# MiniMax-M3 vs Kimi K3 - AI Model Comparison

- Page: https://opencode.ai/data/compare/minimax/minimax-m3/moonshotai/kimi-k3
- Updated: 2026-10-08T06:44:36.000Z

|  | MiniMax-M3 | Kimi K3 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lab | MiniMax | Moonshot |
| Context window | 1M | 1M |
| Max output | 512K | 131K |
| Input modalities | text, image, video | text, image, video |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes |
| Open weights | Yes | Yes |
| Release date | 2026-06-01 | 2026-07-16 |
| Input price per 1M tokens | $0.33 | $3.00 |
| Output price per 1M tokens | $1.32 | $15.00 |
| Cached input price per 1M tokens | $0.07 | $0.30 |
| OpenCode tokens: past 2 months | 2.6T | 864B |
| Share of all tokens | 0.3% | 0.1% |
| Rank by tokens last week | #18 | #26 |
| Unique users | 278K | 388K |
| Weekly retention | 58.8% | 35.8% |

Model pages: [MiniMax-M3](https://opencode.ai/data/minimax/minimax-m3.md), [Kimi K3](https://opencode.ai/data/moonshotai/kimi-k3.md)

## Methodology

- Updates: Aggregated every hour. Days and weeks use UTC.
- Tokens: Input, output, reasoning, and cached tokens for each request.
- Users and sessions: Approximate counts of distinct users and OpenCode sessions.
- Cost: Session cost is the average cost per OpenCode session. Token prices are list prices from the OpenCode model catalog.
- Retention: The share of a model's users in one week who use it again the next week.
- Citation: Cite OpenCode Data (opencode.ai/data) with the update time shown at the top of the page.