MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 vs Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
Compare MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 by Moonshot AI against Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) by Qwen, context windows of 1.0M vs 1.0M, tested across 37 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
MoonshotAI: Kimi K3
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 has the edge — bigger model tier, newer.
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) is 3.8x 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
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
Input
$0.40
7.5× cheaper
Output
$4.00
3.8× cheaper
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) is cheaper on both — 7.5× input, 3.8× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
38%
MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 uses 2.3x more emoji
MoonshotAI: Kimi K3
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
58%Vocabulary54%
21wSentence Length15w
0.46Hedging0.36
3.6Bold7.0
3.4Lists4.6
0.78Emoji0.34
0.89Headings0.94
0.17Transitions0.09
Based on 27 + 18 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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