Kimi K3 (low)
By Kimi · released 2026-07-16 (7 weeks) · snapshot 2026-09-09
- Intelligence index
- 34.50
- Price per 1M tokens (in / out)
- $3.00 / $15.0
- End-to-end time
- 69.2s
Is Kimi K3 (low) on the Pareto frontier, and what beats it?
Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Kimi K3 (low) does not report both selected axis metrics.
Open in the picker Daily check URL: 200 on the frontier, 409 once beaten
Kimi K3 (low) today
Incomplete benchmark data
Intelligence and benchmark cost are both required to place this model on the frontier. Missing data is not a performance verdict.
- Intelligence index
- 34.50
- Benchmark cost
- Not reported
- Input / 1M tokens
- 3.00
- Output / 1M tokens
- 15.00
- Context window
- Not reported
Intelligence: Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. Cost: total cost to run that benchmark, so reasoning tokens count. API id: kimi-k3-low.
Compare head to head
Suggested: what beats it, its effort levels, and frontier models near its price.
What the Kimi K3 release did to the frontier on 2026-07-16
None of its 2 effort levels reached the overall frontier at launch, but 1 led the open-weights frontier (Kimi K3 (max)).
Should you use Kimi K3 (low)?
Should you use Kimi K3 (low)?
No verdict: it does not report both intelligence and benchmark cost.
What is better and cheaper than Kimi K3 (low)?
Other models on the intelligence-vs-cost frontier
How much does Kimi K3 (low) cost?
$3.00/$15 in/out per 1M tokens, and - to run the full Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, the honest all-in number for reasoning models.
Frontier membership by axis pair
Other axis pairs where Kimi K3 (low) is Pareto-optimal.
| Y axis | X axis | On the frontier |
|---|---|---|
| AA intelligence index | AA total cost to run (USD) | no data |
| AA intelligence index | End-to-end total seconds | |
| AA intelligence index | Output speed tokens/sec |
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