Which is cheaper, Kimi K3 or Qwen 3 Coder?

Kimi K3 is cheaper at the input + output rate combined: $1.50 versus $2.00 per million tokens.

Which has higher quality, Kimi K3 or Qwen 3 Coder?

Qwen 3 Coder has the higher AA Intelligence Index score: 82 versus 80.

Can I switch between Kimi K3 and Qwen 3 Coder via one API?

Both Kimi K3 and Qwen 3 Coder are accessible through OpenRouter's unified gateway, which lets you switch models with one API key. Phase 2 of AIpricly will add scenario-routed automatic primary + fallback chains.

Kimi K3 vs Qwen 3 Coder

Side-by-side pricing, capabilities, real-world cost across common scenarios, and our editorial pick.

添加模型最多可对比 4 个模型

全部价格按美元 / 百万 token 计

Kimi K3

Moonshot · released 2026-03-15

Quality (AA Index)80

Input price$0.30

Output price$1.20

Context200K

Throughput150 tok/s

P50 latency0.8s

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OVERALL WINNER

Qwen 3 Coder

Alibaba · released 2026-03-01

Quality (AA Index)82

Input price$0.40

Output price$1.60

Context256K

Throughput180 tok/s

P50 latency0.6s

View full pricing

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规格对比

绿色列 = 该指标获胜方

Metric	Kimi K3	Qwen 3 Coder	Verdict
Input price /百万 tokens	$0.30	$0.40	Kimi K3 −25%
Output price /百万 tokens	$1.20	$1.60	Kimi K3 −25%
Context window max input length	200K	256K	Qwen 3 Coder +1.3×
AA Quality AA Intelligence Index (0–100)	80	82	Qwen 3 Coder +2pt
Arena Elo LMArena human-pref Elo (800–2000)	—	—	Tied
Throughput tokens per second	150	180	Qwen 3 Coder +20%
P50 latency first token	0.8s	0.6s	Qwen 3 Coder −25%
Vision multimodal	—	—	Tied
Function calling tool use			Tied
Reasoning mode chain-of-thought	—	—	Tied

常见场景月度费用

默认用量假设

Scenario	Kimi K3	Qwen 3 Coder
customer support 1000K req · 600/180 tok	$396	$528
chat with docs 300K req · 4000/300 tok	$468	$624
code generation 500K req · 2000/500 tok	$600	$800
voice assistant 600K req · 800/200 tok	$288	$384

Our pick

For most workloads, choose Qwen 3 Coder.

1.3× the context window — better for long documents and agents
20% faster throughput — matters for streaming UX and voice agents

Choose Kimi K3 instead if: 尚未记录这对模型的具体取舍。两者质量差距可能很小，最终决定因素更多是工作负载契合度、集成成本与团队熟悉度。

为何选择？通过智能路由同时使用两者

第二阶段 · 带故障转移链的网关

Set Qwen 3 Coder as primary, Kimi K3 as fallback. One key, one bill, automatic failover when Qwen 3 Coder errors.

第二阶段预览 · 网关尚未上线该接口目前不存在。网关计划在第二阶段上线——下面只是规划中的接口形态预览，不是可用的 API。上线时会通过 newsletter 通知订阅者。

查看计划中的 API 调用形态

$ curl https://api.aipricly.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AIPC_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "routing": {
      "primary": "alibaba/qwen-3-coder",
      "fallback": ["moonshot/kimi-k3"]
    },
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "..."}]
  }'