Kimi K3 vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Compare Kimi K3 by Moonshot AI against Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking by Qwen, context windows of 1.0M vs 66K, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Kimi K3
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Kimi K3 has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking is 10x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Slight edge
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Kimi K3
Input
$3.00
Output
$15.00
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Input
$0.15
20× cheaper
Output
$1.50
10× cheaper
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking is cheaper on both — 20× input, 10× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
45%
Kimi K3 uses 1.7x more transitions
Kimi K3
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
58%Vocabulary54%
21wSentence Length16w
0.46Hedging0.31
3.6Bold6.0
3.4Lists4.5
0.78Emoji0.58
0.89Headings0.88
0.17Transitions0.10
Based on 27 + 17 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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