minimax-m3 vs kimi-k3
Side-by-side comparison of minimax-m3 and kimi-k3: benchmarks, pricing, context window and capabilities. Both are accessible through Requesty's unified API. kimi-k3 outperforms minimax-m3 on 5 of 5 shared benchmarks.
MiniMax50% off
minimax-m3
Input / 1M
$0.60$0.30
Output / 1M
$2.40$1.20
Context
1M
Model ID
minimaxi/minimax-m3
kimi-k3
Input / 1M
$3.00
Output / 1M
$15.00
Context
1.0M
Model ID
moonshot/kimi-k3
Benchmark comparison
Intelligence Indexreasoning
minimax-m335.7%
kimi-k350.2%
Coding Indexcoding
minimax-m358.6%
kimi-k376.2%
GPQA Diamondreasoning
minimax-m392.9%
kimi-k393.5%
Terminal-Bench Hardagentic
minimax-m342.4%
kimi-k3N/A
τ²-Benchagentic
minimax-m388.9%
kimi-k3N/A
SciCodecoding
minimax-m347.1%
kimi-k359.5%
Humanity's Last Examreasoning
minimax-m339.0%
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
| minimax-m3 | kimi-k3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Input price / 1M | $0.60$0.30 | $3.00 |
| Output price / 1M | $2.40$1.20 | $15.00 |
| Context window | 1M tokens | 1.0M tokens |
| Max output | 128K tokens | 1.0M 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-k3?
kimi-k3 outperforms minimax-m3 on 5 of 5 shared benchmarks. See the benchmark comparison above for specifics: minimax-m3 and kimi-k3 have different strengths across reasoning, coding, math and multimodal tasks.
Which is cheaper, minimax-m3 or kimi-k3?
minimax-m3 is cheaper. minimax-m3 costs $0.30/$1.20 per 1M input/output tokens, while kimi-k3 costs $3.00/$15.00. The prices shown are what you pay: minimax-m3 runs at 50% off its list rate of $0.60 per 1M input and $2.40 per 1M output.
Can I use minimax-m3 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 "minimaxi/minimax-m3" and "moonshot/kimi-k3", no other code changes needed.
What are the context windows?
minimax-m3 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.
Switch between minimax-m3 and kimi-k3 with one line of code
Requesty provides a single OpenAI-compatible API for 600+ models. Change the model parameter, not your code.