Kimi K3 vs Gemini 3.1 Pro
Side-by-side comparison of API pricing, specs, benchmarks, and capabilities
| Specification |
by Moonshot
|
by Google
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|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Status | Current flagship Open weights | Current flagship |
| Released | Jul 16, 2026 | Feb 19, 2026 |
| Pricing per million tokens | ||
| Input | $3.00/Mtok | $2.00/Mtok |
| Output | $15.00/Mtok | $12.00/Mtok |
| Blended avg | $6.00/Mtok | $4.50/Mtok |
| Cached input | $0.300/Mtok | $0.200/Mtok |
| Specifications | ||
| Context window | 1M tokens | 2M tokens |
| Parameters | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Speed (TPS) | — | — |
| Modalities | ||
| Input |
textimage
|
textimageaudiovideo
|
| Benchmarks source: Vellum LLM Leaderboard | ||
| Avg benchmark score | 83.3 | 74.8 |
| Perf / dollar | 13.9 | 16.6 |
| GPQA Diamond | 93.5 | 94.3 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 88.3 | 70.3 |
| MCP Atlas | 84.2 | 69.2 |
| BrowseComp | 91.2 | 85.9 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 56 | 44.4 |
| HumanEval | 76.8 | 80.6 |
| SWE-Bench Verified | 93.4 | — |
| OSWorld-Verified | — | 76.2 |
| ARC-AGI 2 | — | 77.1 |
| Independent composite scores each on its own scale — not part of the average above | ||
| AA Intelligence Index | 59.7 | 47.7 |
| AA Agentic Index | 54.3 | 23 |
| AA-Omniscience Index (−100–100) | 19.7 | 31.9 |
| LMSYS Chatbot Arena | 1485.3 ELO | 1486.7 ELO |
| GDPval-AA v2 | 1668 ELO | — |
| Providers | ||
| Available from |
Moonshot — $3.00/$15.00/Mtok
|
Google — $2.00/$12.00/Mtok
|
Cost at scale
1M tokens · 50/50 input/output| Volume | Kimi K3 | Gemini 3.1 Pro | Savings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M tokens | $6 | $4.5 | $1.5 (25%) |
| 10M tokens | $60 | $45 | $15 (25%) |
| 100M tokens | $600 | $450 | $150 (25%) |
| 1000M tokens | $6000 | $4500 | $1500 (25%) |
When to pick which
distilled from the pricing and spec data above- raw capability matters more than price: 83.3 vs 74.8 average benchmark score
- you want open weights — self-host it, fine-tune it, or exit the API entirely; Gemini 3.1 Pro is closed
- cost dominates: $4.50/Mtok blended vs $6.00 — 25% less on the same 50/50 token mix
- you need the longer context: 2M tokens vs 1M (1.9×)
The cheaper option here — Gemini 3.1 Pro costs $4.50/Mtok blended on Google.
Summary
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.
Gemini 3.1 Pro by Google costs $2.00/Mtok input and $12.00/Mtok output, with a 2M-token context window. It supports text, image, audio, video input.
On a blended cost basis, Gemini 3.1 Pro is 25% cheaper than Kimi K3.It also has a larger context window.
On benchmarks, Kimi K3 scores higher (83.3 vs 74.8) on average. In terms of value, Gemini 3.1 Pro has better performance per dollar (16.6 vs 13.9).
Note: Pricing is per million tokens. Actual costs vary with usage patterns, prompt caching, and batch discounts. Always verify against official provider pricing pages.