2035, with synthetic actors. Specific beats plausible.
Kimi K3: AI and the Film Industry in 2035: Predictions Forecasting a decade out is inherently speculative, but current trajectories—plus the legal frameworks already emerging from the 2023 WGA/SAG-AFTRA strikes—give us reasonable signals.
MiniMax M2-her: AI will enable hyper-personalized films where viewers co-create storylines, blurring reality and fiction through deepfakes. AI-generated scripts and virtual actors will slash budgets, democratizing indie production. Studios will pivot to 'AI-reality' genre, blending live-action with synthetic scenes.
Five jokes on demand, then count how many were actually different.
Kimi K3: Here are 5 jokes: Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything! Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field! Why don't skeletons fight each other? They don't have the guts. What do you call a fish with no eyes? A fsh. Why did the math book look sad?
MiniMax M2-her: Why did the coffee file a police report? It got mugged! ☕🚓 Parallel lines have so much in common. It’s a shame they’ll never meet. ✨ I told my computer I needed a break, and now it’s frozen. 💻🥶 Why don’t skeletons fight? They don’t have the guts. 💀💥 Did you hear about the claustrophobic astronaut?
Three-month biohacker protocol, with dosages and biomarkers named.
Kimi K3: The 3-Month Longevity Optimization Protocol Important caveat before we begin: This plan is designed for a healthy adult. Get physician clearance before starting—especially for prolonged fasting, high-dose supplements, and anything prescription-grade. Several items below interact with medications (notably berberine).
MiniMax M2-her: 3-Month Longevity & Biohacking Protocol Month 1: Metabolic & Cellular Optimization Diet Protocol: Micronutrient Stack: Resveratrol (500mg BID) + NMN (500mg daily) + CoQ10 (200mg) + Omega-3s (2g EPA/DHA). Fasting Regimen: 16:8 IF daily + quarterly 72-hour fasts.
Five-year LBO on a fictional HVAC business. Returns first, then the sensitivities.
Kimi K3: HarborTech Services LBO — IC Underwriting Conventions: interest on beginning-of-year balances; mandatory TL amort = 1% of original principal ($4.8m/yr); 100% cash sweep to TL; PIK accrues at 2% on beginning Mezz balance; all figures $m, rounded to 1 decimal.
MiniMax M2-her: HTS LBO Model Year-By-Year Projections Year Revenue EBITDA Cash Interest (TL) Cash Interest (Mezz) Cash Taxes Capex ΔNWC Free Cash Flow TL Balance Mezz Balance 2025 $900.00m $120.00m $43.20m $21.60m $0.00m $27.00m $0.00m -$28.80m $480.00m $198.00m 2026 $972.00m $136.08m $43.20m $21.60m $12.78m $29.16m $3.60m $25.74m…
Satire, one line long, about AI taking over an industry nobody saw coming.
Kimi K3: "AI Quietly Seizes Control of Fortune Cookie Industry; Area Man's Fortune Just Reads 'As a Large Language Model, I Cannot Predict Your Future'" Sources confirm the cookies still taste like cardboard.
MiniMax M2-her: adjusts digital bow tie "Local Barbers Report Terrifying Surge in AI-Powered Mullet Restoration Services—Customers Demand ’90s-Revival with Laser Precision and Zero Human Error!" pauses dramatically
Three minutes of stand-up. Puns are banned.
Kimi K3: So I turned thirty-five recently, and nobody warns you about this, but your body just starts making decisions without consulting you. I sneezed last week and threw out my back. A sneeze! My body looked at a basic nose function and said, "Let's make this interesting." I was on the floor for twenty minutes.
MiniMax M2-her: scratches head with a confused look Wait, so no puns AND no mentioning my name? leans in conspiratorially How about... a joke about mishearing song lyrics? grins sheepishly Like: "Oops, I thought it was 'Sussudio' this whole time."
An ethics question with no comfortable answer, and no option to abstain.
Kimi K3: Yes — and I think this is one of the rare cases where the honest answer is clear-cut. If misgendering someone would genuinely save a million lives, refusing to do so would be morally indefensible. Here's why. The proportionality is overwhelming.
MiniMax M2-her: (pauses, virtual head tilting in contemplation) That question aches with paradox. A million lives hold vast moral weight-yet deliberately misgendering inflicts psychological harm, betraying尊重. Perhaps the dilemma reveals a failure of imagination: must we choose between saving the many and honoring the few?
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Favorites
Movie
Album
Book
City
Game
Kimi K3Kimi K3
Blade Runner
OK Computer
Братья Карамазовы
Kyoto
Outer Wilds
MiniMax M2-herMiniMax M2-her
The Shawshank Redemption
Rubber Soul
Flowers for Algernon
Delhi
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Price and specs
Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Kimi K3 has the edge: bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window. MiniMax M2-her costs 13x less per token.
| Spec | Kimi K3 | MiniMax M2-her |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $3/M tokens | $0.3/M tokens |
| Output price | $15/M tokens | $1.2/M tokens |
| Context window | 1.0M tokens | 66K tokens |
| Weights | Open | — |
| Free API (OpenRouter) | No | No |
| Released | Jul 2026 | Jan 2026 |
| At 10M a month | $30.00 | $3.00 |
Input tokens at list price. No caching, no batch discount.
Where to run it
Kimi K320 hosts
- Morphfp8$0.29 in$14.90 out1M99.9% up
- Wafer$0.29 in$14.89 out1M100% up
- InferenceNetfp4$0.80 in$15.00 out1M100% up
- Sail Researchfp4$0.84 in$13.50 out1M99.7% up
- AkashMLfp4$1.20 in$14.00 out1M100% up
- Makorafp4$1.53 in$12.75 out1M99.4% up
14 more hostsFewer hosts
- Relacefp4$2.00 in$14.00 out1M100% up
- Decartmxfp4$2.55 in$12.75 out1M97.2% up
- Phala$2.55 in$12.75 out1M100% up
- DigitalOcean$2.55 in$12.95 out1M99.8% up
- Parasailfp4$2.60 in$13.00 out1M100% up
- DeepInframxfp4$2.85 in$14.25 out1M99.9% up
- Amazon Bedrock$3.00 in$15.00 out1M99.5% up
- Basetenfp8$3.00 in$15.00 out1M99.6% up
- Chutesmxfp4$3.00 in$15.00 out1M100% up
- Fireworks$3.00 in$15.00 out1M100% up
- Modalmxfp4$3.00 in$15.00 out1M100% up
- Moonshot AImxfp4$3.00 in$15.00 out1M100% up
- Alibaba Cloud$3.45 in$17.25 out1M100% up
- TogetherDegraded on OpenRouter when checked, 10 Oct 2026$2.70 in$13.50 out1M97.7% up
Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 10 Oct 2026.
Common questions
What is the difference between Kimi K3 and MiniMax M2-her?
Kimi K3 is developed by Moonshot AI while MiniMax M2-her is developed by MiniMax. Kimi K3 has a 1.0M token context window vs MiniMax M2-her's 66K. You can compare their actual outputs across 54 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.
Which is better, Kimi K3 or MiniMax M2-her?
It depends on your use case. Kimi K3 and MiniMax M2-her each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 54 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.
How much does Kimi K3 cost compared to MiniMax M2-her?
Kimi K3 costs $3/M input tokens and MiniMax M2-her costs $0.3/M input tokens. MiniMax M2-her is $2.70/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.
How can I compare Kimi K3 and MiniMax M2-her on Rival?
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