Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B vs Kimi K3
Side-by-side comparison of API pricing, specs, benchmarks, and capabilities
| Specification |
by Alibaba
|
by Moonshot
|
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Status | Current open weights Open weights | Current flagship Open weights |
| Released | Aug 8, 2026 | Jul 16, 2026 |
| Pricing per million tokens | ||
| Input | $2.00/Mtok | $3.00/Mtok |
| Output | $6.00/Mtok | $15.00/Mtok |
| Blended avg | $3.00/Mtok | $6.00/Mtok |
| Cached input | — | $0.300/Mtok |
| Specifications | ||
| Context window | 1M tokens | 1M tokens |
| Parameters | 2.4T (A95B) | Proprietary |
| Speed (TPS) | — | — |
| Modalities | ||
| Input |
text
|
textimage
|
| Benchmarks sources: Artificial Analysis / Vellum LLM Leaderboard | ||
| Independent composite scores measured for both models — each on its own scale | ||
| AA Intelligence Index | 57.7 | 59.7 |
| AA Agentic Index | 57.1 | 54.3 |
| AA-Omniscience Index (−100–100) | 4.3 | 19.7 |
| GDPval-AA v2 | — | 1682.3 ELO |
| LMSYS Chatbot Arena | — | 1485.3 ELO |
| Per-benchmark results published for Kimi K3 only — no independent per-benchmark scores exist for Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B yet | ||
| Avg benchmark score | — | 83.3 |
| Perf / dollar | — | 13.9 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 93.5 |
| SWE-Bench Verified | — | 93.4 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | — | 88.3 |
| MCP Atlas | — | 84.2 |
| BrowseComp | — | 91.2 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 56 |
| HumanEval | — | 76.8 |
| Providers | ||
| Available from |
Alibaba — $2.00/$6.00/Mtok
|
Moonshot — $3.00/$15.00/Mtok
|
Cost at scale
1M tokens · 50/50 input/output| Volume | Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B | Kimi K3 | Savings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M tokens | $3 | $6 | $3 (50%) |
| 10M tokens | $30 | $60 | $30 (50%) |
| 100M tokens | $300 | $600 | $300 (50%) |
| 1000M tokens | $3000 | $6000 | $3000 (50%) |
When to pick which
distilled from the pricing and spec data above- cost dominates: $3.00/Mtok blended vs $6.00 — 50% less on the same 50/50 token mix
- your workload re-reads context (agents, RAG, long chats): cached input costs $0.300/Mtok — 90% off its list input price, a discount Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B doesn't offer
The cheaper option here — Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B costs $3.00/Mtok blended on Alibaba.
Summary
Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B by Alibaba costs $2.00/Mtok input and $6.00/Mtok output, with a 1M-token context window. It supports text input.
Kimi K3 by Moonshot costs $3.00/Mtok input and $15.00/Mtok output, with a 1M-token context window. It supports text, image input.
On a blended cost basis, Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B is 50% cheaper than Kimi K3.
The two aren't directly comparable on average benchmark score: Kimi K3 has published per-benchmark results, while Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B does not yet — it is measured today on independent composites (see the table above).
Note: Pricing is per million tokens. Actual costs vary with usage patterns, prompt caching, and batch discounts. Always verify against official provider pricing pages.