All models
Head to head
Kimi K3 vs Qwen 3.8 Max
Price, context, inputs and filters. No benchmarks theatre.
Kimi K3 costs 1.5× less per message.
Both hold the same amount of context.
Made by
Moonshot AI
Alibaba
Content tier
Open
Open
Intelligence
Brilliant
Brilliant
Price per message
~3.52 credits≈ 28 messages for $1
~5.33 credits≈ 18 messages for $1
Context window
1M tokens≈ 1,613 pages of text in one go
1M tokens≈ 1,538 pages of text in one go
Reads
Text, Images, Video
Text, Images, Video
Writes
Text
Text
Tool use
Yes - search, memory, code and more
Yes - search, memory, code and more
Served via
OpenRouter, Unbottled AI
OpenRouter, Unbottled AI
Status
Current
Current
A typical message: 16K tokens in, 1.5K out. Short replies cost less. 1 credit = $0.01.