Kimi K2.6 vs Kimi K3

Reading a 26.2K-token pull request costs $0.0786 on Kimi K3, 3.2× the $0.0249 it costs on Kimi K2.6. Both are Kimi models, so the difference is one version of the same line against another.

Kimi K2.6Kimi K3

Side by side

Kimi K2.6 and Kimi K3 side by side
Figure	Kimi K2.6	Kimi K3
Price tier	Mid-range	Mid-range
Typical review calllist price	$0.0346 (better)	$0.1149
Input / 1M tokens	$0.95 (better)	$3.00
Output / 1M tokens	$4.00 (better)	$15.00
Context window	262.1K	1M

Not benchmarked yet

Kimi K2.6 and Kimi K3 aren't benchmarked yet, so this page compares list prices only. Measured bugs caught, false alarms and a bug-by-bug comparison appear here once both have results.

See measured models