Kimi K3 (max) - Intelligence, Performance & Price Analysis Artificial AnalysisK Kimi •Kimi K3 Effortmax •Open weights model •Released July 2026 Kimi K3 (max) Intelligence, Performance & Price Analysis CompareTry it out API Provider Benchmarks Model summary Intelligence #1 / 106 60 Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index 4 out of 4 units for Intelligence. Speed #54 / 106 38.4 Output tokens per second 1 out of 4 units for Speed. Cost #35 / 106 In $3.00Out $15.00Cache Discount 90% $0.84 Cost per Intelligence Index task 4 out of 4 units for Cost. Verbosity #28 / 106 130M Output tokens from Intelligence Index 3 out of 4 units for Verbosity. Comparison Summary Kimi K3 (max) is amongst the leading models in intelligence, but particularly expensive when comparing to other open weight models of similar size. It's also notably slow and somewhat verbose. The model supports text and image input, outputs text, and has a 1M tokens context window. Kimi K3 (max) scores 60 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it well above average among comparable models (median: 27). When evaluating the Intelligence Index, it generated 130M tokens, which is somewhat verbose in comparison to the median of 100M. Pricing for Kimi K3 (max) is $3.00 per 1M input tokens (expensive, median: $0.40) and $15.00 per 1M output tokens (expensive, median: $1.20). In total, it cost $2425.11 to evaluate Kimi K3 (max) on the Intelligence Index. At 38 tokens per second, Kimi K3 (max) is notably slow (66). Technical specifications Reasoning YesThis page shows the reasoning version of this model. A non-reasoning variant may also exist. Input modality Supports: text and image Output modality Supports: text Context window 1M~1573 A4 pages of size 12 Arial font Total parameters 2800B Active parameters 104BNumber of parameters active per token during inference License Kimi K3 License Model weights Hugging Face 106 models in this class Metrics are compared against models of the same class: Non-reasoning models → compared only with other non-reasoning models Reasoning models → compared across both reasoning and non-reasoning Open weights models → compared only with other open weights models of the same size class: Tiny: ≤4B parameters Small: 4B–40B parameters Medium: 40B–150B parameters Large: >150B parameters Proprietary models → compared across proprietary and open weights models of the same price range, using a blended 3:1 input/output price ratio: <$0.15 per 1M tokens $0.15–$1 per 1M tokens >$1 per 1M tokens Highlights Intelligence Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Higher is better Speed Output tokens per second · Higher is better Cost per Task Weighted average cost (USD) per Intelligence Index task · Lower is better Prompt Options Intelligence Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexUpdatedAgentic IndexUpdated Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1.1 incorporates 9 evaluations: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR 28 of 608 models NEW Add model from specific provider Reasoning models are indicated by a lightbulb icon Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1.1 includes: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR. See Intelligence Index methodology for further details, including a breakdown of each evaluation and how we run them. Open Weights / ProprietaryReasoning / Non-ReasoningText Only / Multimodal Inputs Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index by Open Weights / Proprietary Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1.1 incorporates 9 evaluations: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR 28 of 608 models NEW Add model from specific provider ProprietaryOpen Weights (Commercial Use Restricted)Open Weights Reasoning models are indicated by a lightbulb icon Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1.1 includes: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR. See Intelligence Index methodology for further details, including a breakdown of each evaluation and how we run them. Open Weights Indicates whether the model weights are available. Models are labelled as 'Commercial Use Restricted' if the weights are available but commercial use is limited (typically requires obtaining a paid license).