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AI model rankingsLanguageKimi K3

Kimi K3

KimiLow Released July 2026

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#74 smartest of 89 Updated Oct 30, 2026, 07:39 PM UTC

At a glance

How Kimi K3 compares with the other 88 ranked language models.

  • Better for simple tasks. Ranked #74 of 89 on the overall intelligence score, ahead of 17% of models.

  • Answers right away. You wait about 0.00 sec before the answer starts.

  • Premium price. $6.00 per million tokens, cheaper than 22% of models.

Model details

Made by
Kimi
Model family
Kimi K3
Version
Low
Released
July 2026 · 4 months ago
Input price
$3.00 / 1M tokens
Output price
$15.0 / 1M tokens
Value for money
#74 of 84
Tests with scores
6 of 8

Good for

No standout strengths in the tests.

Not ideal for

  • Tight budgetsCosts more than 78% of models
  • Long answers in real timeSlower than 90% of models
  • Complex reasoningScores in the bottom quarter overall

Intelligence

17

overall score

#74 of 89typical 30

Coding

–

coding score

typical –

Speed

0

tokens per second

#80 of 89typical 91

Wait

0.00 sec

before it replies

typical 15s

Price

$6.00

per 1M tokens

#66 of 84typical $2.00

Test results

Scores on individual tests that make up the intelligence score. The faint line marks the best score of any model.

  • Humanity's Last Exam

    Very hard expert questions across many subjects

    25%#72 of 86typical 42%
  • GPQA Diamond

    PhD-level biology, physics and chemistry questions

    84%#28 of 36typical 90%
  • SciCode

    Writing code to solve science research problems

    53%#48 of 86typical 53%
  • Long documents

    Finding and reasoning over facts in very long texts

    79%#55 of 87typical 80%
  • Terminal-Bench

    Doing real tasks on a computer by itself, like an agent

    13%#61 of 89typical 31%
  • Customer support

    Helping bank customers as a support agent using tools

    42%#13 of 34typical 39%

Where it ranks on intelligence

This model next to the models closest to it. Click another bar to open that model.

What would it cost?

Through the API, at the listed price. Chat apps usually charge a monthly plan instead.

  • 1,000 chat replies

    a question and a ~350-word answer, 1,000 times

    $11
  • Summarise a 100-page report

    about 50,000 words in, a one-page summary out

    $0.21
  • Write a 2,000-word article

    a short brief in, a long article out

    $0.04

Input, per 1M tokens

$3.00

Output, per 1M tokens

$15.0

How long do answers take?

Median times measured through the API.

Before the answer starts0.00 sec
Writing speed–
A full 500-word answer–

1 token is about ¾ of a word. Speeds change with server load, so treat these as typical, not guaranteed.

Similar models

Other companies' models with the closest intelligence score.

  • Beam 1.0

    Reflection

    18

    intelligence

    $0.60

    per 1M

    299

    tokens/s

  • K2 Horizon 375B A23B

    Institute of Foundation Models

    18

    intelligence

    –

    per 1M

    649

    tokens/s

  • MiniMax-M3

    MiniMax

    19

    intelligence

    $0.53

    per 1M

    110

    tokens/s

  • Qwen3.8 27B

    AlibabaXhigh

    20

    intelligence

    $1.13

    per 1M

    39

    tokens/s

  • Nemotron 3.5 Super VL

    NVIDIA

    14

    intelligence

    $0.31

    per 1M

    417

    tokens/s

More from Kimi

  • Kimi K3.1 Pro

    Kimi

    46

    intelligence

    $4.00

    per 1M

    29

    tokens/s

Questions people ask

Is Kimi K3 a good AI model?
On the overall intelligence score it ranks #74 of 89 (score 17; the typical model scores 30).
How much does Kimi K3 cost?
Through the API it costs $3.00 per million input tokens and $15.0 per million output tokens. In everyday terms, 1,000 chat replies cost about $11. Chat apps that use it usually charge a monthly plan instead.
How fast is Kimi K3?
It writes about – words per second, and you wait about 0.00 sec before the answer starts. A full 500-word answer takes roughly –.
What are good alternatives to Kimi K3?
Models with a similar score include Beam 1.0 by Reflection, K2 Horizon 375B A23B by Institute of Foundation Models, MiniMax-M3 by MiniMax. The cheapest of these is Nemotron 3.5 Super VL at $0.31 per million tokens.

Benchmark data from Artificial Analysis, an independent benchmarking company. Rankings refresh every few hours.