Kimi K3 vs MiniMax M3
Compare Kimi K3 by Moonshot AI against MiniMax M3 by MiniMax, context windows of 1.0M vs 1.0M, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Kimi K3
MiniMax M3Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Kimi K3 has the edge — bigger model tier, newer.
MiniMax M3 is 13x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Kimi K3
Input
$3.00
Output
$15.00
MiniMax M3
Input
$0.30
10× cheaper
Output
$1.20
13× cheaper
MiniMax M3 is cheaper on both — 10× input, 13× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
77%
Kimi K3 uses 6.9x more transitions
Kimi K3
MiniMax M3
58%Vocabulary55%
21wSentence Length24w
0.46Hedging0.52
3.6Bold5.2
3.4Lists3.0
0.78Emoji1.15
0.89Headings1.21
0.17Transitions0.02
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