minimax-m3 vs kimi-k2.6
Side-by-side comparison of minimax-m3 and kimi-k2.6: benchmarks, pricing, context window and capabilities. Both are accessible through Requesty's unified API. kimi-k2.6 outperforms minimax-m3 on 4 of 7 shared benchmarks.
MiniMax
minimax-m3
Input / 1M
$0.30
Output / 1M
$1.20
Context
1M
Model ID
minimaxi/minimax-m3
kimi-k2.6
Input / 1M
$0.95
Output / 1M
$4.00
Context
262K
Model ID
moonshot/kimi-k2.6
Benchmark comparison
Intelligence Indexreasoning
minimax-m344.4%
kimi-k2.644.2%
Coding Indexcoding
minimax-m358.6%
kimi-k2.661.8%
GPQA Diamondreasoning
minimax-m392.9%
kimi-k2.691.1%
Terminal-Bench Hardagentic
minimax-m342.4%
kimi-k2.643.9%
τ²-Benchagentic
minimax-m388.9%
kimi-k2.695.9%
SciCodecoding
minimax-m345.4%
kimi-k2.653.5%
Humanity's Last Examreasoning
minimax-m337.1%
kimi-k2.635.9%
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
| minimax-m3 | kimi-k2.6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Input price / 1M | $0.30 | $0.95 |
| Output price / 1M | $1.20 | $4.00 |
| Context window | 1M tokens | 262K tokens |
| Max output | 128K tokens | 262K tokens |
| Vision input | Yes | Yes |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes |
| Prompt caching | Yes | Yes |
| Computer use | N/A | N/A |
| Provider | MiniMax | Moonshot AI |
Questions people ask
Is minimax-m3 better than kimi-k2.6?
kimi-k2.6 outperforms minimax-m3 on 4 of 7 shared benchmarks. See the benchmark comparison above for specifics: minimax-m3 and kimi-k2.6 have different strengths across reasoning, coding, math and multimodal tasks.
Which is cheaper, minimax-m3 or kimi-k2.6?
minimax-m3 is cheaper. minimax-m3 costs $0.30/$1.20 per 1M input/output tokens, while kimi-k2.6 costs $0.95/$4.00.
Can I use minimax-m3 and kimi-k2.6 through the same API?
Yes. Requesty provides a single OpenAI-compatible API that routes to both. Change just the "model" parameter to switch between "minimaxi/minimax-m3" and "moonshot/kimi-k2.6", no other code changes needed.
What are the context windows?
minimax-m3 supports up to 1M tokens of context. kimi-k2.6 supports up to 262K tokens. Longer context means you can feed larger documents or codebases in a single prompt, though quality often degrades past 128K for most models.
Switch between minimax-m3 and kimi-k2.6 with one line of code
Requesty provides a single OpenAI-compatible API for 400+ models. Change the model parameter, not your code.