MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 (batch)
Analysis Summary
Kimi K3 is MoonshotAI's flagship multimodal model, with a million-token context window and support for text, images, and video. Tool use and function calling make it relevant to agentic workflows, while the large context can accommodate extensive codebases, research collections, and campaign archives. Its listed capabilities suggest a broad model for reasoning, content, and operational tasks.
Design for Online could evaluate it for long-document analysis, complex content strategy, multimodal campaign work, coding assistance, and tool-using agents. The important limitation is that this batch variant has no separate benchmark record in the supplied data, so measured reliability cannot be assumed from the family listing. Pricing is premium, particularly for output. Use it for high-value pilots and demanding workflows, with a benchmarked fallback until this variant's results are established.
Assessed September 1, 2026
Editorial notes
Kimi K3 combines frontier-level family capability with a million-token context window, vision, video input, tool use, and function calling. This batch variant has no separate benchmark record, so its production performance should be confirmed despite strong workflow potential.
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DFO Verdict
Kimi K3 combines frontier-level family capability with a million-token context window, vision, video input, tool use, and function calling. This batch variant has no separate benchmark record, so its production performance should be confirmed despite strong workflow potential.
How MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 (batch) compares
Its 1M-token context window is larger than 94% of the models we list. At $3.00 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 10% of comparable models.
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1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.
Strongest on content. The pulled-in technical corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.
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| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $3.00 | $0.003000 |
| Output | $15.00 | $0.015000 |
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Kimi K3 is a 2.8T parameter open-weight multimodal reasoning model from Moonshot AI. It is suited for complex coding, knowledge work, and long-horizon agentic workflows, and is particularly strong at..
Frequently asked questions about MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 (batch)
How much does MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 (batch) cost?
MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 (batch) costs $3.00 per million input tokens and $15.00 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 (batch)?
MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 (batch) has a context window of 1,048,576 tokens (1M).
What can MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 (batch) do?
MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 (batch) supports image/vision input, tool use, and function calling.
Who created MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 (batch)?
MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 (batch) is developed by MoonshotAI and was released on July 16, 2026.