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deepseek-v4-flash-0731 vs kimi-k3

Side-by-side comparison of deepseek-v4-flash-0731 and kimi-k3: benchmarks, pricing, context window and capabilities. Both are accessible through Requesty's unified API. kimi-k3 outperforms deepseek-v4-flash-0731 on 5 of 5 shared benchmarks.

Benchmark comparison

Intelligence Indexreasoning
deepseek-v4-flash-073140.8%
kimi-k350.2%
Coding Indexcoding
deepseek-v4-flash-073169.1%
kimi-k376.2%
GPQA Diamondreasoning
deepseek-v4-flash-073190.8%
kimi-k393.5%
SciCodecoding
deepseek-v4-flash-073150.3%
kimi-k359.5%
Humanity's Last Examreasoning
deepseek-v4-flash-073138.6%
kimi-k346.9%

Scores sourced from official model cards, Artificial Analysis, and public leaderboards. Benchmarks measure specific skills and don't capture every aspect of model quality.

Pricing & specifications

deepseek-v4-flash-0731kimi-k3
Input price / 1M$0.44$3.00
Output price / 1M$1.32$15.00
Context window1M tokens1.0M tokens
Max output384K tokens1.0M tokens
Vision inputN/AYes
Tool callingYesYes
ReasoningN/AYes
Prompt cachingYesYes
Computer useN/AN/A
ProviderDeepSeekMoonshot AI

Questions people ask

Is deepseek-v4-flash-0731 better than kimi-k3?
kimi-k3 outperforms deepseek-v4-flash-0731 on 5 of 5 shared benchmarks. See the benchmark comparison above for specifics: deepseek-v4-flash-0731 and kimi-k3 have different strengths across reasoning, coding, math and multimodal tasks.
Which is cheaper, deepseek-v4-flash-0731 or kimi-k3?
deepseek-v4-flash-0731 is cheaper. deepseek-v4-flash-0731 costs $0.44/$1.32 per 1M input/output tokens, while kimi-k3 costs $3.00/$15.00.
Can I use deepseek-v4-flash-0731 and kimi-k3 through the same API?
Yes. Requesty provides a single OpenAI-compatible API that routes to both. Change just the "model" parameter to switch between "deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731" and "moonshot/kimi-k3", no other code changes needed.
What are the context windows?
deepseek-v4-flash-0731 supports up to 1M tokens of context. kimi-k3 supports up to 1.0M tokens. Longer context means you can feed larger documents or codebases in a single prompt, though quality often degrades past 128K for most models.

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