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Kimi K3 model price surge draws user comparisons to GPT and Claude

By PulseAugur Editorial · [2 sources] ·

The Kimi K3 model, an open-weights model with 2.8 trillion parameters and a 1 million token context window, has seen a significant price increase. Users are noting that its input and output costs are considerably higher than other models, with one comparison indicating it is 4.5 times the price of GPT-5.6 Sol Medium and comparable to Claude Opus 4.8 Max when considering total cost for benchmark outputs. AI

IMPACT Potential impact on user adoption and cost-effectiveness calculations for AI models.

RANK_REASON Discussion of pricing changes for an AI model, not a new release or core research.

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Kimi K3 model price surge draws user comparisons to GPT and Claude

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. r/cursor TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/minxio_ ·

    Kimi K3 is now more expensive

    <table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1uy84zw/kimi_k3_is_now_more_expensive/"> <img alt="Kimi K3 is now more expensive" src="https://preview.redd.it/9z71ib8jemdh1.jpeg?width=640&amp;crop=smart&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=d9c469e22c870a4f54acc6dbf55b6cbb479109…

  2. r/OpenAI TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/pneuny ·

    Kimi K3 is 4.5x the price of GPT 5.6 Sol Medium

    <table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1uyrea7/kimi_k3_is_45x_the_price_of_gpt_56_sol_medium/"> <img alt="Kimi K3 is 4.5x the price of GPT 5.6 Sol Medium" src="https://preview.redd.it/8yijdjajeqdh1.jpeg?width=640&amp;crop=smart&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=828f…

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