Qwen3.8 Max vs Kimi K3: API price and specs
Kimi K3 is 66% cheaper than Qwen3.8 Max on input price.
Kimi K3 is 59% cheaper than Qwen3.8 Max on output price.
Kimi K3 is 63% cheaper than Qwen3.8 Max on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
| Field | Qwen3.8 Max | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest input, per 1M | $1.30 +195.5% | $0.44 |
| Median input, per 1M | $2.00 | $3.00 +50% |
| Lowest output, per 1M | $3.90 +141.7% | $1.61 |
| Median output, per 1M | $6.00 | $15.00 +150% |
| Lowest unit price | — | — |
| Cost of 1M in + 200k out | $2.08 +172.7% | $0.76 |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Max output | 131K +87.5% | 1M |
| Providers | 29 +51.7% | 60 |
| Regions | GLOBAL, US | APAC, EU, GLOBAL, US |
| Accepts | application/pdf, file, image, image/bmp, image/heic, image/jpeg, image/png, image/tiff, image/webp, pdf, text, video, video/mp4, video/quicktime, video/x-flv, video/x-matroska, video/x-ms-wmv, video/x-msvideo | application/pdf, file, image, image/bmp, image/gif, image/heic, image/heif, image/jpeg, image/png, image/webp, pdf, text, video, video/3gpp, video/avi, video/mov, video/mp4, video/mpeg, video/mpg, video/webm, video/wmv, video/x-flv |
| Returns | text | text |
| Type | Text models | Text models |
| Free option | no | yes |
| Cheapest provider | edenai | aihubmix |
Your own workload: how many tokens the model gets (input) and gives back (output) - for example, in a month. The "Cost" row of the table above is recalculated for these numbers, for each model.
Computed from current offers each time the page opens; the best value of a row is bold, the percent is how far behind the best.
Providers selling both
302ai, abacus, aihubmix, aiml, cometapi, deepinfra, digitalocean, edenai, empiriolabs, fastrouter, fireworks-ai, hyper, impossibl, iteracompute, jiekou, kenari, moark, novita, ofox, opencode, opencode-go, orcarouter, requesty, trustedrouter, vercel, zenmux
Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, Qwen3.8 Max or Kimi K3?
Kimi K3 is 66% cheaper than Qwen3.8 Max on input price. Kimi K3 is 59% cheaper than Qwen3.8 Max on output price. Kimi K3 is 63% cheaper than Qwen3.8 Max on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
Which has the larger context, Qwen3.8 Max or Kimi K3?
Qwen3.8 Max: 1M tokens; Kimi K3: 1M tokens.
Where can I use both Qwen3.8 Max and Kimi K3?
302ai, abacus, aihubmix, aiml, cometapi, deepinfra, digitalocean, edenai, empiriolabs, fastrouter, fireworks-ai, hyper, impossibl, iteracompute, jiekou, kenari, moark, novita, ofox, opencode, opencode-go, orcarouter, requesty, trustedrouter, vercel, zenmux